I know there might be a technical (or marketing most likely) reason for them to have done it. I work in the IT/webdev industry and I started this thread to criticise what I saw. I'm not really looking for an answer here, just pointing out the problem...
Yes, actual promotional SMS coming from their usual promotional channel number. Didn't visit the link from the SMS, obviously. But upon logging onto their website I received the same promotion as a popup message. Actually signed up for it. But the wh...