Fraudulent TXT Message - Verizon Billing

I received the following TXT message on my mobile phone this
afternoon:

"Please call Verizon Wireless at 800-754-0961 or press the send key on
your phone regarding your account. This is a free text message. From:
900080003458"

The 800 number is not Verizon and when you hit send, it appears to
dial a 900 number. I caught it before the 900 call went through, but
what's with the number of digits? It's more than 10 but doesn't appear
to be international.

I reported it to Verizon, but they didn't seem particularly
interested.

A_C

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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:14:07 -0400, Agent_C
<[email protected]> wrote:

Never mind.

A_C

Agent_C wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:14:07 -0400, Agent_C
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Never mind.

No way! I don't use txt messaging at all so I
have no idea. What was the deal?

-Quick

"Agent_C" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:14:07 -0400, Agent_C
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Never mind.
>
> A_C

NEVER MIND?? You post a message like that on here and then reply to yourself
with a NEVER MIND??

AT least you can offer up an explanation of some sort.

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 19:26:19 -0400, "Bob the Printer"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>NEVER MIND?? You post a message like that on here and then reply to yourself
>with a NEVER MIND??
>
>AT least you can offer up an explanation of some sort.

Sorry for the commotion - LOL... It was a combination of misdialing
the 800 number and Verizon not giving an accurate explanation of the
900 callback.

Turns out... the 800 number WAS a valid number and the 900 callback
was not actually a telephone number, but an internal Verizon account
to insure customers don't get charged; with a VERY poor choice of
prefix!

They were just trying to get a hold of me because I was a month behind
on my bill.

A_C

In message <[email protected]> Agent_C
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 19:26:19 -0400, "Bob the Printer"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>NEVER MIND?? You post a message like that on here and then reply to yourself
>>with a NEVER MIND??
>>
>>AT least you can offer up an explanation of some sort.
>
>Sorry for the commotion - LOL... It was a combination of misdialing
>the 800 number and Verizon not giving an accurate explanation of the
>900 callback.
>
>Turns out... the 800 number WAS a valid number and the 900 callback
>was not actually a telephone number, but an internal Verizon account
>to insure customers don't get charged; with a VERY poor choice of
>prefix!

A better question is why they don't just send the message from the phone
number they want you to call and save the whole hassle.

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Agent_C wrote:

> Turns out... the 800 number WAS a valid number and the 900 callback
> was not actually a telephone number, but an internal Verizon account
> to insure customers don't get charged; with a VERY poor choice of
> prefix!

Well, not really, except in that is causes some confusion. In reality
though, I believe 900 numbers are blocked on Verizon cell phones.


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Isaiah Beard wrote:
> Agent_C wrote:
>
>> Turns out... the 800 number WAS a valid number and the
>> 900 callback was not actually a telephone number, but an
>> internal Verizon account to insure customers don't get
>> charged; with a VERY poor choice of prefix!
>
> Well, not really, except in that is causes some
> confusion. In reality though, I believe 900 numbers are
> blocked on Verizon cell phones.

What!? I've never called a 900 number but I wouldn't
be very happy if any number was blocked on my cell phone.

-Quick

"Agent_C" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I received the following TXT message on my mobile phone this
> afternoon:
>
> "Please call Verizon Wireless at 800-754-0961 or press the send key on
> your phone regarding your account. This is a free text message. From:
> 900080003458"
>
> The 800 number is not Verizon and when you hit send, it appears to
> dial a 900 number. I caught it before the 900 call went through, but
> what's with the number of digits? It's more than 10 but doesn't appear
> to be international.

Probably because they do not support 900 number dialing - NONE of the cell
companies do.

"Quick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Isaiah Beard wrote:
>> Agent_C wrote:
>>
>>> Turns out... the 800 number WAS a valid number and the
>>> 900 callback was not actually a telephone number, but an
>>> internal Verizon account to insure customers don't get
>>> charged; with a VERY poor choice of prefix!
>>
>> Well, not really, except in that is causes some
>> confusion. In reality though, I believe 900 numbers are
>> blocked on Verizon cell phones.
>
> What!? I've never called a 900 number but I wouldn't
> be very happy if any number was blocked on my cell phone.

You obviously have been very unhappy for a long time without even knowing
it. NONE of the cell companies allow 900 # calling, NONE OF THEM!