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Anyone else getting these texts?

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  • 15-07-2012 8:56pm
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    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users Posts: 11,171 ✭✭✭✭


    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?


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    Jesus Shaves
    Registered Users Posts: 2,959 ✭✭✭Jesus Shaves


    No


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Yep, posted about it the other day.


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    amtw
    Registered Users Posts: 274 ✭✭amtw


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


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    Megglet
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭Megglet


    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.. :(


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    Turtyturd
    Registered Users Posts: 28,394 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    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.


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    gufnork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 546 ✭✭✭gufnork


    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


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    TheBody
    Registered Users Posts: 5,619 ✭✭✭TheBody


    Yea, I got two different ones last week.


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    Dean820
    Registered Users Posts: 2,099 ✭✭✭Dean820


    I got one this morning.


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    #10
    Riamfada
    Registered Users Posts: 10,246 ✭✭✭✭Riamfada


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


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    le la rat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,072 ✭✭✭le la rat


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


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    Miss Lockhart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,639 ✭✭✭Miss Lockhart


    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.


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    WumBuster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 827 ✭✭✭WumBuster


    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


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    robman60
    Registered Users Posts: 2,222 ✭✭✭robman60


    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.


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    clappyhappy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,781 ✭✭✭clappyhappy


    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.


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    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    No because nobody texts me!:(


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    giles lynchwood
    Registered Users Posts: 935 ✭✭✭giles lynchwood


    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.


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    southcentralts
    Registered Users Posts: 833 ✭✭✭southcentralts


    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.


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    PandaX9
    Registered Users Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭PandaX9


    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?


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    Duck's hoop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭Duck's hoop


    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...


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    Rasheed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Rasheed


    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?


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    southcentralts
    Registered Users Posts: 833 ✭✭✭southcentralts


    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.


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    Jammy Donut
    Closed Accounts Posts: 606 ✭✭✭Jammy Donut


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


    FML :(


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    gobnaitolunacy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    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!


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    kart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 375 ✭✭kart


    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.


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    Wattle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭Wattle


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


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    Hrududu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,711 ✭✭✭Hrududu


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


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    lifelongnoob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭lifelongnoob


    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:


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    kart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 375 ✭✭kart


    Hrududu wrote: »
    I got one too this week. How are they getting the numbers?

    A lot of it is totally random.


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    southcentralts
    Registered Users Posts: 833 ✭✭✭southcentralts


    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. :().


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    humbert
    Registered Users Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    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.


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