Text Message Scams - "Fortune 500 Company - Earn US$5000" & "Interesting Facts of the Day"
The recipients of the fake messages are advised to report them to their mobile service providers.
The Fake Automated SMS or Text Messages
- "hello! my name is Harris and I represent a Fortune 500 company. I would like to interest you in a chance to earn US$5000 a month in the comfort of your own home! if you're interested, give this number a call and we can discuss something!"
- "Congratulations! You have successfully suscribed to Interesting Facts of the Day! Here is your daily fun fact! A human's cells replace themselves over a span of 7 years. so every 7 years"
- "Here is your daily fun fact! A human's cells replace themselves over a span of 7 years. So every 7 years you're essentially a clone of yourself! To unsubscribe from Interesting Facts of the Day, please send UNSUB IFOTD "
- "UNSUB IFOTD Congratulations you have unsubbed from Interesting Facts of the Day. We will be sorry to see you go! We are currently in a phase of survey and testing. Would you like to take part in our surve ? Send YES or NO"
- "Congratulations you have unsubbed from Interesting Facts of the Day. We will be sorry to see you go! We are currently in a phase of survey and testing. Would you like to take part in our survey? Send YES or NO"
- "You have selected NO PROBLEM! Thank you for your patience! On a scale of 1 – 10 how would you rate our fun facts? wot?"
- "You have successfully suscribed to Ways of Twerking with keywords WOT. Our current database only has Miley on it. Would you like a tutorial on the Miley way of Twerking? Reply YES or NO"
- "You have successfully suscribed to Naughty Otters! Here is your free daily otter picture! to unsubscribe from this service, reply NO OTTERS"
- "You have successfully in suscribed from naughty otters! Would you like to suscribe to Naughty Dogs?
- "You have selected NO PROBLEM! Here is your daily naughty dog picture!"
- "Thank you! You have keyed in the daily secret word ! As a reward we Thank you! You have keyed in the daily secret word ! As a reward we will be providing you with 80 free Naughty Dog pictures for the next 24 hours!"
- "Congratulations! You have keyed the keyword ham. Here is a picture of sexy ham!"
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