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Old 29-07-2012, 11:00 AM
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Yet another scam

Received a text message on my mobile phone saying I am todays lucky winner. Go to apple.com.au/textaprize and enter 4 numbers.
Seems like iTunes have not fixed the hole and morons are still hacking into peoples accounts. Hope they don't use my gift card credits.
This was going around in 2010.
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Old 29-07-2012, 03:38 PM
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Yeah I got one about an hour ago with "apple.com.au.smtk.cc"... They are pretty common from a quick google on the web. The thing that is worrying is that people are asking if it's a scam, I guess the allure of getting something for nothing is pretty powerful.
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Old 29-07-2012, 04:11 PM
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i have had a couple the last few days!!!!!!!
had to look twice then deleted them....
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Old 29-07-2012, 04:36 PM
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Having been in IT security for over a decade, "if it seems to good to be true, it probably is" springs to mind...happy to act as a filter if somebody is concerned about an offers legitimacy...

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Old 29-07-2012, 06:42 PM
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Oh yeah I got that one.
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Old 29-07-2012, 07:00 PM
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I know people who don't have itunes or an account that get this so I don't think that it is a hacked itunes account
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Old 30-07-2012, 08:06 AM
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I am jealous. I have never received a spam, scam on an Iphone.

Maybe its because I don't have one!

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Old 30-07-2012, 01:44 PM
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Yahoo!!!

I am rich. I won $1,000,000,200,000 USD. One million and two hundred thousand US dollars.

New scopes for everyone, on me.

Gotta go party.

er, It says to "Reply soonest" does that mean I miss out if I waited 2 minutes?

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Old 30-07-2012, 01:47 PM
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Yahoo!!!

I am rich. I won $1,000,000,200,000 USD. One million and two hundred thousand US dollars.

New scopes for everyone, on me.

Gotta go party.

er, It says to "Reply soonest" does that mean I miss out if I waited 2 minutes?

Cheers
Marty, you are richer than you thought, that's 1 BILLION +
How many islands do you want to buy? I have several
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Old 30-07-2012, 03:57 PM
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Hi Bo,

That figure is how it was written on the sms to me.

What size scope do you want?

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