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Darren white

Darren white Report 2 May 2004 20:24

Is anyone else getting text messages claiming to have a new message on your mobiles answer phone? message says: vioce mail has 1 new message please call this number now 08715200679 this is not orange's answer phone no. (as far as I know) I've had 10 messages in the last hour..

Unknown

Unknown Report 2 May 2004 20:28

Darren I'm on Orange and haven't had any messages at all on my phone today. Sounds a bit dodgy I think, aren't the 08715 numbers the expensive ones? I think I ring 453 or 450 or something like that (!) for my messages.

Darren white

Darren white Report 2 May 2004 20:35

I just press one for my answer phone service, and normally if there is an unanswered message you get a little symbol on the screen. But there is no new message when I check... aHHHAGHH...Just had another one!! buggered if I'm gona ring it, people got nothing better to with their time

Debbie

Debbie Report 2 May 2004 20:36

I havnt had one of those but I did have a text message to say I had won £500 and to ring a number to claim it. It wasnt my T mobile number cant remember the number cause I deleted it straight away. 10 thats a awful lot dont be tempted answer it. Debbie

Sandra

Sandra Report 2 May 2004 20:37

could be one of those scams that charge $5 a minute, i'd ignore it sandra

Debbie

Debbie Report 2 May 2004 20:38

I even had one the other day saying someone from a dating agency was looking for me apparently they knew me. was very tempted but again deleted it. I thought my mobile number was safe because I dont give it out over the internet only to people I know very well. So how do they get the number. Debbie

Darren white

Darren white Report 2 May 2004 20:44

Deb, Same here, never give my mobile number out, specially in the pub....after the last er.. 'incident' :-| And never give out over the net. only a couple of people on this site have it.

Sue

Sue Report 2 May 2004 20:53

Darren I'm on O2 and got a message like that yesterday. I know it wasn't real because my voicemail is turned off coz I'm too mean to pay to retrieve my messages! LOL If anyone wants me they have to phone back! Seriously though - if you look at the time and date of most of these messages, they are from the future (although the voicemail one wasn't)! Beware of the messages that say 'this is the 2nd or 3rd or 4th time we have tried to contact you. You have won.....' The number you have to ring is usually a premium rate number and costs more than £1 per minute. Sue

sparklysam

sparklysam Report 2 May 2004 22:17

Ive had three today so far, all from differnt numbers and all telling me to phone differnt numbers, but all worded in the exact same way. I have tried contacting O2 as thats my network, but there website wasnt getting on with my computer!

mo

mo Report 2 May 2004 23:13

my other half had one of those messages about three weeks ago he phoned orange and they told him to delete as it was sure to be a scam