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Comment on WARNING: SMS scam on Android ! by Neil M

Neil M — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:36:33 +0000

Hello,

This app was just forced into my Notification bar today, i clicked on it and it downloaded, i thought it was genuine. it then automatically sent a to 60140 costing 10p then called 700034627 twice costing £1.50 each time…

Now im no laywer but im pretty sure that it still has to ask permission in order to charge you for a service. as it doesnt i gonna say this is an epic SCAM… No way im calling the number it give for there “helpdesk”

Has anyone had any luck with getting this app caught out and getting money back??

Thanks
Neil

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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:47:28 +0000

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Comment on How to use BBM when travelling internationally without huge data charges ? by thetechieguy

thetechieguy — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:36:52 +0000

If you havent taken out the Vodacom SIM card and replaced it with a local SIM card then the setting will all be there and should just work. I am currently using my BB phone on the same basis as I moved to using an Android phone but still need BBM. So I have my BB phone on and as long as I am in my WiFi zone, I am getting email and BBM.
What you can do is seem if you can get a pre-paid SIM card that has BIS services on it. I am told that this is available there.

Comment on How to use BBM when travelling internationally without huge data charges ? by Lorcia

Lorcia — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:21:33 +0000

I’m in South America, Chile to be exact. I use the Vodacom prepaid BIS. I had the international roaming for sms enabled before I left the country. Upon arrival in Chile, I followed the instruction of option 3. Its been three weeks now and my bbm is still not working and I’m not receiving any emails. I keep getting a nofication saying data service unavailable. So I have given up on my IM and BBM since I’m able to stay in contact with my friends and family through Whatsapp

Comment on iPad–“you are not subscribed to cellular service”–a Fix ! by thetechieguy

thetechieguy — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:00:27 +0000

its seems that for some the one works and not the other and some visa versa. Cant get a straight answer out of Vodacom why this is…

Comment on iPad–“you are not subscribed to cellular service”–a Fix ! by Theo

Theo — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:57:21 +0000

In my case it worked vice versa.
I could not connect to the internet after upgrading my Ipad2 to IOS5.01
I read your advice, but it did not help me because my APN settings was set for “iPhone.Vodacom.za”.
so I contact the Callcentre and the guy told me to change it to “internet”. Problem solved!!!

Comment on WARNING: SMS scam on Android ! by thetechieguy

thetechieguy — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:53:59 +0000

Yip – that was my issue. It looked like an official notification.

Comment on WARNING: SMS scam on Android ! by Dave

Dave — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:48:27 +0000

Hmm, I also just got this app in the notification bar. When I clicked on this notification it started the automatic download. At this point I deleted the .apk from my downloads and didn’t install it.

What I’m interested in is how this got into my notifications bar in the first place, it looked like an official push due to it’s ‘+’ image, I don’t like the idea that any marketing company can push their unwanted apps onto my notification bar without me asking for them.

Perhaps CornerBlue can advise on how they are pushing this onto notification bars.

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Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:15:16 +0000

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