topic Re: Possible scam SMS in Pay As You Go

Possible scam SMS

Porcia — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 06:34:06 GMT

Just had a txt from 07438 361971 and my phone thinks it's spam. It says it's from o2points.top which sound kind of suspicious as I've never heard of it before. Anyway, just checking here before blocking the number as my phone suggests.

Re: Possible scam SMS

pgn — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 07:31:09 GMT

Seems to be that (originally a Lycamobile) number has a lot of points to use, but site works with no challenge, so could be a phishing attempt, best to take advice of your phone's spam filter and ignore, @Porcia

Re: Possible scam SMS

Slushpuppy1 — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 08:36:25 GMT

I also received the text, but it was from a different number, +447774959280

Re: Possible scam SMS

pgn — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 09:00:09 GMT

Best to avoid, @Slushpuppy1 - site is hosted by Tencent (Beijing) and asks for no credentials, just a phone number, until it gets to taking your address and credit card details for a paltry 0.23 handling charge. Suspect a phishing attempt.

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Re: Possible scam SMS

pgn — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 18:09:31 GMT

@Porcia @Slushpuppy1

Confirmed not to be a genuine O2 or related website by O2 Social Media Team on X earlier:

Good afternoon, thanks for getting in touch.

That's not a genuine website and we'll get it reported for investigation.

If you personally received a text message, could you send us across a screenshot along with the sending number please?

Just thought you'd like to know 👍🏼

And they followed up a little later with:

Thank you.

We've passed the details across to our team for investigation.

Be Vigilant!