14 June 2012

SMS/Test Message Scams: Walmart Winner of The Day

Only recently have I enabled the ability to receive text messages on my Blackberry as I never really had the need for it; but as I have more clients on non-blackberry devices I felt the need to add it.  Since that time I've had a few scam messages come in trying to get me to go to a link. 

I almost visited this link as I had recently setup an online account with Walmart but questioned it when I saw it was going to their .com site and not .ca.  I did a google search on the phrase "congratulations, your number made you walmart's winner of the day" and sure enough many others reported this as a scam both on text and on voice! 

Below is a screen short from my blackberry showing the message and the number it came from - 7187300471

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous14 June, 2012

    I got the same message. The website they have in the message took me to a site called Zinga. I'm sure its a scam.

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  2. Anonymous15 June, 2012

    First time in my life I went to walmart today. I got home and received this same message on my phone.WTF

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  3. Anonymous20 June, 2012

    I also got the same message yesterday, and I never gave my phone number. I did click the link though, I hope it doesn't do anything to my phone?

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