Suspect Text
Suspect Text
Anyone had not an iffy email enquiry but a suspect text? I'm not sure of the angle on this frankly so opinions are welcome. On my way home from work this evening I received a text which simply said: "I want to rent your property. Please contact me by email" after which there was an aol email addy. I texted back immediately asking "Do you have any dates in mind?" Silence. Once I got home I texted again to ask that they make an enquiry via the web site (and clearly I don't know which one they harvested my mobile number from) giving details of the required dates and the number of people in their party. Alternatively I invited them to phone me. Silence on all fronts. Strange huh?
Same txt arrive just now.. from +44 7624 803040
I have a very responsible position, if anything goes wrong I'm responsible ..
www.villa-in-kalkan.co.uk
www.villa-in-kalkan.co.uk
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076 UK numbers are often a premium number scam.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/b ... m-callback
But 07624 seems to be IOM mobile?
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/b ... m-callback
But 07624 seems to be IOM mobile?
Last edited by Cassis on Sun Jan 11, 2015 12:11 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Real name Phil
Moved to France in 2004
Likes ducks, nature, gardening, furniture restoration, DIY, rugby, blah, blah.
Moved to France in 2004
Likes ducks, nature, gardening, furniture restoration, DIY, rugby, blah, blah.
How does the premium number scam work in this example? The texter says that they want to rent the property and they ask you to email them at a stated email address. I did text them back but had no intention of either emailing or phoning. Are they relying upon curious people calling them to talk through their query rather than emailing as requested?
I'm feeling very left out! I've not had it but did have a very suspicious phone call on Wednesday from someone with the strongest Irish accent that I could barely understand them. They wanted to know if I had immediately availability. When I said no they wanted to know if I had availability any time this year! When I asked when they were thinking of they asked if I was generally busy. I said yes but I did have some availability, and they hung up! Hope they weren't trying to find out when the property would be empty.