SMS with 0871 scam...

I have just received an unsolicited text message:

"We currently have a message awaiting your collection. To collect your
message just call 0871 872 3810"

The text apparently originated from +20105996500 - which would seem to be an
Egyptian number - unless anyone else knows better. As I have absolutely no
connections in Egypt, this at least confirms my suspicion that the text is a
scam.

If anyone would like to call this number as a public service, it'd be
interesting to know how much you end up paying - and how long they keep you
in a queue or on hold whilst the minutes rack up. Interesting.... but I'm
not suggesting for a moment you do.

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http://cantabriensis.blogspot.com/20...-872-3810.html

They phone on regular lines as well.

"Cantabrian" <racundraNO~SPAM@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:5Oash.69798$z01.667@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net...
>I have just received an unsolicited text message:
>
> "We currently have a message awaiting your collection. To collect your
> message just call 0871 872 3810"
>
> The text apparently originated from +20105996500 - which would seem to be
> an Egyptian number - unless anyone else knows better. As I have absolutely
> no connections in Egypt, this at least confirms my suspicion that the text
> is a scam.
>
> If anyone would like to call this number as a public service, it'd be
> interesting to know how much you end up paying - and how long they keep
> you in a queue or on hold whilst the minutes rack up. Interesting.... but
> I'm not suggesting for a moment you do.
>
> --
>
> http://cantabriensis.blogspot.com/20...-872-3810.html
>
>

R. Mark Clayton wrote:
> They phone on regular lines as well.
>
> "Cantabrian" <racundraNO~SPAM@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:5Oash.69798$z01.667@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net...
>> I have just received an unsolicited text message:
>>
>> "We currently have a message awaiting your collection. To collect your
>> message just call 0871 872 3810"
>>
>> The text apparently originated from +20105996500 - which would seem to be
>> an Egyptian number - unless anyone else knows better. As I have absolutely
>> no connections in Egypt, this at least confirms my suspicion that the text
>> is a scam.
>>
>> If anyone would like to call this number as a public service, it'd be
>> interesting to know how much you end up paying - and how long they keep
>> you in a queue or on hold whilst the minutes rack up. Interesting.... but
>> I'm not suggesting for a moment you do.
>>
>> --
>>
>> http://cantabriensis.blogspot.com/20...-872-3810.html
>>
>>
>
>

It's a spam number gathering thing, it asks you to type your
mobile number in, them wa hay! they have a message for your,
blah blah blah do you want a squillion free minutes and
infinity texts for 18p a fortnight? YOU DO? Well simply text
the word IM2DUM2OWNAFONE to 696969 and we'll bum rape you for
as much as we can get before we get shut down, ta.