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Old 20-05-2007, 12:40
Paul Evans
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Just got a message to my phone around twenty minutes ago. The subject was simply "Hi there! " and it originated from +27829129.

The rest of the message looked like a suspicious web link, part of it I've reproduced below:

http://w03.v739.net/app/dispatch/ (I've removed the file or page reference)

Whois hasn't come up with anything other than the domain being registered (no details).

Has anyone else seen anything similar? Is it just spam or something more sinister? (A link to a virus or something?)

I'm on Vodafone.
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Old 31-05-2007, 02:24
selene
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Probably spam...
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Old 02-06-2007, 19:34
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Just got a message to my phone around twenty minutes ago. The subject was simply "Hi there! " and it originated from +27829129.

The rest of the message looked like a suspicious web link, part of it I've reproduced below:

http://w03.v739.net/app/dispatch/ (I've removed the file or page reference)

Whois hasn't come up with anything other than the domain being registered (no details).

Has anyone else seen anything similar? Is it just spam or something more sinister? (A link to a virus or something?)

I'm on Vodafone.
hi there, i got the same thing, and its some annomoyuos website??? i got it twice? is some one hacking into our mobiles?
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Old 02-06-2007, 20:17
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There's another thread about it here:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...d.php?t=578965

It looks like a link that reverse-charges you for clicking on it. I didn't try out the link via my phone, but via Firefox using a WAP plug-in, and it linked to an expired page.

It sounds like the page only exists for a couple of hours after the spam texts are sent out.
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Old 02-06-2007, 20:26
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Why do people worry about these types of text messages? Just delete them if they are not expected or there not from someone in your phone book.
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Old 04-06-2007, 08:59
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I got the same (on O2, what about you guys?). Also get "Push Messages" quite a lot. Just delete anything that looks spammy.
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Old 04-06-2007, 18:20
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Yeh, i got it on t-mobile the other day. It made the sound as if my w88oi battery was low warning, but it came through as some odd type of message. Anyone yet have any ideas where they got our numbers from or from who these texts actually originate?!
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