Spam from 82868 (and more spam!)

I received the following message below today. First bit of SMS spam
I've really received and just want to check something.

"FreeMsg: Hi ur on r Mobshack dbase 2 receive Free mobile promos, to
receive more, txt or reply YES to 82868. If u wish 2 be removed snd STOP
to 82868. Thank u."

Not wanting to have to phone/contact T-Mobile (I'm on a self-serve
tariff with 50ppm calls to CS up to £5 per call) - I just send STOP to
82868 and hope thats the end of it (around 12:50 this afternoon).

Almost straight away I get a reply: "Your account has now been
deactivated, to reactivate you account simply text 'CHAT' to 82868".

Fine - done what I hoped. Well, sort of. I then receive another 5 of
these messages over the following 1.5 hours. So far I've had 6 replies
- the last one at 2:23pm. Initially they came through just a few
minutes apart (12:53, 12:54, 12:56) now they've spaced out a bit more -
13:04, 13:26, 14:23.

I've checked my T-Mobile online account and can't see any bills for the
texts - yet.

Has anyone else had this before? I've found their information out from
Icstis:


WIN (Wireless Information Network) Ltd
01494 750500
1 Cliveden Office Village
Lancaster Road
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP12 3TD

Any advice?

Thanks

D

---

› See More: Spam from 82868 (and more spam!)

Yep received my first bit of spam on my home account today first time in
3yrs, very annoyed.

>I received the following message below today. First bit of SMS spam I've
>really received and just want to check something.
>
> "FreeMsg: Hi ur on r Mobshack dbase 2 receive Free mobile promos, to
> receive more, txt or reply YES to 82868. If u wish 2 be removed snd STOP
> to 82868. Thank u."

"David Hearn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I received the following message below today. First bit of SMS spam I've
>really received and just want to check something.
>
> "FreeMsg: Hi ur on r Mobshack dbase 2 receive Free mobile promos, to
> receive more, txt or reply YES to 82868. If u wish 2 be removed snd STOP
> to 82868. Thank u."
>
> Not wanting to have to phone/contact T-Mobile (I'm on a self-serve tariff
> with 50ppm calls to CS up to £5 per call) - I just send STOP to 82868 and
> hope thats the end of it (around 12:50 this afternoon).
>
> Almost straight away I get a reply: "Your account has now been
> deactivated, to reactivate you account simply text 'CHAT' to 82868".
>
> Fine - done what I hoped. Well, sort of. I then receive another 5 of
> these messages over the following 1.5 hours. So far I've had 6 replies -
> the last one at 2:23pm. Initially they came through just a few minutes
> apart (12:53, 12:54, 12:56) now they've spaced out a bit more - 13:04,
> 13:26, 14:23.
>
> I've checked my T-Mobile online account and can't see any bills for the
> texts - yet.
>
> Has anyone else had this before? I've found their information out from
> Icstis:
>
>
> WIN (Wireless Information Network) Ltd
> 01494 750500
> 1 Cliveden Office Village
> Lancaster Road
> High Wycombe
> Buckinghamshire
> HP12 3TD
>
> Any advice?

ICTIS have a help sheet:
http://www.icstis.org/pdfs/SMS_Factsheet.pdf

You can report the company to ICTIS on 0800 500 212 (or on their
website).
They'll investigate and take appropriate action which can lead to service
suspension and / or ban and / or fine

If you havent dont already, you might want to register your mobile number
with TPS:
http://www.tpsonline.org.uk
http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/ctps/number_type.html

Gizmo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>>
>> WIN (Wireless Information Network) Ltd
>> 01494 750500
>> 1 Cliveden Office Village
>> Lancaster Road
>> High Wycombe
>> Buckinghamshire
>> HP12 3TD
>>
>> Any advice?
>
> ICTIS have a help sheet:
> http://www.icstis.org/pdfs/SMS_Factsheet.pdf
>
> You can report the company to ICTIS on 0800 500 212 (or on their
> website).
> They'll investigate and take appropriate action which can lead to service
> suspension and / or ban and / or fine
>
> If you havent dont already, you might want to register your mobile number
> with TPS:
> http://www.tpsonline.org.uk
> http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/ctps/number_type.html

It's a valid point; but go have a gander at exactly how many of those
companies actually paid the fines, makes for laughable reading. We British
are way too polite...

Gizmo wrote:
> "David Hearn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...

> > "FreeMsg: Hi ur on r Mobshack dbase 2 receive Free mobile promos, to
> > receive more, txt or reply YES to 82868. If u wish 2 be removed snd STOP
> > to 82868. Thank u."
> >
> > Not wanting to have to phone/contact T-Mobile (I'm on a self-serve tariff
> > with 50ppm calls to CS up to £5 per call) - I just send STOP to 82868and
> > hope thats the end of it (around 12:50 this afternoon).

The annoying thing is that it is not clear whether sending STOP to that
number will cost anything.


> You can report the company to ICTIS on 0800 500 212 (or on their
> website).
> They'll investigate and take appropriate action which can lead to service
> suspension and / or ban and / or fine

I've now done this.

Cheers,
John

In message <[email protected]>, John
Hall <[email protected]> writes
>Gizmo wrote:
>> "David Hearn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>
>> > "FreeMsg: Hi ur on r Mobshack dbase 2 receive Free mobile promos, to
>> > receive more, txt or reply YES to 82868. If u wish 2 be removed snd STOP
>> > to 82868. Thank u."
>> >
>> > Not wanting to have to phone/contact T-Mobile (I'm on a self-serve tariff
>> > with 50ppm calls to CS up to £5 per call) - I just send STOP to 82868 and
>> > hope thats the end of it (around 12:50 this afternoon).
>
>The annoying thing is that it is not clear whether sending STOP to that
>number will cost anything.
>
>
I had the same thing last night - 5 responses to a STOP message, so
also logged it with Orange and their "secure messaging".

Got a reply saying the SMS wasn't from Orange but a 3rd Party (ie WIN).
You can call 0845 1309911 to get an interactive menu, enter your mobile
and it tells you which shortcodes you're "registered" with and options
to stop all further messages. Took about 2 minutes - whether or not I'll
be charged remains to be seen.

--
Richard. ** http://www.grange.demon.co.uk **
"Snarl, Growl, Kill, Maim, Murder!!" - Sig Vicious

"David Hearn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I received the following message below today. First bit of SMS spam I've
>really received and just want to check something.
>
> "FreeMsg: Hi ur on r Mobshack dbase 2 receive Free mobile promos, to
> receive more, txt or reply YES to 82868. If u wish 2 be removed snd STOP
> to 82868. Thank u."
>
> Not wanting to have to phone/contact T-Mobile (I'm on a self-serve tariff
> with 50ppm calls to CS up to £5 per call) - I just send STOP to 82868 and
> hope thats the end of it (around 12:50 this afternoon).
>
> Almost straight away I get a reply: "Your account has now been
> deactivated, to reactivate you account simply text 'CHAT' to 82868".
>
> Fine - done what I hoped. Well, sort of. I then receive another 5 of
> these messages over the following 1.5 hours. So far I've had 6 replies -
> the last one at 2:23pm. Initially they came through just a few minutes
> apart (12:53, 12:54, 12:56) now they've spaced out a bit more - 13:04,
> 13:26, 14:23.
>
> I've checked my T-Mobile online account and can't see any bills for the
> texts - yet.
>
> Has anyone else had this before? I've found their information out from
> Icstis:
>
>
> WIN (Wireless Information Network) Ltd
> 01494 750500
> 1 Cliveden Office Village
> Lancaster Road
> High Wycombe
> Buckinghamshire
> HP12 3TD
>
> Any advice?
>
> Thanks
>
> D

Tell Tmobile you will sue them to recover the costs as you did not request
those texts and they should be stopping reverse charges. The reason some
companies don't is because they get a huge cut out of it. It's fraudulent
activity being facilitated by mobile companies.

"Gizmo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "David Hearn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I received the following message below today. First bit of SMS spam I've
>>really received and just want to check something.
>>
>> "FreeMsg: Hi ur on r Mobshack dbase 2 receive Free mobile promos, to
>> receive more, txt or reply YES to 82868. If u wish 2 be removed snd STOP
>> to 82868. Thank u."
>>
>> Not wanting to have to phone/contact T-Mobile (I'm on a self-serve tariff
>> with 50ppm calls to CS up to £5 per call) - I just send STOP to 82868 and
>> hope thats the end of it (around 12:50 this afternoon).
>>
>> Almost straight away I get a reply: "Your account has now been
>> deactivated, to reactivate you account simply text 'CHAT' to 82868".
>>
>> Fine - done what I hoped. Well, sort of. I then receive another 5 of
>> these messages over the following 1.5 hours. So far I've had 6 replies -
>> the last one at 2:23pm. Initially they came through just a few minutes
>> apart (12:53, 12:54, 12:56) now they've spaced out a bit more - 13:04,
>> 13:26, 14:23.
>>
>> I've checked my T-Mobile online account and can't see any bills for the
>> texts - yet.
>>
>> Has anyone else had this before? I've found their information out from
>> Icstis:
>>
>>
>> WIN (Wireless Information Network) Ltd
>> 01494 750500
>> 1 Cliveden Office Village
>> Lancaster Road
>> High Wycombe
>> Buckinghamshire
>> HP12 3TD
>>
>> Any advice?
>
> ICTIS have a help sheet:
> http://www.icstis.org/pdfs/SMS_Factsheet.pdf
>
> You can report the company to ICTIS on 0800 500 212 (or on their
> website).
> They'll investigate and take appropriate action which can lead to service
> suspension and / or ban and / or fine
>
> If you havent dont already, you might want to register your mobile number
> with TPS:
> http://www.tpsonline.org.uk
> http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/ctps/number_type.html
>
That only applies to companies registered in the UK.

"David R" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:qoN%[email protected]...
> Gizmo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>> WIN (Wireless Information Network) Ltd
>>> 01494 750500
>>> 1 Cliveden Office Village
>>> Lancaster Road
>>> High Wycombe
>>> Buckinghamshire
>>> HP12 3TD
>>>
>>> Any advice?
>>
>> ICTIS have a help sheet:
>> http://www.icstis.org/pdfs/SMS_Factsheet.pdf
>>
>> You can report the company to ICTIS on 0800 500 212 (or on their
>> website).
>> They'll investigate and take appropriate action which can lead to service
>> suspension and / or ban and / or fine
>>
>> If you havent dont already, you might want to register your mobile number
>> with TPS:
>> http://www.tpsonline.org.uk
>> http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/ctps/number_type.html
>
> It's a valid point; but go have a gander at exactly how many of those
> companies actually paid the fines, makes for laughable reading. We British
> are way too polite...

I agree that the fine enforcement is a joke - But at least the service gets
pulled.

"pete" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Gizmo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "David Hearn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>I received the following message below today. First bit of SMS spam I've
>>>really received and just want to check something.
>>>
>>> "FreeMsg: Hi ur on r Mobshack dbase 2 receive Free mobile promos, to
>>> receive more, txt or reply YES to 82868. If u wish 2 be removed snd STOP
>>> to 82868. Thank u."
>>>
>>> Not wanting to have to phone/contact T-Mobile (I'm on a self-serve
>>> tariff with 50ppm calls to CS up to £5 per call) - I just send STOP to
>>> 82868 and hope thats the end of it (around 12:50 this afternoon).
>>>
>>> Almost straight away I get a reply: "Your account has now been
>>> deactivated, to reactivate you account simply text 'CHAT' to 82868".
>>>
>>> Fine - done what I hoped. Well, sort of. I then receive another 5 of
>>> these messages over the following 1.5 hours. So far I've had 6
>>> replies - the last one at 2:23pm. Initially they came through just a
>>> few minutes apart (12:53, 12:54, 12:56) now they've spaced out a bit
>>> more - 13:04, 13:26, 14:23.
>>>
>>> I've checked my T-Mobile online account and can't see any bills for the
>>> texts - yet.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else had this before? I've found their information out from
>>> Icstis:
>>>
>>>
>>> WIN (Wireless Information Network) Ltd
>>> 01494 750500
>>> 1 Cliveden Office Village
>>> Lancaster Road
>>> High Wycombe
>>> Buckinghamshire
>>> HP12 3TD
>>>
>>> Any advice?
>>
>> ICTIS have a help sheet:
>> http://www.icstis.org/pdfs/SMS_Factsheet.pdf
>>
>> You can report the company to ICTIS on 0800 500 212 (or on their
>> website).
>> They'll investigate and take appropriate action which can lead to service
>> suspension and / or ban and / or fine
>>
>> If you havent dont already, you might want to register your mobile number
>> with TPS:
>> http://www.tpsonline.org.uk
>> http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/ctps/number_type.html
>>
> That only applies to companies registered in the UK.

Buckinghamshire was in the UK last time I looked.

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:34:58 +0100, David Hearn
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I received the following message below today. First bit of SMS spam
>I've really received and just want to check something.
>
>"FreeMsg: Hi ur on r Mobshack dbase 2 receive Free mobile promos, to
>receive more, txt or reply YES to 82868. If u wish 2 be removed snd STOP
>to 82868. Thank u."
>
>Not wanting to have to phone/contact T-Mobile (I'm on a self-serve
>tariff with 50ppm calls to CS up to £5 per call) - I just send STOP to
>82868 and hope thats the end of it (around 12:50 this afternoon).
>
>Almost straight away I get a reply: "Your account has now been
>deactivated, to reactivate you account simply text 'CHAT' to 82868".
>
>Fine - done what I hoped. Well, sort of. I then receive another 5 of
>these messages over the following 1.5 hours. So far I've had 6 replies
>- the last one at 2:23pm. Initially they came through just a few
>minutes apart (12:53, 12:54, 12:56) now they've spaced out a bit more -
>13:04, 13:26, 14:23.
>
>I've checked my T-Mobile online account and can't see any bills for the
>texts - yet.
>
>Has anyone else had this before? I've found their information out from
>Icstis:
>
>
>WIN (Wireless Information Network) Ltd
>01494 750500
>1 Cliveden Office Village
>Lancaster Road
>High Wycombe
>Buckinghamshire
>HP12 3TD
>
>Any advice?
>
>Thanks
>
>D

Interesting ... my wife received the same unsolicited message, but we
ignored it (did think about sending a stop message but thought better)
- since then we have had no further messages.

Whereas the stop message may work I always treat it like spam - reply
and you're confirming a working mobile number

Cheers

Mark

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:57:36 +0100, "Gizmo" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Buckinghamshire was in the UK last time I looked.

Want to bet? A couple of weeks ago, I set up some software for a
client. It was from www.datalinkuk.com also knows as www.holbi.co.uk.

Address in Berkshire. However, to talk to the developers, you have to
ring a phone number in eastern europe. Even the UK phone number sounds
like a very long voip connection at a low data rate.

In fairness, their software does what we wanted. But their claims of
being in Berkshire seem somewhat exaggerated.

--

Iain
the out-of-date hairydog guide to mobile phones
http://www.hairydog.co.uk/cell1.html
Browse now while stocks last!

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:34:58 +0100, David Hearn
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I received the following message below today. First bit of SMS spam
>I've really received and just want to check something.
>
>"FreeMsg: Hi ur on r Mobshack dbase 2 receive Free mobile promos, to
>receive more, txt or reply YES to 82868. If u wish 2 be removed snd STOP
>to 82868. Thank u."
>
>Not wanting to have to phone/contact T-Mobile (I'm on a self-serve
>tariff with 50ppm calls to CS up to £5 per call) - I just send STOP to
>82868 and hope thats the end of it (around 12:50 this afternoon).
>
>Almost straight away I get a reply: "Your account has now been
>deactivated, to reactivate you account simply text 'CHAT' to 82868".
>
I had the same message yesterday but forwarded it to Orange's SPAM
service. I'm glad I did now!

Whether anything is ever done, I have no idea but it's nice to think
there's a team of dedicated spam hunting Orange employees just waiting
for some dodgy phone companies to destroy.

Or maybe it just gets sent to SMS equivalent of dev/null. Who knows?

Lee.
--
lee at w2designs dot co dot uk

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

David,

I have seen your post and thought i could help. The message you
recieved was a free message to see if you wished to be removed from the
database. You could reply at no cost either with a stop or a yes. If
you replied yes you would be able to recieve offers from mobshack. You
would only be charged should you wish to take advantage of the offers.
with regards to receiving several of these messages i cannot understand
how this happened and am looking into this right away. I will post
again. should you have any query relating to this and wish to speak
directly to a mobshack representative please feel you can call anytime
0871 231 7606

yours,

Roger Davies
Customer Support Manager

On Oct 25, 1:34 pm, David Hearn <[email protected]> wrote:
> I received the following message below today. First bit of SMS spam
> I've really received and just want to check something.
>
> "FreeMsg: Hi ur on r Mobshack dbase 2 receive Free mobile promos, to
> receive more, txt or reply YES to 82868. If u wish 2 be removed snd STOP
> to 82868. Thank u."
>
> Not wanting to have to phone/contact T-Mobile (I'm on a self-serve
> tariff with 50ppm calls to CS up to £5 per call) - I just send STOP to
> 82868 and hope thats the end of it (around 12:50 this afternoon).
>
> Almost straight away I get a reply: "Your account has now been
> deactivated, to reactivate you account simply text 'CHAT' to 82868".
>
> Fine - done what I hoped. Well, sort of. I then receive another 5 of
> these messages over the following 1.5 hours. So far I've had 6 replies
> - the last one at 2:23pm. Initially they came through just a few
> minutes apart (12:53, 12:54, 12:56) now they've spaced out a bit more -
> 13:04, 13:26, 14:23.
>
> I've checked my T-Mobile online account and can't see any bills for the
> texts - yet.
>
> Has anyone else had this before? I've found their information out from
> Icstis:
>
> WIN (Wireless Information Network) Ltd
> 01494 750500
> 1 Cliveden Office Village
> Lancaster Road
> High Wycombe
> Buckinghamshire
> HP12 3TD
>
> Any advice?
>
> Thanks
>
> D

David,

I have seen this post and thought i could help. The message you
recieved was a free message for you to respond with a yes or a stop.
If you replied yes you would start to recieve offers from mobshack. If
you replied stop you would be instantly removed from the database.
It would only cost you the price of a text message to reply and at no
point would there be a premium charge. With regards to several of the
messages landing i am looking into this right away. If you would like
to speak with a representative please feel you can call 0871 231 7606
mon - fri 9-5pm

Roger Davies
Customer Service Manager

On Oct 25, 1:34 pm, David Hearn <[email protected]> wrote:
> I received the following message below today. First bit of SMS spam
> I've really received and just want to check something.
>
> "FreeMsg: Hi ur on r Mobshack dbase 2 receive Free mobile promos, to
> receive more, txt or reply YES to 82868. If u wish 2 be removed snd STOP
> to 82868. Thank u."
>
> Not wanting to have to phone/contact T-Mobile (I'm on a self-serve
> tariff with 50ppm calls to CS up to £5 per call) - I just send STOP to
> 82868 and hope thats the end of it (around 12:50 this afternoon).
>
> Almost straight away I get a reply: "Your account has now been
> deactivated, to reactivate you account simply text 'CHAT' to 82868".
>
> Fine - done what I hoped. Well, sort of. I then receive another 5 of
> these messages over the following 1.5 hours. So far I've had 6 replies
> - the last one at 2:23pm. Initially they came through just a few
> minutes apart (12:53, 12:54, 12:56) now they've spaced out a bit more -
> 13:04, 13:26, 14:23.
>
> I've checked my T-Mobile online account and can't see any bills for the
> texts - yet.
>
> Has anyone else had this before? I've found their information out from
> Icstis:
>
> WIN (Wireless Information Network) Ltd
> 01494 750500
> 1 Cliveden Office Village
> Lancaster Road
> High Wycombe
> Buckinghamshire
> HP12 3TD
>
> Any advice?
>
> Thanks
>
> D