nothing much really, look you see, just yet another of them scam warnings. again, no, i am not an expert in safety and security, but i do believe in passing on what you know. many, if not most, of the problems in this world stem from everyone assuming that what they know is known by all. this is not the case, and making such an assumption leads to many a misunderstanding.
anyway, onwards with this, and a rather unwelcome return of that most intrusive of "scam span", the text message.
my first thought when this gem (not really a gem) landed was "oh, that's weird, as my service provider has been doing what they are supposed to, along with all the others, and stopping this sh!t". but, one plucky, intrepid criminal sort played the odds and won, resulting in this landing.
oh goody, i most decidedly did not think, how nice. my "Mobile No" has been selected as a "winner", has it now? fancy!
this is of course complete rubbish. what happens is the mastermind behind it sets up a computer system to generate thousands of numbers which follow the pattern of providers in the UK. this text message then gets fired off with gay abandon, and the criminals behind it simply wait for someone to respond. i have no doubt at all that anyone who responds will be asked to provide their banking details so that this "Euro-Mega Draw" can be paid into their account, and then find that their account has been wiped out.
indeed i have taken the liberty of blanking out the number, and the email address where you could write to and find out how to give all your money away. on that note, i guess someone has worked a way around Google's supposedly much tougher than ever ways of preventing fake accounts.
should you get rubbish like this arriving on your phone, the best thing to do is delete it. another thing to do would be to call your service provider with the details, and then kick off a bit at them, asking how and why such nonsense is still allowed.
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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