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[Wolfe156]

Received a text message from "-EE-" asking me to tap and download some big news, any body else seen this?

[bristolian]

Hi @Wolfe156 

Can you post the exact text of the message you received? Don't go there if you're not sure, but please include the precise link as well.

[Wolfe156]

Hi, not done anything with the message, but this is what it looks like (obviously the blank is my name):

[bristolian]

I'm minded to say that's genuinely from EE, but they usually send a text message which contains a link.

That looks like an MMS to me (the "tap to download") and I've not known EE do that before.

[Jon_K]

Hi @Wolfe156.

Were there any other links within the message?

The user ID is the usual ID displayed when you would receive a text from EE.

Jon

[nannytanny11]

Worryingly I've just had the exact same text.

[Wolfe156]

There were no other links in the text, just the download arrow.

[James_B · Accepted solution]

Hi @Wolfe156 and @nannytanny11,

That's a genuine MMS message from EE. It's normal to see the tap to download message if you don't have automatic downloads turned on in your message settings.

James

[nannytanny11]

Oh well,my loss as I deleted it😐

[Wolfe156]

It's ok, I missed out too - I tried to download it and the message had expired!🤣