We fight with scammers
Often you can find appeals in the style of “At right sms to the number 666 and get stopsets of millions on the account” on various kinds of spam and on “cool” sites. And what are you doing at the sight of such a miracle? Experience shows that if there is 5 minutes of free time, you can easily spoil the mood of fraudsters and protect their naive relatives and friends from the bases. Judging by the comments in a recent topic , not everyone knows about it.
Not long ago, my younger sister in a social network received a message from a friend:
Sister did not send sms, but as it turned out, she sent a girlfriend. For some reason, they took not 3 rubles, but all 200. I felt sorry for a naive girl and I decided to do something. Quickly breaking through the number in Google, I found out that not only my sister’s friend had suffered from the fraudster, but also that the number was owned by SMS-Access . I sent a technical support letter asking for action. It is necessary to pay tribute to them, responded fairly quickly:
The money was returned to the girl. A friend (who, by the way, is learning to be a programmer) had totear off yay ... change passwords and clean the computer from trojans. Here is such a story.
Do not judge strictly - this is my first post on Habré. I hope we can make this world a little bit better.
Not long ago, my younger sister in a social network received a message from a friend:
Hi% username%! How are you? Listen, I beg you, help me! I am participating in the “Top Tour 2009” competition. On Saturday, the results will be published, and I am in 2nd place. Now all hope for SMS voting. Support, please. Send an SMS with the text www1235 to the number xxxx. The cost of SMS is 3 rubles. You are welcome. I will thank later than I can. Thanks in advance!
Sister did not send sms, but as it turned out, she sent a girlfriend. For some reason, they took not 3 rubles, but all 200. I felt sorry for a naive girl and I decided to do something. Quickly breaking through the number in Google, I found out that not only my sister’s friend had suffered from the fraudster, but also that the number was owned by SMS-Access . I sent a technical support letter asking for action. It is necessary to pay tribute to them, responded fairly quickly:
Dear% username%! We thank you for this information. We immediately blocked the swindler. Please indicate your phone number, if you have suffered from the actions of this fraudster, we will refund the funds to your account. We also ask you to share this information with those of your friends who may have suffered.
Respectfully,
Administration SMS Access
The money was returned to the girl. A friend (who, by the way, is learning to be a programmer) had to
Do not judge strictly - this is my first post on Habré. I hope we can make this world a little bit better.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/51551/
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