April 2016
Hello,
I have been forwarding my spam email-to-SMS to @FidoStephen via PMs to help improve the spam filter for sms.fido.ca
Recently, another community member also posted a similar spam SMS they received. Perhaps a thread dedicated to collecting examples of these types of SMS spam might also help improve the spam filter.
Thoughts?
Cheers
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September 2018
I received a message from 780-278-3415 that says fido transfer has sent $59 fidoDollars.
The URL is http://rifiodop.com.
Please do not share your bank details. This is a scam.
If this message helps anyone, You're welcome
September 2018
September 2018
FYI,
I, like many, received a spam text posing as someone (“Ava”) from the Ontario PC party asking a polling question.
The ph.no. was +1 (343) 887-9931
September 2018
Hey @DavidHicks
Welcome to the Community!
I have moved your message to this thread as it deals with the same topic.
You,ll find ways to report SPAM right here.
September 2018
Hey everyone, it looks like someone is sending fake text messages to people saying they have redeemed money for you. This looks pretty fake to me but I’m posting it here to get a reply that it is truly fake. Thanks
September 2018
Hello @therarego,
That is definitely a spam text, we currently have a thread in the community for reporting these types of spam and what you can do to report it.
You can find the thread here.
September 2018
Hello,
From what I understand, the WhoCalled service had been discontinued as of June 8th (see here). I received this SMS today so either it's a glitch or I'm guessing SPAM.
Hope this helps
Cheers
July 2018
Got this today:
Important Notice for the number (778)-321-xxxx
http://fidoe-payee.com/
FidoCommunication has sent you FidoDollars (72.56$)
July 2018
July 2018
Hi All,
just received phishing sms.
sender # +1(902) 872 1304
url: XAZTARE.CO.UK
Thanks,
Silent
July 2018
Hey @silentbuddha
Thank you for reporting this to us.
I have moved your post in this thread as it deals with the same topic.
You'll find all the information you need right here
July 2018
Your solution does not work if Messenger is your default messaging app. When I press on "forward", it send me on an endless FB loop with no option to send to a 4-digit #! "Send to new group" does not work either.
BruSkald
July 2018
Hey @BruSkald1,
This particular option to forward these messages works by SMS. It will work through the text messaging App that came with the phone.
July 2018
I can’t seem to send this to 7726...
July 2018
Sorry for the confusion there @NikoNorth I thought this was the message you received when trying to report a spam.
@Cawtau is right, this message is indeed coming from us and in regards to a service we offer. As you can see, our text messages might ask you to answer prompts but we do not ask you to fill out or send personal info.
Hope that helps
July 2018
It’s from a cellphone. Charlottetown is in PEI and it was sent at 1:36 in the morning...
July 2018
Hey @acadiensti,
I moved your message here as it was the right fit.
Thank you for taking the time and flagging this to us. Can you transfer us the text message to 7726 (SPAM)?
This will help us work towards stopping these kinds of messages!
July 2018
I tried sending it to the 7726 number. But it saying not deliver. Even try with the # in front nope. Probably my very advanced technological experience the problem.. very sarcastic by the way 😂😅
July 2018
Think 🤔 I got it
July 2018
July 2018
@NikoNorth wrote:
I can’t seem to send this to 7726...
Hello NikoNorth,
Welcome to the community!
I do not believe that message is SPAM. It appears to be a legitimate service that Fido offers: Email-to-text or Courriel à texto. When someone sends an email to your phone number (phonenumber@fido.ca), the service can forward the email to your phone as a SMS. Those SMS (as well as the one shown) are sent from one of Fido's short codes with the 305XXXXX format. However, some phones might mistakenly display the first few digits as country or area codes.
The message asks to respond Oui or Yes because you would have to opt-in for the service.
That said, if you do decide to opt-in for the service, the emails sent to your phone number may be SPAM.
Hope this helps
Cheers