Is it legit to send STOP for this or a scam...?

Got this text message today from 07800-003211:

"Call or text now: Get a new mobile with 3000 free w/end mins, half
price l/rental &/or double txts. Call MobilesDirect 08714235672 or reply
YES! txt NO to stop"

Will I incur some hefty rate if I reply stop or should I ignore this?
Anyone else received something from them? Can I complain or will it just
fall on "deaf ears". I am not due for any upgrades so this is why I am
asking.
Thanks for any input/help.

©® wrote:
> Got this text message today from 07800-003211:
>
> "Call or text now: Get a new mobile with 3000 free w/end mins, half
> price l/rental &/or double txts. Call MobilesDirect 08714235672 or reply
> YES! txt NO to stop"
>
> Will I incur some hefty rate if I reply stop or should I ignore this?
> Anyone else received something from them? Can I complain or will it just
> fall on "deaf ears". I am not due for any upgrades so this is why I am
> asking.
> Thanks for any input/help.
>
>

Looks like a mass sending to me, just ignore it.

©® wrote:
> Got this text message today from 07800-003211:
>
> "Call or text now: Get a new mobile with 3000 free w/end mins, half
> price l/rental &/or double txts. Call MobilesDirect 08714235672 or
> reply YES! txt NO to stop"
>
> Will I incur some hefty rate if I reply stop or should I ignore this?
> Anyone else received something from them? Can I complain or will it
> just fall on "deaf ears". I am not due for any upgrades so this is
> why I am asking.
> Thanks for any input/help.

Just ignore it, replying will only let them know it's an active number.

Chris

"Chris Boyd" <chrisbboyd@gmREMOVEail.com> wrote in message
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> Just ignore it, replying will only let them know it's an active
> number.

Thanks - always good to know what to do!

"Chris Boyd" <chrisbboyd@gmREMOVEail.com> wrote in message
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> ©® wrote:
>> Got this text message today from 07800-003211:
>>
>> "Call or text now: Get a new mobile with 3000 free w/end mins, half
>> price l/rental &/or double txts. Call MobilesDirect 08714235672 or
>> reply YES! txt NO to stop"
>>
>> Will I incur some hefty rate if I reply stop or should I ignore this?
>> Anyone else received something from them? Can I complain or will it
>> just fall on "deaf ears". I am not due for any upgrades so this is
>> why I am asking.
>> Thanks for any input/help.
>
> Just ignore it, replying will only let them know it's an active number.

A delivery report would let them know it's an active number, too.

Mr. H.

On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 00:16:20 -0000, "©®" <news@kidsnews.au.org> wrote:

>Got this text message today from 07800-003211:
>
>"Call or text now: Get a new mobile with 3000 free w/end mins, half
>price l/rental &/or double txts. Call MobilesDirect 08714235672 or reply
>YES! txt NO to stop"
>
>Will I incur some hefty rate if I reply stop or should I ignore this?
>Anyone else received something from them? Can I complain or will it just
>fall on "deaf ears". I am not due for any upgrades so this is why I am
>asking.
>Thanks for any input/help.
>
If you're on Orange the best thing to do is forward the whole message
for free to 7726. try and include the originating number manually if
it's not in the message. I don't know if anything ever happens to
these or gets done but it makes me feel better

Lee.
--
lee at w2designs dot co dot uk

If I have one flaw, it's that I'm a perfectoinist.

news@kidsnews.au.org declared for all the world to hear...
> Got this text message today from 07800-003211:
>
> "Call or text now: Get a new mobile with 3000 free w/end mins, half
> price l/rental &/or double txts. Call MobilesDirect 08714235672 or reply
> YES! txt NO to stop"
>
> Will I incur some hefty rate if I reply stop

As the number you are replying to is not a premium rate shortcode then
no, you won't.

> or should I ignore this?

Register your number(s) on the TPS

--
Regards
Jon

chrisbboyd@gmREMOVEail.com declared for all the world to hear...
> Just ignore it, replying will only let them know it's an active number.

A delivery report will also do this.
--
Regards
Jon

"©®" <news@kidsnews.au.org> wrote in message
news:1IydnYq2WuqfTX_eRVnyrg@pipex.net
> "Chris Boyd" <chrisbboyd@gmREMOVEail.com> wrote in message
> news:RezEf.3022$Fy4.866@newsfe4-win.ntli.net...
> > Just ignore it, replying will only let them know it's
> > an active number.
>
> Thanks - always good to know what to do!

Were you charged to receive it..? Check, as if so, ignoring it will be
costly..!

Ivor

http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/



"Jon" <spam@jonparker.plus.com> wrote in message news:MPG.1e4d92d94df93f23989ec1@usenet.plus.net...

> news@kidsnews.au.org declared for all the world to hear...
>> Got this text message today from 07800-003211:
>>
>> "Call or text now: Get a new mobile with 3000 free w/end mins, half
>> price l/rental &/or double txts. Call MobilesDirect 08714235672 or reply
>> YES! txt NO to stop"
>>
>> Will I incur some hefty rate if I reply stop
>
> As the number you are replying to is not a premium rate shortcode then
> no, you won't.
>
>> or should I ignore this?
>
> Register your number(s) on the TPS
>
> --
> Regards
> Jon

Jon <spam@jonparker.plus.com> wrote:
[...]
> Register your number(s) on the TPS

.... which achieves *nothing*.

I didn't get cold calls to my landline until I registered it for BT
Privacy to get free CLIP. It's almost as if cold calling outfits know
there's no enforcement and use the TPS lists as a source of known-good
numbers.

--
PGP key ID E85DC776 - finger abuse@mooli.org.uk for full key

"Peter Corlett" <abuse@dopiaza.cabal.org.uk> wrote in message
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> Jon <spam@jonparker.plus.com> wrote:
> [...]
>> Register your number(s) on the TPS
>
> ... which achieves *nothing*.
>
> I didn't get cold calls to my landline until I registered it for BT
> Privacy to get free CLIP. It's almost as if cold calling outfits know
> there's no enforcement and use the TPS lists as a source of known-good
> numbers.
>

If registering for the TPS achieves nothing, how is it that everyone
that I have advised to register, (at least 10 people), have achieved an
almost 100% success in stopping cold calling?

As regards receiving more calls since registering for BT Privacy, due to
companies supposedly using the TPS list as their source for numbers,
this is unbelievable, are you suggesting that these companies are
deliberately targeting those most likely to complain? If this were so,
it would be a very stupid way to run a marketing operation, and they
would not be in business very long.

"GwG" <sorrythisdoesntwork@guess.uk.co> wrote in message
news:ltZFf.81183$W4.78908@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net...

> If registering for the TPS achieves nothing, how is it that everyone
> that I have advised to register, (at least 10 people), have achieved an
> almost 100% success in stopping cold calling?
>
> As regards receiving more calls since registering for BT Privacy, due to
> companies supposedly using the TPS list as their source for numbers,
> this is unbelievable, are you suggesting that these companies are
> deliberately targeting those most likely to complain? If this were so,
> it would be a very stupid way to run a marketing operation, and they
> would not be in business very long.
>
I have found a dramatic reduction in the level of cold calls since
subscribing to TPS and they are almost exclusively now from foreign call
centres, most obviously budget operations as the level of understanability
of the English is often low. I suspect these are not 'company' call centres
rather independent marketing operations on short term contracts to sell a
specific product for a short time, hence there lack of concern about TPS.

MPS also seems to be quite effective and has cut down the amount of junk
mail dramatically.

Peter