Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Other Local Resorts & Areas => Ovacik Discussion Forum => Topic started by: geordieboy on January 18, 2010, 12:59:34 PM
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Well!,there's a nice surprise,just received a message from Turkcell asking in ENGLISH,if I would like future SMS to be in English,if yes,to reply OK,can't knock that,can you.?
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Yes had one a couple of days ago, replied OK and guess what?? Yep messages still in Turkish......
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There was a post on another forum about this text & it said it was possibly a scam & you may loose lots of kontours.
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Originally posted by kevin b
There was a post on another forum about this text & it said it was possibly a scam & you may loose lots of kontours.
Shame you could'nt have made this post earlier Kevin,if it is a scam.
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Originally posted by geordieboy
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Originally posted by kevin b
There was a post on another forum about this text & it said it was possibly a scam & you may loose lots of kontours.
Shame you could'nt have made this post earlier Kevin,if it is a scam.
I had just seen it on other forum then seen this thread.Sorry I did not see it earlier for you.
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So does anyone know if it is genuine or another dump out of the rumour machine?
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I posted the warning on another forum about the possibility of the message being a scam.
There are a number of ways in which scammers can steal Kontors from mobile phones. One of them is to set-up a transfer of Kontors from your mobile to theirs or a fellow scammer's. You'll receive a message, and if you reply Yes / Evet to it you'll later discover that you have agreed to a number of your Kontors being transferred to another account.
Whether or not the message about texts in English is genuinely from Turkcell is questionable at the moment. Whether or not you choose to reply to it is entirely up to you. :)
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I replied yesterday. Oh well,haven't been scammed for at least a fortnight so I was about due.
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WARNING.......I have been in touch with Turkcell and received an email from them which confirms "THIS IS NOT GENUINE we are still working on being able to send the messages in English" So do not fall for this scam:(
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thanks for the warning triblelder...its good to know someone has been intouch with Turkcell to confirm .
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Received second message from Turkcell?,informing me that my reply had been placed on record.However I did transfer the majority of my kontours to my wifes mobile [probably worse than being scammed :)],after reading the replies to post.I await further developments.
Interesting to read that Turkcell are working on offering the English service text facility,perhaps they doing some sort of market research.
If someone hijacks the remaining 20 kontours on my phone I'll let you know.
Have to go now and pull my little Princesses mobile off her lughole. :)
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I received the text message yesterday:
From 8104:
Dear customer, if you would like to receive information and campaign SMS from Turkcell in English, please reply this message with OK. Best regards.
I didn't respond in light of the information posted here! Many thanks
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i know some one Linda not a million miles away from you who DID sign up for the infomation in english.....he did it before i looked at this topic....hes now waiting to see what happens next[?]...and no it wasnt me:P
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Oh dear. How do I transfer kontors to another phone?