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Spam text from Dunnes?

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  • 28-02-2014 12:15am
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    elderlemon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭


    Anyone else get a mms message from "Dunnes" saying you have won xyz. You click to view the message and it takes you to the play store (on android) to install and app.

    Strange thing was that the mms had my name and mobile number! Question is where did they get that from?


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    Riesen_Meal
    Registered Users Posts: 10,577 ✭✭✭✭Riesen_Meal


    elderlemon wrote: »
    Anyone else get a mms message from "Dunnes" saying you have won xyz. You click to view the message and it takes you to the play store (on android) to install and app.

    Strange thing was that the mms had my name and mobile number! Question is where did they get that from?

    Don't install it, sounds like Malware, I just searched the play store and there is no Dunne's app on my Google Nexus 5....?


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    elderlemon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭elderlemon


    No way I'd install it. The app it wanted to install was nothing to do with dunnes - Was some gothic game or such. Just wondering how they got my name and number.


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    StaticNoise
    Registered Users Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭StaticNoise


    Dunnes Stores do not engage in any direct SMS promotions that would require an application or download. Ignore all text messages and delete immediately.


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    spaceHopper
    Registered Users Posts: 4,002 ✭✭✭spaceHopper


    Got one like it saying I was sent a picture to click the link it also had my name so I'm guessing a site I bought from was hacked. Kniw a few others who got tge same text


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    V.W.L 11
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    just got an mms saying I had won 500 euro from dunnes. :mad:


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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,457 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    FFS, if you get an unsolicited message, just delete it. Don't phone them back (probably a premium line) or click on any links.

    Bank of Ireland forum is full of threads whinging about unsolicited spam e-mails as if this sh1t only started a few weeks ago, haven't people learned anything the past few years?


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    V.W.L 11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,586 ✭✭✭V.W.L 11


    coylemj wrote: »
    FFS, if you get an unsolicited message, just delete it. Don't phone them back (probably a premium line) or click on any links.

    Bank of Ireland forum is full of threads whinging about unsolicited spam e-mails as if this sh1t only started a few weeks ago, haven't people learned anything the past few years?
    I didn't open it,i just deleted it,then googled it to learn it was spam


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