topic Re: Possible scam or legit EE Xmas giveaway text? in Security

Possible scam or legit EE Xmas giveaway text?

gem442 — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 10:51:44 GMT

Hi, I received a text this morning apparently from EE offering me to be entered into a Christmas giveaway, I just had to click a link & opt in. It seems legit, text has EE logos, looks like other marketing texts I’ve received from EE, I tried googling it but found no-one talking about this so that made me wary that it might be a scam. The link leads to an eoi . ee. co.uk page where it asked for me to enter my phone number, I haven’t done so as just wanted to check whether this was a legit EE thing or not, any confirmation one way or another would be appreciated! Thanks!

Re: Possible scam or legit EE Xmas giveaway text?

Cazg — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 10:53:44 GMT

I got the same to an email not registered with EE so deleted as assumed phishing

Re: Possible scam or legit EE Xmas giveaway text?

Jessibubblegum — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 11:06:45 GMT

Can someone from Ee respond please - I got the same message

Re: Possible scam or legit EE Xmas giveaway text?

leahck — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 11:59:55 GMT

was it this? i got one too

Re: Possible scam or legit EE Xmas giveaway text?

John-C — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 12:17:44 GMT

Hi All, I can confirm that we are running a Big Gift Giveaway today. Customers will receive either SMS, MMS, E-mail or in App chance to win some retail vouchers.

Cheers

John

Re: Possible scam or legit EE Xmas giveaway text?

grayJ81 — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 13:59:00 GMT

Just rang them it is NOT a Scam they say its giving away vouchers.

Re: Possible scam or legit EE Xmas giveaway text?

Adrianmaybe — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:41:23 GMT

Is there anyway to get the link to this, I had this and lost it.

Re: Possible scam or legit EE Xmas giveaway text?

j0hnh — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 15:29:49 GMT

i haven’t tested it but it’s:
eoi.ee.co.uk

Just realised the full address:

https://eoi.ee.co.uk/?intcam=con_ee_eng_ee_h_na_c13christmas_na_2023-12-14

still haven’ clicked on it

Re: Possible scam or legit EE Xmas giveaway text?

Keith_beddoe — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 16:06:43 GMT

See this post about a scam version of that text, asking for account details.

https://community.bt.com/t5/Announcements-Guides-Community/Big-Gift-Giveaway-SMS-to-my-mobile/m-p/2335026#M4365

Re: Possible scam or legit EE Xmas giveaway text?

MattD22 — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 08:45:36 GMT

I’ve just received a scam text from 07303054691 looks genuine and takes you to the following web link.

https://ee-help-account.web. Asked you to fill in card details etc. I don’t pay that way and looks like a scam to me.

I wonder if EE can block the number globally and also shut down that web site. Not sure how you report directly to EE but perhaps someone internal checks these forums.

Re: Possible scam or legit EE Xmas giveaway text?

Michael_D — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 08:55:21 GMT

Hi @MattD22.

Thanks for coming to the community to let us know about this.

You are spot on, it is definitely not a message from EE. We'd never ask for details like this by text.

If you forward the message to 7726, it will report it as a spam message, then I'd recommend blocking the number and deleting the message.

Michael

Re: Possible scam or legit EE Xmas giveaway text?

MattD22 — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 11:54:54 GMT

Thanks will forward it now.

Re: Possible scam or legit EE Xmas giveaway text?

XRaySpeX — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 21:32:21 GMT

@MattD22 : It's obviously a scam! The link in it is not even to EE (domain ee.co.uk). There are many of these going the rounds. EE would never send you a msg asking you to click on a link in order to access your a/c.

Re: Possible scam or legit EE Xmas giveaway text?

Ajack — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:56:30 GMT

Hi - I received the same text and it directs to a link on the website but then there is nothing about a giveaway just asking you to update your details?

Re: Possible scam or legit EE Xmas giveaway text?

Peter_W — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:11:13 GMT

Hey there @Ajack!

Thanks for taking the time to highlight this 😊

Could you possibly send over a screenshot of the exact message you received here?

I'd love to get this double checked!
Peter