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dodgy texts

I have received a text and have been charged 25p. The text says that I tried to send a message yesterday but it was to a incorrect number, That numbers can't start with 7, they must start with 07 or +447. I hadn't even sent a text the previous day. I am worried that this is going to happen every day and cost me a fortune. Does anyone know what this is.

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  • DUTR
    DUTR Posts: 12,958 Forumite
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    My friends Mum had trouble sending texts to her daughter, when I looked the phonebook, she had managed to omit the 0 in some numbers, could it be that?
  • What was the number the text was sent from? It might be worth looking it up on Google and see if the sender has history.
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