Odd text message

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For the last two days, I've been receiving a text message on my phone that
appears to be from VZW. It's instructing me to dial *228 and select option 2
to update my phone's software.

What's odd about this text message is:

-I only received this message on one of my three VZW phones.
-All 3 phones have been on PRL 50183 for the past few weeks.

Is this some weird way for a spammer to cause a DOS attack or is it just VZW
being silly?

-Stan

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Where are you?
Do you have a share plan and if so is the message on the primary phone?

"Stan" <stanncno1spam@noispam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
newsWr2d.10891$n%3.720184@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> For the last two days, I've been receiving a text message on my phone that
> appears to be from VZW. It's instructing me to dial *228 and select option
2
> to update my phone's software.
>
> What's odd about this text message is:
>
> -I only received this message on one of my three VZW phones.
> -All 3 phones have been on PRL 50183 for the past few weeks.
>
> Is this some weird way for a spammer to cause a DOS attack or is it just
VZW
> being silly?
>
> -Stan
>
>

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I'm in the Charlotte, NC market.

The two phones that did NOT get the message are on a share plan. The one
that received it is on a separate business account.

Go figure.

-Stan


"IMHO" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
newsFt2d.49688$mu.27882@okepread07...
> Where are you?
> Do you have a share plan and if so is the message on the primary phone?
>
> "Stan" <stanncno1spam@noispam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> newsWr2d.10891$n%3.720184@twister.southeast.rr.com...
>> For the last two days, I've been receiving a text message on my phone
>> that
>> appears to be from VZW. It's instructing me to dial *228 and select
>> option
> 2
>> to update my phone's software.
>>
>> What's odd about this text message is:
>>
>> -I only received this message on one of my three VZW phones.
>> -All 3 phones have been on PRL 50183 for the past few weeks.
>>
>> Is this some weird way for a spammer to cause a DOS attack or is it just
> VZW
>> being silly?
>>
>> -Stan
>>
>>
>
>

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My new PRL is 50203 and I am in Chicago.

David R. Goyer

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"Karl" <kwitsman@insightbb.com> wrote in message
newsx73d.117257$3l3.76430@attbi_s03...
> We get that where I work too. It is to update the roaming/non-roaming.
Must
> be new towers built in your area.
> Karl
>
> "Stan" <stanncno1spam@noispam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:jdR2d.2039$zA3.594269@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> > I'm in the Charlotte, NC market.
> >
> > The two phones that did NOT get the message are on a share plan. The one
> > that received it is on a separate business account.
> >
> > Go figure.
> >
> > -Stan
> >
> >
> > "IMHO" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
> > newsFt2d.49688$mu.27882@okepread07...
> > > Where are you?
> > > Do you have a share plan and if so is the message on the primary
phone?
> > >
> > > "Stan" <stanncno1spam@noispam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > > newsWr2d.10891$n%3.720184@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> > >> For the last two days, I've been receiving a text message on my phone
> > >> that
> > >> appears to be from VZW. It's instructing me to dial *228 and select
> > >> option
> > > 2
> > >> to update my phone's software.
> > >>
> > >> What's odd about this text message is:
> > >>
> > >> -I only received this message on one of my three VZW phones.
> > >> -All 3 phones have been on PRL 50183 for the past few weeks.
> > >>
> > >> Is this some weird way for a spammer to cause a DOS attack or is it
> just
> > > VZW
> > >> being silly?
> > >>
> > >> -Stan
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>