Thread for reporting SMS spam

[Cawtau]

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

[KAPABLE-K]

Hello @Branimir45 Welcome to the community!

That is no doubt a spam text you can forward it to Fido by sending it to  7726 (SPAM). There is no charge for that and it will help Fido preventing these kinds of spam.

[callisto_15]

I received what looks like SMS spam. I cannot post the screenshot since the SMS includes my phone number. But here is the copied text below. I did not click the link since I was not sure where it could lead to instead.

From: (226)923-0647
Message: Hi, it's Rogers: Thanks for being with us! Here's an extra 1GB of data per month at no extra cost for <Phone No>. Enjoy this offer at http://rogerswireless.net

[FidoManuel]

Hey @callisto_15!

Thanks a lot for flagging this!

[marct65]

Source twl # is (613) 319-5307

Message in French requesting you visit a web site to correct the problem.  The url appears to be Fido but it isn't, it does not begin with "https".

[FidoManuel]

Thanks for the information @marct65!

[triscuit]

Today I previously posted about these flash messages that I have been getting serveral times a day for a week. Not just annoying, but disruptive, to have to deal with this. Please let me know what I can do besides not anwer them,

[Cawtau]

Hello Triscuit,

  The messages you describe (and screen captures provided) are not SMS spam. They're pop-up advertisments. That's why they do not show in your messages. Here are a couple of websites (here, here, and here) offering suggestions how to block those types of pop-up ads.

Hope this helps

Cheers

[triscuit]

Thanks for the links. Popups were already blocked, so will take the advice to upgrade operating system.  Only happending on 1 out of 3 my Apple computers so hoping for the best.

[triscuit]

I am getting these many times a day for a week. They are not in my messages, but pop up on screen when I am anywhere- Pinterest, Twitter, etc. I know rnough to delete, not ckick but they are very disruptive. Screenshot examples but no paste or photo option here. So called website is banachpuritanamount.col

[misskitty_79]

I've since deleted this obviously fraudulent text. 

Thanks.

[FidoFaiza]

Thanks, @misskitty_79 for flagging it! 

[Cawtau]

Hello,

  Here's another...

Cheers

[FidoKenny]

Thanks for the screenshot @Cawtau.

This will help a lot so we can report this to our support team.

[pre]

Some family and I got this (remove underscores for real URL):

From +1 (226) 318-7299

Cher(e) Client(e) de Fldo: Malheureusement nous devons désactiver votre compte en ligne en raison d'un manque d'information. Veuillez utiliser le lien suivant pour régler le problème:

http://c_l_k_2_._i_t/bPKhlR

***Edited to remove link***

[FidoAmanda]

Hey pre!

Welcome to the community!

Thanks for flagging this. We'll make sure that this get's forwarded to the right people. 

[Latenitebby]

I received this text which I think is a scam...
From: +1 (437) 991-2695
Dear fido User, Due to recent security update, we need you to verify some information's with us, click on secure link

[FidoRanya]

Hey @Latenitebby , 

Thanks for flagging this! It's definitely a scam as we'd never ask you to update any information this way. 

Take a look at this blog post right here to see what the next steps should be . 

[4101may]

Today is Nov 15th 2016. Just got a message from "14379912695" saying
"Dear fido User, Due to recent security update, we need you to verify some information's with us, click on secure link" . The text came with a link too. I didn't click it because the web address looks odd and the text has obvious grammatical errors. Where should I forward this message to authenticate?

[FidoManuel]

Hi @4101may! 

Welcome to the Community!

Thanks for flagging this, that message is indeed a scam. 

We will never send a text message to you from a 10 digit number. You can delete it, I've just reported the number  

Thanks again and great job on catching this!

[jblandry]

Numéro: +1 (819) 432-3521

Les modalités de service de chez Fido viennent de changer. Veuillez visiter [URL] afin de les accepter avant votre prochain cycle.
Fido

The URL seems awfully legit: (Without _) f_i_d_o_m_o_d_a_l_i_t_e.ca/termes

[FidoRanya]

Hey @jblandry , 

Thanks for reporting this, we'll make sure it's flagged!

They are getting sneakier ..