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trig42

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#531088 9-Oct-2011 07:41

I got 2 RIM ones in the middle of the night last weekend, from then I have been sleeping with the phone on Silent. Got another one last night (about 130am), did not wake me.

I guess there is no way of stopping these?

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#531101 9-Oct-2011 08:49

trig42: I got 2 RIM ones in the middle of the night last weekend, from then I have been sleeping with the phone on Silent. Got another one last night (about 130am), did not wake me.

I guess there is no way of stopping these?

If your on VF you can blacklist the numbers using the online 'my accounts' page.

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#531104 9-Oct-2011 08:59

jjnz1:
trig42: I got 2 RIM ones in the middle of the night last weekend, from then I have been sleeping with the phone on Silent. Got another one last night (about 130am), did not wake me.

I guess there is no way of stopping these?

If your on VF you can blacklist the numbers using the online 'my accounts' page.

Not these numbers you can't this is covered on the Blacklist INFO page on the Vodafone.co.nz site

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#531106 9-Oct-2011 09:01

kingjj:
NZFINEST: what is interesting is i have a test sim. when my test sim is in my andriod i don't get any of these text messages. i put the same sim in a blackberry within 3 hours i get texts from RIM saying i have won $$$ .

Coincidence. Like RIM has any spare money to give away these days anyway...

As pointed out already

--> Coincidence

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#531626 10-Oct-2011 19:00

Just got one in this household too - "BlackBerry UK" has apparently awarded us 1.7 million pounds.

Seems to be happening a lot, maybe Vodafone needs to look at disconnecting a link to a provider or two to prove a point? (Unless it's Vodafone UK, which would just be comical).

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#531628 10-Oct-2011 19:10

Kyanar: Just got one in this household too - "BlackBerry UK" has apparently awarded us 1.7 million pounds.

Seems to be happening a lot, maybe Vodafone needs to look at disconnecting a link to a provider or two to prove a point? (Unless it's Vodafone UK, which would just be comical).

We have already contacted the carrier these are coming thru

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#531868 11-Oct-2011 11:53

I have been signing the email address you contact up to various forms of sexual enhancement newsletters. Would be entertaining to say the least to see what their inbox looks like (providing it got through spam filters)

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#532368 12-Oct-2011 14:51

I am pleased to advise that these low life SMS scammers have now been cut off

John

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#532376 12-Oct-2011 15:15

nice work John

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#532378 12-Oct-2011 15:17

gjm: nice work John

I am the messenger in this case

Nice work Murray!

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#532413 12-Oct-2011 15:59

johnr: I am pleased to advise that these low life SMS scammers have now been cut off

John

Will I still get the money I won?

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#532415 12-Oct-2011 16:03

kiwitrc:
johnr: I am pleased to advise that these low life SMS scammers have now been cut off

John

Will I still get the money I won?

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#532443 12-Oct-2011 17:42

I got 750,000pound from Nokia UK promo!

But yeah.. at 12am local (0300nz) this was not cool. Quick google at the time showed it dating back some years, and NZ being the latest victim. Following morning JR had posted on vodafone forum which come up in google search also :)

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#532819 13-Oct-2011 12:55

johnr: I am pleased to advise that these low life SMS scammers have now been cut off

John

Thank you John.

They were really quite annoying. Glad they have now stopped.

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