Free credit from O2 on April Fools day

Superman...NOT! · 02-04-2006 6:13pm #1

My friend got on to me about this yesterday and I thought it was a joke when he told me but it actually worked. Yesterday morning and afternoon, if you called up 1741, put in any 12 random numbers as the top up code, you got credit. So I rang a few times.

There must have been a massive blunder made by o2 somewhere. Problem is that when I tried to tell people, they thought I was having them on for April Fools. A fair few of my friends belived me though and they cleaned up. I now have over 100 euros credit in my phone and this is not a joke.

Can anyone tell me if they got credit that way before or what happened at o2?

N90user · 02-04-2006 6:58pm

Fair fúcks to ya. How many digits do you type in for Vodafone!! Im guessing..

johnnyrotten · 02-04-2006 6:59pm

2nd April fools joke

Random · 02-04-2006 7:39pm

There's some serious issues with O2 topups ... he's not lying

johnnyrotten · 02-04-2006 7:42pm

It don't work!

Random · 02-04-2006 7:45pm

Maybe his method is off .. but O2 topups are warped

aphex™ · 02-04-2006 7:50pm

This is what is called the spill-over from April Fool's. Basically random noobs join and start posting rubbish after they've finished txting all their mates (who already heard it anyway). They have clearly had several pranks played on them on April 1st and fell for them all. They happily 'forget' that April fool's is exclusively reserved for April 1st.

Last year one guy wanted to know if the rumours he had heard were true- that a sewer pipe had bust in his school and **** was all over the place. It was the 3rd of April. The only thing that burst was me, from laughter.

Random · 02-04-2006 7:53pm

Ring up O2 1850 601747 (Speakeasy helpline) and you'll hear the prerecorded "we're currently having issues with our prepay topup service"

Superman...NOT! · 02-04-2006 11:38pm

Thanks for backing me up ciaranfo. As I was saying you were able to get it yesterday morning and afternoon but not that evening. I tried but it looks like that o2 solved the problem.

As for aphex, you want your proof, heres an attached file of a picture of my phone (motorolaL6) after I dialed *100# to check credit. I'm sorry about the quality. And don't think that you know everything because you obviously dont. SO YOU STOP POSTING THE RUBBISH.:D

N90user · 02-04-2006 11:39pm

I believed you from the star ttoo

hmm now will o2 ever find out about this?

drdre · 02-04-2006 11:42pm

is it still working.how do i get free credit.

Superman...NOT! · 02-04-2006 11:54pm

Thanks N90. I can't imagine that o2 don't know about this. They are surely able to keep records of this type of stuff. Although I say a lot of people did it because it got harder and harder to get through to 1741, i.e. the network was jammed with people ringing up.

In that case I don't think they are going to be able to hunt people down about it because so many people did it. It's like an atm which gives out too much money. A few people do it, the bank will try and get them. A lot of people do it, well it's the bank's tough **** because if they try to get their money back, they'll drive off their clients, same thing goes for o2.

And no drdre, the problem seems to have been fixed last night. Sorry.:(

EDIT:
Well it looks like o2 have copped on. Checked my credit a couple of hours ago and I'm down to about 20 euros. They pinched their credit back.

Free credit from O2 on April Fools day

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