The Phone.com Blog » mobile number http://www.phone.com/blog Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:21:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 Don’t Get Scammed For Your Mobile Number, Like I Did http://www.phone.com/blog/general/2012/04/30/dont-get-scammed-for-your-mobile-number-like-i-did/ http://www.phone.com/blog/general/2012/04/30/dont-get-scammed-for-your-mobile-number-like-i-did/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:48:54 +0000 Jeb Brilliant http://www.phone.com/?p=12877 I wanted to warn you all about a scam I almost fell for this morning.  I saw a bunch of friends on Facebook all had posts saying they signed up for a summer promotion from Ray-Ban to get free sunglasses.  I know it sounded too good to be true but come on, it was all over Facebook, how could it be a scam?  

As I filled out the form I should have known, it asked for my home address and mobile number.  That all seemed normal except for the fact that I put in my Phone.com number into the mobile section and it bounced it and said it needed an actual cell phone number.  That’s when I should have been alerted but I wasn’t, I was a sucker and put my actual mobile number in. Silly me I know. I should have known that if they were being so pushy about actually getting a real mobile number, something was up, but my lust for free sunglasses got the better of me and I hit submit.  Then I saw the next screen with the small print saying I was going to be signed up for a $10/month bidding and ringtone service.  UHHH, I’ve been scammed and I’m a sucker.  All in the name of eyewear.  I took a screenshot and here’s the fine print.  Hopefully I didn’t finish the signup process or they honor the STOP sms I’ll send.  

I wanted to alert you to this in hopes that you won’t fall for it like I did.  If you have already let me know and if you’re already getting text messages.

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