Scam?

Klo21
Visitor

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Ali_A
EE Community Support Team

Thanks for joining us on Community @Klo21 

66033 is a number we use to send messages from. Have you upgraded recently to a new Smart phone and plan? 

If so, which device did you get and did you get a new SIM with the upgrade? 

Ali 

RISKYTRIPOD
Explorer

It's a scam, 66033 is not a number used by EE. 

I received the same text today and contacted EE, you do not need a new sim for a new phone, unless it's off the old type. They are all those micro cards now, and fully compatible with everything.

@RISKYTRIPOD   Did you not read the reply by @Ali_A  an EE employee  

To contact EE Customer Services dial 150 From your EE mobile or 0800 956 6000 from any other phone.

That's not what I was told today. 

66033 is also used by other scammers claiming to be from other networks as well.

So if EE are using it sometimes, it's probably best suggested that it's not safe or secure to be using it.

 


@RISKYTRIPOD wrote:

That's not what I was told today. 


Whom or what has told you otherwise?

The text message cited in this thread is a genuine outbound one from EE. It's missing some of the more common hallmarks of attempted SIM-swap fraud