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Fraud text ?

JayDee001
Visitor

Hi

received this text  today. Assume it’s fraudulent. But searching Google I didn’t find anything similar listed .

text from : +44 7477 215984

ee - A resent request to transfer your number to another provider has been received. if this wasnt you. 08003213139

Anyone else seen this ? 

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Debbie_G
EE Community Support Team

Hey @JayDee001 

Thanks for coming to the community.

This doesn't look like a genuine message from EE.

Please report this by forwarding the message to 7726.
 

Our Online Security: Avoid and Prevent Scams | EE Help page has information on reporting any scams to our security team.

Debbie 🙂

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chris123454
Explorer

It's a fraud text.

Debbie_G
EE Community Support Team

Hey @JayDee001 

Thanks for coming to the community.

This doesn't look like a genuine message from EE.

Please report this by forwarding the message to 7726.
 

Our Online Security: Avoid and Prevent Scams | EE Help page has information on reporting any scams to our security team.

Debbie 🙂

bonesy900
Visitor

Hi, I’ve received exactly the same text about five minutes ago from now. I presume this is a scam.

Lesley_W
EE Community Support Team

Hi @bonesy900 

Welcome to our community.

Thanks for letting us know. If you can follow the steps @Debbie_G posted above to report this please.

Stay safe!

Lesley

bristolian
EE Community Star
EE Community Star

@JayDee001 wrote:

received this text  today. Assume it’s fraudulent.

ee - A resent request to transfer your number to another provider has been received. if this wasnt you. 08003213139


Unsure if this is the original transcription, but a genuine text would capitalise the "ee". There' also a few grammatical & spelling errors. Genuine messages from EE would be proof-checked.