today i received a text from 'upgrdcentre'
it says orange customer, you may now claim your FREE CAMERA PHONE upgrade
for your loyalty, call now on 0207 153 9996.
offer ends 21st march.
from your no doubt greater experience than mine, does that sound genuine? -
or some kind of spam from a non orange related company.
and if it is real, is it a ploy to tie you into a longer contract ?
"the dog from that film you saw" <dsb@removethisportionbtinternet.com> wrote
in message news:56at12F27rhd0U1@mid.individual.net...
> today i received a text from 'upgrdcentre'
> it says orange customer, you may now claim your FREE CAMERA PHONE upgrade
> for your loyalty, call now on 0207 153 9996.
> offer ends 21st march.
>
>
> from your no doubt greater experience than mine, does that sound
> genuine? - or some kind of spam from a non orange related company.
>
> and if it is real, is it a ploy to tie you into a longer contract ?
>
>
>
> --
> Gareth.
>
> That fly... is your magic wand.
> http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/
>
"Frogman" <uk_frogman@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:mn.a4bc7d738e9d2b05.60348@frogman.org.uk...
> the dog from that film you saw submitted this idea :
>> today i received a text from 'upgrdcentre'
>> it says orange customer, you may now claim your FREE CAMERA PHONE upgrade
>> for your loyalty, call now on 0207 153 9996.
>> offer ends 21st march.
>
> It's spam and not from Orange take a look here,
> http://www.07text0spam.com/alltime20.html
thanks - first spam i've had on this number - that's a little worrying -
hopefully the porn spams you get charged for won't follow as with my last
orange number.
"the dog from that film you saw" <dsb@removethisportionbtinternet.com> wrote
in message news:56at12F27rhd0U1@mid.individual.net...
> today i received a text from 'upgrdcentre'
> it says orange customer, you may now claim your FREE CAMERA PHONE
> upgrade for your loyalty, call now on 0207 153 9996.
> offer ends 21st march.
> from your no doubt greater experience than mine, does that sound
> genuine? - or some kind of spam from a non orange related company.
> and if it is real, is it a ploy to tie you into a longer contract ?
>
Real Orange messages will always come from a 07973 100 xxx number
"the dog from that film you saw" <dsb@removethisportionbtinternet.com>typed
> today i received a text from 'upgrdcentre'
> it says orange customer, you may now claim your FREE CAMERA PHONE upgrade
> for your loyalty, call now on 0207 153 9996.
> offer ends 21st march.
> from your no doubt greater experience than mine, does that sound genuine? -
> or some kind of spam from a non orange related company.
> and if it is real, is it a ploy to tie you into a longer contract ?
Yes.
I've had a few of these. When I tell them I'm on PAYG they lose interest...
On Mar 20, 10:58 pm, "Steve Terry" <g...@tesco.net> wrote:
> "the dog from that film you saw" <d...@removethisportionbtinternet.com> wrote
> in messagenews:56at12F27rhd0U1@mid.individual.net...> today i received a text from 'upgrdcentre'
> > it says orange customer, you may now claim your FREE CAMERA PHONE
> > upgrade for your loyalty, call now on 0207 153 9996.
> > offer ends 21st march.
> > from your no doubt greater experience than mine, does that sound
> > genuine? - or some kind of spam from a non orange related company.
> > and if it is real, is it a ploy to tie you into a longer contract ?
>
> Real Orange messages will always come from a 07973 100 xxx number
>
> Steve Terry
As with caller id, the origin of an sms can be spoofed and so you
shouldn't put too much trust in it.
dsb@removethisportionbtinternet.com declared for all the world to
hear...
> today i received a text from 'upgrdcentre'
> it says orange customer, you may now claim your FREE CAMERA PHONE upgrade
> for your loyalty, call now on 0207 153 9996.
> offer ends 21st march.
>
>
> from your no doubt greater experience than mine, does that sound genuine? -
> or some kind of spam from a non orange related company.
It's a real text allright, but it's not from Orange. Best not to reply
or contact them.
> and if it is real, is it a ploy to tie you into a longer contract ?
Any offer of a new handset will always extend your contract.
--
Regards
Jon
the dog from that film you saw wrote:
> "Frogman" <uk_frogman@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
> news:mn.a4bc7d738e9d2b05.60348@frogman.org.uk...
>> the dog from that film you saw submitted this idea :
>>> today i received a text from 'upgrdcentre'
>>> it says orange customer, you may now claim your FREE CAMERA PHONE
>>> upgrade for your loyalty, call now on 0207 153 9996.
>>> offer ends 21st march.
>>
>> It's spam and not from Orange take a look here,
>> http://www.07text0spam.com/alltime20.html
>
>
>
>
>
>
> thanks - first spam i've had on this number - that's a little
> worrying - hopefully the porn spams you get charged for won't follow
> as with my last orange number.
They have their phone numnber displayed wrong, so couldn't be a decent
telco, they'd know their number would be displayed as 020 7153 nnnn if
they were decent.
matt.bowden1@gmail.com declared for all the world to hear...
>
> > It's a real text allright, but it's not from Orange. Best not to reply
> > or contact them.
>
> Reply STOP all. They should remove you from their database!!!
Only useful for premium rate services. In this case replying could cause
more harm than good.
> btw - I get (rubbish MMS) messages from Orange that come from 1510
Go into your MMS settings and choose "disallow adverts".
--
Regards
Jon
a text from orange - real or fake ? 
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