Comreg SMS "likely scam" texts

The sms provider you use can upload all client details or inform you of the requirements. Mine sent very clear and easy to understand details. A UK based connected company that uses a different sms provider got details too and no issues reported on the texts.

Registration took 2-3 minutes

So not baffling whatsoever. Fairly straight forward

Important texts to me from a hospital have been tagged as Likely Scam. Not good enough

As per my post, an announcement in February, I would not be expecting it to be implemented in July.

My company dont send texts so maybe I read it, but didnt 'store' it for later.

Edit: And infer that I am incompetent if you want, but from anecdotes on this thread, PayPal and the HSE didn't get the memo either.

If they go ahead with blocking non-registered numbers in October it could be an absolute sh!storm. Hospital appointment reminders and notifications from DHL going missing.

Something Im unsure about, can I register my number as being from An Post or some other company? What vetting is done? It could be a scammers dream come true if you can easily register your number as being "Definitely not a scam". Meanwhile legit companies are getting blocked.

I just looked at the form, it asks for the CRO number and a few other details. Thats public information, so anyone can look it up. It does ask for the business email address, so that might be a hoop your average Joe won't be able to jump through. However, it doesnt stop someone, who works at, say PayPal, to register PayPal.

And my point was, it looks like someone has already registered their scam number as DHL. What happens when the real DHL try to register their number? They wont be using the already registered email address, so wont be able to. From October, their legitimate texts will get blocked.

Google are normally on the call, you'd have to think it's down to the shambolic way this was announced.

If they block the texts outright it'll be a disaster

Over on askaboutmoney, there was a discussion this week about a text from AIB that was likely a scam text but it wasn't flagged.

The whole thing sounds like a sh*tshow

Texts from my NI dentist don't display a mobile number, just the practice name, so I don't have a number to add to my contacts. If they phone me, it's from the landline (which is in my contacts).

As somebody travelling at present, this system is unprofessional. A foreign text should not say "likely scam" which is ridiculous when it comes from a reputable source in the country in which I am located, it should say "Unclassified" which is in fact what it is.

Maybe I am doing osmething silly, but the problem I encountered the other week was we were previously sending SMS for a client via MailChimp, and it was fine. When this new system came in, we needed to do something to make it so we were a third party using MailChimp on behalf of our client. But MailChimp (A rather large company) are not registered as an Aggregate sender - so nothing can be done other than to find a completely new platform to work on. MailChimp support had zero clue what we were talking about when I raised it with them