a postal order from one of my titled relations

[leedy]

I have just received the text message equivalent of a begging letter, asking me to top up the credit on the sender's phone. This is apparently a new and exciting service offered by O2:

O2's brand-new service Credit Me lets one person top up someone else quickly and easily. So if you're roaming or just low on cash, you need never be out of credit.

If you are a Speak easy customer and need some credit, you simply send a free message to your generous parent or friend! Just type *108*08xxxxxxxx# and send.

Now a)the WHAT?, and b)I have no idea who has sent me this message - the number is not in my phone book, and it is unlikely that I would be on credit-cadging terms with someone whose phone number I don't already have. Though I now have detailed instructions on how to pay for their phone calls. Very odd.

Comments

[spod.livejournal.com]

o2 tend to send spam to their speak easy customers asking them to buy things.

It's quite annoying. I'm sure if you send them an e-mail or give them a phone call they can add you to the list of grumpy people who do not like receiving that sort of thing.

My work o2 phone (business bill account thing) got a nice text before xmas offering me a choice of beauty treatment or a day on a golf course. Quite different :)

[leedy.livejournal.com]

My work o2 phone (business bill account thing) got a nice text before xmas offering me a choice of beauty treatment or a day on a golf course.

That does sound rather more pleasant!

The thing is, I'm not an O2 customer - I've just been texted by some O2-using eejit who doesn't have their mammy's number in their phone properly. Either that or it's someone who's adopted the modus operandi of the spammer - send a Credit Me text to enough random addresses and maybe some kindly stranger/FULE will just give them a tenner.

Oh well, as long as it doesn't keep happening...

[spod.livejournal.com]

Oh, in that case down with that sort of thing! and if it keeps happening grumble at comreg :)

[leedy.livejournal.com]

Gah, just got two more from the same number. Am currently resisting the urge to send a text back saying I AM NOT YOUR MUM, YOU FOOL, AND I'M NOT GIVING YOU A PENNY. With a possible added IT IS NOT MY FAULT THAT YOU HAVE SPENT ALL YOUR PHONE MONEY ON ALCOPOPS.

Methinks I may be contacting Comreg, though I'm not sure how O2 could avoid the possibility of user idiocy/maliciousness with this kind of service. Unless, hmm, it was one that the "generous parents and friends" had to opt-in to?