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Fake SMS Scams On Rise

09

Aug

2011

Fake SMS Scams are on rise in last few months. Fraudsters are mass spamming mobile users with fake messages claiming that they have won some Lottery or Lucky Draw from UK. Below are some of the scam messages: BT.UK: YOUR GSM NO.HAS WON 500,000GBP IN BTELECOM INT’L MOBILE DRAW TO CLAIM, SEND MOBILE NO,NAME AND […]

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SMS Spam: “URGENT! If you took out a Bank Loan prior to 2007..”

14

Jun

2011

This SMS spam is probably from the same bunch of scumbags who brought you this long-running ambulance chasing spam. URGENT! If you took out a Bank Loan prior to 2007 then you are almost certainly entitled to £2300 in compensation. To claim text ‘YES’. Free to apply. In this case the SMS came from +447591233963, […]

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Emergency alerts from President Obama on your mobile phone?

13

May

2011

Mobile phone users could soon find themselves receiving emergency text messages warning them of terrorist attacks and natural disasters, under plans announced in the United States yesterday.The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have announced the “Personal Localized Alerting Network” (PLAN) which will see new handheld devices fitted with special chips […]

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