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Test Text Message Scam

  • 14-05-2009 3:42pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    Earlier I received a text from no number with the message "Testing to see if you get this message" the name comes up as WMM and if you try to extract the data it says there is no number.

    I rang O2 and they said it sounds like a subscription scam and to keep and eye on my credit over the next while etc and certainly not to reply to it (which I wasn't going to do anyway!) I, for some reason thought they woudlbe interested in the scam but they're not too bothered!

    My friend then received the same text this afternoon, she's with vodafone.

    So, just warning that if you get a similar text, don't reply!


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  • #2
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,476 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    I, for some reason thought they woudlbe interested in the scam but they're not too bothered!
    Well it does earn them money.


  • #3
    IH77
    Closed Accounts Posts: 301 ✭✭IH77


    a friend on O2 got this today as well.


  • #4
    Mimikyu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,922 ✭✭✭✭Mimikyu


    This post has been deleted.


  • #5
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,660 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    Captain Morgan wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    Nope they make massive massive money..

    A couple of years back back Vodafone were making 800k a month just from Opera Telecom.


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Never knew that they earned money out of it.

    How Naive I am eh!


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  • #7
    Gillo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭Gillo


    helimachoptor wrote: »
    Nope they make massive massive money..

    A couple of years back back Vodafone were making 800k a month just from Opera Telecom.

    That's a pretty impressive claim, I'm sure you can back it up...


  • #8
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,660 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    Gillo wrote: »
    That's a pretty impressive claim, I'm sure you can back it up...

    Well I've worked for all the mobile operators bar 3, I've seen the figures I think to be exact it was 860k, that was just for Opera who were the biggest and the rest were a bit lower but not much.

    Frankly I was astounded at the value of it...


  • #9
    Gillo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭Gillo


    And is that the actual profit they made or the money they took in (how much then get passed on to opera)?


  • #10
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,660 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    Gillo wrote: »
    And is that the actual profit they made or the money they took in (how much then get passed on to opera)?

    No the premium operators pay the mobile operators a percentage of every message that is trafficked across, VF charge the most followed by 02 then Meteor.

    Basically the money is deducted from your credit say 2 euro VF will get around €1.20 of this.

    Sorry yes to answer your question thats profit,


  • #11
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    Thanks for the warning OP. Not a lot more to this thread so I'm gonna close it off before we get into the whole mobile networks / premium texts debate again.

    Thanks


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