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#133918 7-Nov-2013 20:20

Just got this cute little SMS

Whoo hoo. Lucky me right?

So who do I send the spam complaint to? Forwarding it to Microsoft thats for sure, but is there a place at Vodafone I can report this?

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#929070 7-Nov-2013 20:22

Just forward it to SPAM (7726)

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#929072 7-Nov-2013 20:25

Not sure how I would forward the whole SMS including the number it was sent from via SMS on the iPhone. Any ideas?

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#929116 7-Nov-2013 21:27

jarledb: Not sure how I would forward the whole SMS including the number it was sent from via SMS on the iPhone. Any ideas?

Doesn't matter about the number itself as this will be spoofed, just the SMS is fine. Hold down on the message and hit forward I believe.

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#929132 7-Nov-2013 21:46

Best idea educate friends and family these SMS are nothing but a scam and then delete it

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#929206 8-Nov-2013 01:22

johnr: Best idea educate friends and family these SMS are nothing but a scam and then delete it

Not sure about any chance of blocking or sourcing these SMSes. But I am sure going to try to make sure that anyone that might be fooled by it is somewhat helped.

In this situation that means trying to figure out how to block further texts, and to try and have Microsoft shut down the live.co.uk email address the scammer is using.

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#929207 8-Nov-2013 02:25

jarledb:
johnr: Best idea educate friends and family these SMS are nothing but a scam and then delete it

Not sure about any chance of blocking or sourcing these SMSes. But I am sure going to try to make sure that anyone that might be fooled by it is somewhat helped.

In this situation that means trying to figure out how to block further texts, and to try and have Microsoft shut down the live.co.uk email address the scammer is using.

No use, they use a fake number + have thousands of these email addresses at their disposal. I find it fun to send them emails back to try to bait them (I'm known for baiting the Microsoft scammers + phishing emails)

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