topic Re: scam in General chat

scam

kehoejl — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 07:22:36 GMT

i recieved a text on my mobile saying i was a winner of the day for my country and to go to the sonywebsite to claim my prize,, is this a scam?

Thalamus. — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:09:03 GMT

Have you entered any promotion or given Sony your mobile number.?

kehoejl — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:15:24 GMT

sent email to sony to see if it was a scam or not,, havnt gotten a reply yet

kehoejl — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:18:38 GMT

entered no promotion or didnt give them my number, txt seems to have come from an american number

Thalamus. — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:32:00 GMT

If yiu haven't entered a competition or given your mobile number to Sony then it does sound like it's probably a scam..

Blencogo — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:43:34 GMT

I noticed this on the Sony Ireland Facebook Wall: -

Take Care!

Thalamus. — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:40:59 GMT

Hi,

Sony have just posted an official announcement regarding the text scam..

sony.co.uk/discussions/message/791576#791576