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echo

received it in service inbox telling me to go to a site and update my mobile look.i DID go checkout the site cos it sounded iffy but couldn't get on it.i've deleted the message but i can't understand why i got the txt in the first place cos i don't subscribe to owt like that/download stuff and basically only use the fone for ringing/txting.anybody know how this can happen? i'm baffled

JAYMARSH2005

What site did it ask you to go to ? It sounds like its from a 3rd party company. They will jsut be trying to get you to take out a new contract phone, you even get these messages if you are on Pay as you go and not contract.

echo

http://ex02.co.uk/lg.wml i'm on virgin pay as you go so dunno how it came to my fone.

JAYMARSH2005

It will be from O2 3rd party site (ex O2), my virgin sim got a weird one the other day, it was a phone call,it just 1 rung my phone and thought it might be somebody trying to get hold of me so rang it back and it was a pre-recorded message) I didnt check the number before calling but should have done as it was a 0705 number and cost me £3 !

echo

cheers for the quick responses.so other fone companies must pass on numbers a bit like on the landline???? only had this number since last Nov.i'd have been furious if i'd made that £3 call.should i register my moby with the TPS? i am for the landline.

JAYMARSH2005

I would register it, i did after I got stung for that £3 ! I only had used the simcard for 2 days and I hadn't even used it to ring out so god knows how they got that number, maybe thats how virgin can offer the £5 free credit on the simcards by selling the phone numbers to companys ?

echo

just bin on fone to virgin who tell me they don't give out numbers.was hard to hear him but he did say that it was probably meant for somebody else and if i receive any more then i should ring them back.still registering with TPS tho.not sure abt ur last question.it's possible but i'm on the ntl (virgin) offer.