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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / January 2006Strange message from Vodafone PAYT
Just had a strange text message from Vodafone, on my 'pay as you talk' service. It basically appears to come from vodafone and says 'In 24 hours we will send you a free text messagewith new settings for your mobile. Select 'options', View and Save. If asked for a PIN, use ****. To activate select YES. Is this genuine, or a con from someone trying to get me to sign up to something? Anyone else had these messages, are they genuine and whats it all about? Thanks > Just had a strange text message from Vodafone, on my 'pay as you talk' > service. It basically appears to come from vodafone and says 'In 24 hours [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Thanks Why not ring Vodafone and ask? >> Just had a strange text message from Vodafone, on my 'pay as you talk' >> service. It basically appears to come from vodafone and says 'In 24 [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Why not ring Vodafone and ask? He can't be bothered? > >> Just had a strange text message from Vodafone, on my 'pay as you talk' > >> service. It basically appears to come from vodafone and says 'In 24 [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > He can't be bothered? Last time I called them to try and sort a simple problem, I got no sense out of them. I thought this newsgroup would have some sensible people, but it seems not, up to now : ( I thought that asking in here would be a better option. Isn't that what a newsgroup is intended for? 'asking the odd question or two' I assumed there would be someone who reads this group who was a bit more up-to-date with current activities at vodafone and might just know what the message is all about........ Or perhaps not... As the case may be. > Last time I called them to try and sort a simple problem, I got no sense > out [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Or perhaps not... As the case may be. FWIW my wife just got the message too, but deleted it before taking it all in. She assumed it was new settings for WAP etc. Mike Dave, I think you'll find it is a SIM update. I received similar, on my PAYGO and contract phone. I was quite surprised too, as I didn't think Vodafone did this, but I was aware that Orange do. If it is the same as I received, then it updates the "Vodafone" SIM menu links. You could of course "try" 191 (from your mobile), but you'll probably confuse them! :-( Cheers PS/ I agree, this is a newsgroup for sharing and obtaining information. > > >> Just had a strange text message from Vodafone, on my 'pay as you talk' > > >> service. It basically appears to come from vodafone and says 'In 24 [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Or perhaps not... As the case may be. <snip> >> > >> Just had a strange text message from Vodafone, on my 'pay as you > talk' [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> > >> >> > >> Thanks <snip> > Dave, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > You could of course "try" 191 (from your mobile), but you'll probably > confuse them! :-( This is not SIM update. SIM updates on Vodafone send a message to confirm that changes have been made (not that they are about to be made). Bet [snip] > > > Is this genuine, or a con from someone trying to get > > > me to sign up to something? Anyone else had these [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > He can't be bothered? If it's anything like Orange or Virgin they won't have a clue anyway, and you'll be down the cost of an expensive call for no result. Ivor mossy@nospamhere.net declared for all the world to hear... > Just had a strange text message from Vodafone, on my 'pay as you talk' > service. It basically appears to come from vodafone and says 'In 24 hours [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > something? Anyone else had these messages, are they genuine and whats it > all about? SOunds like some new WAP settings. I doubt it's genuine as Vodafone would have no need to change their customer's settings en masse.  SignatureRegards Jon > mossy@nospamhere.net declared for all the world to hear... >> Just had a strange text message from Vodafone, on my 'pay as you talk' [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > SOunds like some new WAP settings. I doubt it's genuine as Vodafone > would have no need to change their customer's settings en masse. I had a Voda SIM update about 3 weeks on contract. May be it's that time for PAYG strange_tooREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com declared for all the world to hear... > I had a Voda SIM update about 3 weeks on contract. May be it's that time for > PAYG A SIM update doesn't require the user to input any PIN. It's definitely rogue WAP settings, almost certainly causing the phone to dial a premium rate number next time WAP is accessed. SignatureRegards Jon > A SIM update doesn't require the user to input any PIN. It's definitely > rogue WAP settings, almost certainly causing the phone to dial a premium > rate number next time WAP is accessed. Interesting, how does the "rogue WAP settings" know what phone it needs to reconfigure? nomorespam@spam declared for all the world to hear... > > A SIM update doesn't require the user to input any PIN. It's definitely > > rogue WAP settings, almost certainly causing the phone to dial a premium > > rate number next time WAP is accessed. > > Interesting, how does the "rogue WAP settings" know what phone it needs to > reconfigure? It doesn't, but nearly all Nokia's will use the same settings. It's not targetted, it's quite random. SignatureRegards Jon > Just had a strange text message from Vodafone, on my 'pay as you talk' > service. It basically appears to come from vodafone and says 'In 24 hours [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Thanks its proberly somebody else trying to send the WAP/GPRS and MMS settings to there phone via the Vodafone website and have mistakingly put a digit in wrong when asked for 4 the phone number and you received it by mistake... if your phone is working fine and all Wap/'GPRS/MMS is fine then if you do receive the text update just delete it.. Signature(º·.¸(¨*·.¸ ¸.·*¨)¸.·º) «.·°·. LISTER .·°·.» (¸.·º(¸.·¨* *¨·.¸)º·.¸) www.eastcoastpc.co.uk >> Just had a strange text message from Vodafone, on my 'pay as you talk' >> service. It basically appears to come from vodafone and says 'In 24 [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > your phone is working fine and all Wap/'GPRS/MMS is fine then if you do > receive the text update just delete it.. For what it's worth I got the "in 24 hours..." message which I read and deleted. The following day I was sent new settings. I had the option to read/install/delete. I read and then deleted as I am satisfied with the settings already in use. I don't know why Vodafone needed to send me new settings and if they were so vital why they felt the need to warn me either. I also got a MMS telling me about MMS. I used the option of sending a free text "stop MMS" and hopefully that will be the last one of those I see. SignatureRegards, etc. Jonathan Quirk jonathan AT quirk DOT force9 DOT co DOT uk Ascot, Berkshire, UK This page intentionally left vague. I just spoke to someone at Vodafone. These messages ARE in fact legitimate. they are updating WAP and GPRS settings on handsets which are not configured correctly. I suggest accepting them if unless you know that your WAP/GPRS is working correctly. Tom | Just had a strange text message from Vodafone, on my 'pay as you talk' | service. It basically appears to come from vodafone and says 'In 24 hours [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] | | Thanks |
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