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a text from orange - real or fake ?
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| the dog from that film you saw 2007-03-20, 3:33 pm |
| today i received a text from 'upgrdcentre'
it says orange customer, you may now claim your FREE CAMERA PHONE upgrade
for your loyalty, call now on 0207 153 9996.
offer ends 21st march.
from your no doubt greater experience than mine, does that sound genuine? -
or some kind of spam from a non orange related company.
and if it is real, is it a ploy to tie you into a longer contract ?
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Gareth.
That fly... is your magic wand.
http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/
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| Neil - Usenet 2007-03-20, 3:33 pm |
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"the dog from that film you saw" < dsb@removethisportio
nbtinternet.com> wrote
in message news:56at12F27rhd0U1
@mid.individual.net...
> today i received a text from 'upgrdcentre'
> it says orange customer, you may now claim your FREE CAMERA PHONE upgrade
> for your loyalty, call now on 0207 153 9996.
> offer ends 21st march.
>
>
> from your no doubt greater experience than mine, does that sound
> genuine? - or some kind of spam from a non orange related company.
>
> and if it is real, is it a ploy to tie you into a longer contract ?
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> --
> Gareth.
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> That fly... is your magic wand.
> http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/
>
spam
confirmed. do a google.
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| Frogman 2007-03-20, 3:33 pm |
| the dog from that film you saw submitted this idea :
> today i received a text from 'upgrdcentre'
> it says orange customer, you may now claim your FREE CAMERA PHONE upgrade for
> your loyalty, call now on 0207 153 9996.
> offer ends 21st march.
It's spam and not from Orange take a look here,
http://www.07text0spam.com/alltime20.html
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Regards,
Frogman, http://www.frogman.org.uk for free downloads and more...
Consciousness- that annoying time between naps.
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| the dog from that film you saw 2007-03-20, 3:33 pm |
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"Frogman" <uk_frogman@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:mn.a4bc7d738e9d2b05.60348@frogman.org.uk...
> the dog from that film you saw submitted this idea :
>
> It's spam and not from Orange take a look here,
> http://www.07text0spam.com/alltime20.html
thanks - first spam i've had on this number - that's a little worrying -
hopefully the porn spams you get charged for won't follow as with my last
orange number.
--
Gareth.
That fly... is your magic wand.
http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/
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| Steve Terry 2007-03-21, 7:33 am |
| "the dog from that film you saw" < dsb@removethisportio
nbtinternet.com> wrote
in message news:56at12F27rhd0U1
@mid.individual.net...
> today i received a text from 'upgrdcentre'
> it says orange customer, you may now claim your FREE CAMERA PHONE
> upgrade for your loyalty, call now on 0207 153 9996.
> offer ends 21st march.
> from your no doubt greater experience than mine, does that sound
> genuine? - or some kind of spam from a non orange related company.
> and if it is real, is it a ploy to tie you into a longer contract ?
>
Real Orange messages will always come from a 07973 100 xxx number
Steve Terry
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| Helen Deborah Vecht 2007-03-21, 7:33 am |
| "the dog from that film you saw" < dsb@removethisportio
nbtinternet.com>typed
> today i received a text from 'upgrdcentre'
> it says orange customer, you may now claim your FREE CAMERA PHONE upgrade
> for your loyalty, call now on 0207 153 9996.
> offer ends 21st march.
> from your no doubt greater experience than mine, does that sound genuine? -
> or some kind of spam from a non orange related company.
> and if it is real, is it a ploy to tie you into a longer contract ?
Yes.
I've had a few of these. When I tell them I'm on PAYG they lose interest...
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Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk
Edgware.
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| unobtrusive@gmail.com 2007-03-21, 7:33 am |
| On Mar 20, 10:58 pm, "Steve Terry" <g...@tesco.net> wrote:
> "the dog from that film you saw" <d... @removethisportionbt
internet.com> wrote
> in messagenews:56at12F2
7rhd0U1@mid.individual.net...> today i received a text from 'upgrdcentre'
>
> Real Orange messages will always come from a 07973 100 xxx number
>
> Steve Terry
As with caller id, the origin of an sms can be spoofed and so you
shouldn't put too much trust in it.
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| dsb@removethisportio
nbtinternet.com declared for all the world to
hear...
> today i received a text from 'upgrdcentre'
> it says orange customer, you may now claim your FREE CAMERA PHONE upgrade
> for your loyalty, call now on 0207 153 9996.
> offer ends 21st march.
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> from your no doubt greater experience than mine, does that sound genuine? -
> or some kind of spam from a non orange related company.
It's a real text allright, but it's not from Orange. Best not to reply
or contact them.
> and if it is real, is it a ploy to tie you into a longer contract ?
Any offer of a new handset will always extend your contract.
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Regards
Jon
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| {{{{{Welcome}}}}} 2007-03-21, 10:33 pm |
| the dog from that film you saw wrote:
> "Frogman" <uk_frogman@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
> news:mn.a4bc7d738e9d2b05.60348@frogman.org.uk...
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> thanks - first spam i've had on this number - that's a little
> worrying - hopefully the porn spams you get charged for won't follow
> as with my last orange number.
They have their phone numnber displayed wrong, so couldn't be a decent
telco, they'd know their number would be displayed as 020 7153 nnnn if
they were decent.
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| Schtop! 2007-03-23, 10:33 am |
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> It's a real text allright, but it's not from Orange. Best not to reply
> or contact them.
Reply STOP all. They should remove you from their database!!!
> Any offer of a new handset will always extend your contract.
Yeah, normally 18 months too!
btw - I get (rubbish MMS) messages from Orange that come from 1510
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| matt.bowden1@gmail.com declared for all the world to hear...
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> Reply STOP all. They should remove you from their database!!!
Only useful for premium rate services. In this case replying could cause
more harm than good.
> btw - I get (rubbish MMS) messages from Orange that come from 1510
Go into your MMS settings and choose "disallow adverts".
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Regards
Jon
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