Hi - I am looking for some advice please - I rang o2 but they said they couldn't help. I have recently had two weird experiences when receiving picture messages. In both instances, I have received a picture message of my son from a unknown numbers (different in each case) - that rules out a random phishing message! On both occasions the message originated from my parent's house and they confirmed sending them. However, when I received the messages an unrecognised number appeared to have sent it - when I reply the same number comes straight back asking "who is this" or something to that effect. I am wary that it might be a scam that if I ring them it will divert to a premium rate number. Is it possible that someone can hijack the message when it is sending? I assume it goes via the internet as the globe appears on my phone when sending / receiving. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Cheers!
Do they have an iphone? On an iphone if you go to settings>phone>my number and the number is incorrect then your MMS will have that incorrect number on them so when recipients reply their message goes to that number.
Thanks Guys - they are defo not on i-phone. I am not sure of the exact model but they are both basic enough, older Sony Ericsson models (I think the W910i). I just dont know if it is possible for someone to in some way pick up the signal of the outgoing message and replace the legititamte details with their own. O2 did not have much to say about the whole thing and certainly did not appear to be aware of any such scam. It may just have been some sort of technical glitch and I am getting my knicckers in a twist over nothing - I just dont like people getting conned!
It's theoretically possible to intercept a communication like that, but requires about £15,000 of equipment, ten minutes and the person needs to know one or two words of the message. So no-one is going to do this for an MMS.
