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Posted by Felix Okoli on Tuesday April 17, 2012 at 13:10:43:
Just received an sms today from 0803 which I suppose is an MTN special number. How these guys keep sending text messages from special MTN numbers still amazes me. Perhaps it has to do with some Russian or Indian bulk sms service that makes it look like it came from MTN.Here is what the SMS contained:"Yello! Your MTN Number have win N50,000"Is that bad enlgish or what. Well this guys have now started building websites to scam people but they still need to work on their English.So I was asked to visit the website: yelloeaster.com which I did and got the message:"Congratulations! {3232} Your Winning Of 50,000 Naira MTN AIRTIME RECHARGE CARD Have Been Approved. You Are Requested To
Carefully Follow The Instructions On How To Activate Your Line. For Your 50,000 Naira
RECHARGE. To Activate Your Line For 50,000 RECHARGE. All You Have To Do Is. Go Out There Buy
Our AIRTIME What Of {3,000} Two 1500 X 2= 3,000 Once You Buy It Type In Your MTN Number And You Type In The Cards
Pin's Below It . And Click On {RECHARGE NOW} And Wait For The Network To Set It Up For You. Once It Is Done You Will Get An SMS On Your Phone Telling You That Your Line Is Activated And 53,000 MTN RECHARGE CARD WILL BE Credited Automatically."So they expect me to buy recharge cards and submit the pins on their website and then I will be credited with N53000 which included my winning prize. Nigerian scammers! When will you ever stop?Two things I would love to have asked MTN were:
- If it was possible to block unwanted sms
- If they could make their promos more transparent so people know what to expect.For instance, when someone wins, there is no clear way to know he won although I heard that MTN will give you a call assuming you won.Caution: If you receive such message, you should just know that it is fraudulent and you are not meant to pay any fees or spend any more money just to collect your prize. Besides, it is stupid to enter your airtime pin on a website since it is meant for your phone.
Comments:
Re: http://www.yelloeaster.com - Your MTN Number have win 50,000 Posted by Adetona sunday on Thursday April 19, 2012 at 7:17:36: I received the message that i win #50,000 airtime.i am very happy when i saw the message.
Re: http://www.yelloeaster.com - Your MTN Number have win 50,000 Posted by Aniugbo, Miriam Ngozi on Wednesday May 9, 2012 at 8:32:40: MTN is a very strong network. Wit alot of good things to offer they customers. MTN my best network.
Re: http://www.yelloeaster.com - Your MTN Number have win 50,000 Posted by Olawale on Friday May 11, 2012 at 5:57:20: How can i belive dis, bt mtn wil never ask u to post or send rechange card to claim ur prize so mean u pple r 419.