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Paul Evans · 20-05-2007, 12:40

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.

selene · 31-05-2007, 02:24

Probably spam...

slick_tick1 · 02-06-2007, 19:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Evans

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?

Paul Evans · 02-06-2007, 20:17

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.

Finglonga · 02-06-2007, 20:26

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.

BugPowderDust · 04-06-2007, 08:59

I got the same (on O2, what about you guys?). Also get "Push Messages" quite a lot. Just delete anything that looks spammy.

sam24 · 04-06-2007, 18:20

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?!

20-05-2007, 12:40	#1
Paul Evans Forum Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK not EU Posts: 1,564	What's this? 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.

31-05-2007, 02:24	#2
selene Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Kent Posts: 119	Probably spam...

02-06-2007, 19:34	#3
slick_tick1 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2	Quote: Originally Posted by Paul Evans 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?

02-06-2007, 20:17	#4
Paul Evans Forum Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK not EU Posts: 1,564	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.

02-06-2007, 20:26	#5
Finglonga Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Stafford. Posts: 4,706	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.

04-06-2007, 08:59	#6
BugPowderDust Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ning Nang Nong Posts: 574	I got the same (on O2, what about you guys?). Also get "Push Messages" quite a lot. Just delete anything that looks spammy.

04-06-2007, 18:20	#7
sam24 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 58	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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