Prepaid

[moonlightsky]

Hi,

I got a message that said, my phone number was chosen and I would be able to winning some prizes, I tried to search about it but there was not anything about it.

It was about winning apple macbook air, iphone 4s, iPad 2, and one more thing i forgot. Where can I find information about this competition?

Later on, it said that i should be sending an OK message to 194433 number, but when i tried it, vodafone always replied that SYSALERT: Transaction failed - insufficient funds, even though i still have around $400 flexi credit and around 180 mbs data. I am currently in prepaid with $30 plan.

Please explain what about them. Thanks.

[jaywhy]

Be thankful your replies to that text failed.

Those kind of messages are 99.999% guaranteed to be a scam. There is no competition and there are no prizes.

The "transaction failed" message was probably because your plan doesn't include "premium" texts. They can cost anything between $2.00 and (possibly) $10.00 per message.

Don't ever reply to random messages telling you that you've won a competition, a lottery, a million dollars from a bank in Nigeria, etc. They're ALL scams.

Vodafone has probably saved you a lot of money (and maybe your identity) by not allowing you to reply.

[Caitlin]

Hi moonlightsky,

moonlightsky wrote:

I got a message that said, my phone number was chosen and I would be able to winning some prizes, I tried to search about it but there was not anything about it.

It was about winning apple macbook air, iphone 4s, iPad 2, and one more thing i forgot. Where can I find information about this competition?

Later on, it said that i should be sending an OK message to 194433 number, but when i tried it, vodafone always replied that SYSALERT: Transaction failed - insufficient funds, even though i still have around $400 flexi credit and around 180 mbs data. I am currently in prepaid with $30 plan.

As mentioned by jaywhy (thanks!), the text message you have received sounds like it is a scam and I highly recommend to be wary of these messages that advise you are a selected winner or you have won a prize, especially if these text messages request personal details. 

Thanks,

Cait