Anyone else getting these texts?

B.A._Baracus · 15-07-2012 8:56pm #1

Must be the new scam.
My mate got this text today:

"you are ireland's winner. Your number has been chosen to recieve a free gift. Go to www..... " and then gives a link to goto. Seemingly apple.ie address. But it doesnt have an forward slash in its url (eg, www.apple.ie.contest etc)

Mate got exactly the same text the other day but said Sony instead of Apple :pac: Thought i'd share with boards. Is anyone else getting these?

Jesus Shaves · 15-07-2012 8:57pm

biko · 15-07-2012 8:58pm

Yep, posted about it the other day.

amtw · 15-07-2012 9:01pm

Yeah, I got one about 4 weeks ago and I think everyone in the family has had something similar.

Megglet · 15-07-2012 9:02pm

I got something very similar this morning, telling me I'd won 10,000 euro.

Still waiting to hear back, maybe I messed up my bank details..

Turtyturd · 15-07-2012 9:04pm

Nope....did get an email from Labour TD Aodhan O'Riordan the other day looking for money after an 'unfortunate incident' in Barcelona resulted in him losing all of his.

gufnork · 15-07-2012 9:06pm

Yep. Got one telling me about the $4,000,000 I'd won. As you can imagine I immediately sent my bank details and an email thanking them from the bottom of my heart ;OD

TheBody · 15-07-2012 9:07pm

Yea, I got two different ones last week.

Dean820 · 15-07-2012 9:07pm

I got one this morning.

Riamfada · 15-07-2012 9:09pm

It's from putting your number into porn sites. Congrats, you just told the world

le la rat · 15-07-2012 9:09pm

God dam I can't even win the Nigerian lotto fml.

Miss Lockhart · 15-07-2012 9:13pm

Got one yesterday from and English number saying I'd won 750000 on the "BBC" lotto and asking me to contact a bbc email address.

Mother got one similar this morning - different English number and a different amount won.

WumBuster · 15-07-2012 9:13pm

I did a few weeks ago now Im living in a gold mansion in Monaco..

Is there anything that can be done about these scamsters? there must be zillions of them out there

robman60 · 15-07-2012 9:14pm

My brother got a similar one from Nokia telling him he'd won a million pounds too...

How do they eventually scam you? They only asked my brother for email address and phone number.

clappyhappy · 15-07-2012 9:15pm

I got two texts a few weeks ago telling me I was Ireland's lucky winner and it gave a bmw ireland website to claim. Checked out phone no text was sent from and it was some place in western Africa. Seemingly it redirects you to a gaming website which needs a subscription. Delete, delete.

1ZRed · 15-07-2012 9:15pm

No because nobody texts me!:(

giles lynchwood · 15-07-2012 9:24pm

I got a txt about two month's ago concerning my internet banking which i ignored and deleted,I decided to ring my bank and tell them about it as I wondering how the scammer's had gotten my number,the first question the bank asked was "did you put an ad on done deal recently" which i had.
Apparently scammer's are picking random phone numbers from that site.

southcentralts · 15-07-2012 9:26pm

I won a 2 week vacation, with health insurance, though I did have to give my blood type and have a full medical workup, and I guess they give me the return ticket once I get there...but it is nice to know my liver and kidneys are working well.

PandaX9 · 15-07-2012 9:26pm

I got the one from the "sony" company as well, luckily the browser crashed on my phone when I tried to open the link out of curiosity and every subsequent time wouldn't load.

I got another one a few months back about winning €2m from some UEFA 2012 draw? they were fairly insistent and sent me 6 texts within one hour - the link (without even redirecting) went to some west African domain that had something along the lines of "please submit your bank details so we can transfer your winnings as smoothly as possible" and that I might incur a small fee while they're moving the money to my account, some sort of banking charge, very funny. Very badly worded too. If you're trying to scam someone, at least make it believable.

I wonder who their target audience is and how they got my number. I mean seriously, who falls for that crap?

Duck's hoop · 15-07-2012 9:31pm

1ZRed wrote: »

No because nobody texts me!:(

But only last week you were waking up every day to texts from 3 or 4 guys wanting to get intimate...

Rasheed · 15-07-2012 9:39pm

Ya I got the sony company ones about winning an Ipad/phone.
Also get these 'service' messages that tell you you have a new facebook friend request or email and to read it, you have to click the link. Looked up the name of the company, some scam of course.
Is there any point in telling Vodafone or whoever, can anything be done?

southcentralts · 15-07-2012 9:42pm

I used to admire the work ethic of 419 scammers (reading the 419 eaters site after seeing a link in another thread) but this just seems lazy.

Jammy Donut · 15-07-2012 9:44pm

Woahhhhh.... You mean there a scam and my mobile didn't win for me?

FML

gobnaitolunacy · 15-07-2012 9:47pm

The Ma got one about winning the BBC lottery, to claim prize email details to a HOTMAIL email account....the Beeb must be feeling the pinch!

kart · 15-07-2012 9:48pm

havent gotten any of these, but if you havent taken part of a lottery, you dont win either, so its a scam.

A while ago it was popular scam to make a facebook page or something which required you to enter your phone number and name for example to take part of "First 100,000 people to join get free iPhones". And you always saw loads of idiots signing up asif someone would really give stuff aways for free.
Before they realized the text on facebook page was changed into something else and by signing up they had signed up for example for a subscription service to receive 20 txts per day €1 each. LOL.

Dont sign up/click links that promise free billions cos whatever their reasoning for making that page, one thingis sure - u ain't gonna get nothing for free from them.

Wattle · 15-07-2012 9:50pm

Got one last week. Deleted it straight away. It's second nature at this stage. These scammers really have to up their game.

Hrududu · 15-07-2012 9:54pm

I got one too this week. How are they getting the numbers?

lifelongnoob · 15-07-2012 10:08pm

twice i got the you won $2,000,000 dollars texts.... 2nd one just came this morning.... i must be very lucky at winning lotteries ive never actually bought tickets for.... shame i haven't won the ones i did buy tickets for :pac:

kart · 15-07-2012 10:21pm

Hrududu wrote: »

I got one too this week. How are they getting the numbers?

A lot of it is totally random.

southcentralts · 15-07-2012 10:21pm

Weird that they can tailor the message to the specific phone you have - the one I got was for Sony and it made it seem semi legit as I do have a Sony phone, but I doubted Sony would send a message with a messed up link i.e. ( (www.sony.ie.freegiveawaymadness.info) Please refrain from using the link - it's my prize, keep your grubby hands off.

).

humbert · 15-07-2012 10:43pm

southcentralts wrote: »

Weird that they can tailor the message to the specific phone you have - the one I got was for Sony and it made it seem semi legit as I do have a Sony phone, but I doubted Sony would send a message with a messed up link i.e. ( (www.sony.ie.freegiveawaymadness.info) Please refrain from using the link - it's my prize, keep your grubby hands off. ).

Got the same one and don't have a Sony phone.

1ZRed · 15-07-2012 10:45pm

Duck's hoop wrote: »

But only last week you were waking up every day to texts from 3 or 4 guys wanting to get intimate...

Eh Joking obviously?

But yeah thanks for reminding me of a good week;)

"getting intimate"? It was just sex. Don't gay it up more then it was man

Tigger · 15-07-2012 11:25pm

i'm getting these

is it google or facebook giving out our number cos i gave my number to nowhere

i have two mobiles and i use trhe "spam mobile " for anything i put a number into but my "good" number is getting these txts only ones i ever got to

but face book and google mail verification both got that number

bb1234567 · 15-07-2012 11:28pm

I got one saying Id been entered in a draw to win 270,000 pounds and that i was to send over my email,name, and phone number to some email address.

the groutch · 16-07-2012 12:45am

giles lynchwood wrote: »

I got a txt about two month's ago concerning my internet banking which i ignored and deleted,I decided to ring my bank and tell them about it as I wondering how the scammer's had gotten my number,the first question the bank asked was "did you put an ad on done deal recently" which i had.
Apparently scammer's are picking random phone numbers from that site.

which is why I'll never use them for selling, putting your phone number or email address out in the public domain is very risky imo

Toxic7 · 16-07-2012 12:57am

I got some bull**** text yesterday saying id won the blackberry lottery.I know some people who got it as well

humbert · 16-07-2012 1:03am

I'm really quite curious as to where they are getting these numbers.

I use my phone number so little it would nearly have to be some fairly respectable organisation, or random chance.

I've certainly never used it to enter a competition or put it up on a buy and sell site. Although, it is on every CV I've ever sent.

Dravokivich · 16-07-2012 8:20am

Got something similar on Saturday from a UK number telling me I had won $2million USD. Waiting to hear back on currency conversion charges before I get onto them about it. If it's not worth my while won't bother tbh.

Sunnyisland · 16-07-2012 8:24am

Just got one now, I am rich :-)

Sent them my Ulster bank details but they would not except them

;)

Pherekydes · 16-07-2012 8:39am

southcentralts wrote: »

Weird that they can tailor the message to the specific phone you have - the one I got was for Sony and it made it seem semi legit as I do have a Sony phone, but I doubted Sony would send a message with a messed up link i.e. ( (www.sony.ie.freegiveawaymadness.info) Please refrain from using the link - it's my prize, keep your grubby hands off. ).

I received "Your mobile # has won $1500000 in Nokia/Freelotto. Ref xxxxxx. To claim email your name, email & mobile to freelotto@nokiaconnect.org."

I have a samsung.

Pherekydes · 16-07-2012 8:41am

realies wrote: »

Sent them my Ulster bank details but they would not except them ;)

But would they accept them? :pac:

Ginny · 16-07-2012 8:49am

Got one last night, I won 2million dollars in the uk freelottopromo. I'm really careful with my mobile number so I'd love to know where they pick them up!

4zn76tysfajdxp · 16-07-2012 8:56am

I got one last night to my Irish number. At four in the ****ing morning, no less.

Carter P Fly · 16-07-2012 9:03am

I'm wondering if these are the same messages where you get charged a quid or so every time you recieve them?

kart · 16-07-2012 9:18am

Carter P Fly wrote: »

I'm wondering if these are the same messages where you get charged a quid or so every time you recieve them?

Nope, but you probably will after you click the link, fill in ur details(or send them) cos somewhere in small writing that you should have read is a part that says you agree to receive them then.

That is one of reasons for them to fish out for people who would be clicking the links and filling their details.

Scioch · 16-07-2012 9:23am

I got a cheque from "State Savings" the other day, reckons I won some money. Looked like the real deal and all and the numbers even matched my actual prize bonds. How they knew I had those is anyone's guess.

Didnt fool me though, no sir. Ripped that bitch up and binned it right away. You'd want to get up pretty early in the morning to put one over on old smeggers. :cool:

16-07-2012 9:26am

i got one about 5mins after looking at the thread!

PogMoThoin · 16-07-2012 9:35am

Donedeal? Has anyone got one of these texts and not had an ad on donedeal?

Mimikyu · 16-07-2012 9:40am

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oppenheimer1 · 16-07-2012 9:50am

I'm going to put this out there and say that there is perhaps a rogue app for a smartphone thats downloading peoples contacts?

That would be my reasonable guess as to where the numbers are coming from.

Jester252 · 16-07-2012 10:24am

My sister is a millionaire now

Anyone else getting these texts?

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