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The government has just launched a number against all these premium rate SMS scams.
Here is the article from AFP published yesterday:
PARIS (AFP) – The government’s launch of 33700, the first tool in the fight against spam on mobile phones, highlights a growing issue: fraudulent SMS messages that encourage recipients to call a premium rate number.
Unlike advertising SMS, they often play on curiosity: "I can’t reach you, call me at 08..." or "You have won 5,000 euros, call" this number.
From now on, when you receive such a message, all you need to do is report it by sending a text to 33700.
Operators will then be notified and can take action against the senders of these spams, such as shutting down premium rate numbers, or forwarding the case to the police.
This "anti-scam SMS device," unveiled on Tuesday by the Secretary of State for Consumer Affairs Luc Chatel and the French Federation of Telecommunications, will be operational from November 15.
A similar tool, Signal Spam (www.signal-spam.fr), already exists to alert users about unwanted emails they receive, which pollute mailboxes by 80% to 90% before filters.
In one year, this system has allowed the reporting of 12 million messages by over 42,000 users.
In the long term, the goal is to achieve, "by the end of the first half of 2009," a "one-stop shop" for combating all forms of spam, according to the Secretary of State for the Development of Digital Economy Eric Besson.
Currently, unsolicited SMS account for only a tiny fraction of the total number of messages sent in France: according to UFC-Que Choisir, they are estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands out of more than 20 billion exchanged annually.
"But it’s a phenomenon that is exploding," observes Jérôme Clauzure, general delegate of the French Association of Telecommunications Users (Afutt).
This plague is all the more alarming as the first to fall into the trap are "the most modest and vulnerable consumers," he notes. "Some sometimes lose hundreds of euros on premium rate calls."
Fraudulent SMS, which are sent by "bots," "have a financial potential far greater" than classic spam because "they allow direct money making," explains Guillaume Lovet, a cybercrime expert at Fortinet.
To obtain mobile numbers, there’s nothing simpler, he assures: just "search directly on Google or hack into the databases of commercial sites."
However, the culprits are very difficult to locate due to the "volatility of companies, which have increasingly short lifespans and are often based offshore," notes Jean-Philippe Bichard, spokesperson in France for Kaspersky Lab.
The only solution lies with the operators. In some countries, "they block non-nominative SMS or those with repeated content," he points out. Even though it is sometimes complex to detect these messages.
Until viable technical solutions are found, users "should be careful not to leave their mobile number lying around, unless they want to be woken up at midnight by obscure calls or SMS," warns Ralf Benzmüller, director of security lab at G Data.
Here is the article from AFP published yesterday:
PARIS (AFP) – The government’s launch of 33700, the first tool in the fight against spam on mobile phones, highlights a growing issue: fraudulent SMS messages that encourage recipients to call a premium rate number.
Unlike advertising SMS, they often play on curiosity: "I can’t reach you, call me at 08..." or "You have won 5,000 euros, call" this number.
From now on, when you receive such a message, all you need to do is report it by sending a text to 33700.
Operators will then be notified and can take action against the senders of these spams, such as shutting down premium rate numbers, or forwarding the case to the police.
This "anti-scam SMS device," unveiled on Tuesday by the Secretary of State for Consumer Affairs Luc Chatel and the French Federation of Telecommunications, will be operational from November 15.
A similar tool, Signal Spam (www.signal-spam.fr), already exists to alert users about unwanted emails they receive, which pollute mailboxes by 80% to 90% before filters.
In one year, this system has allowed the reporting of 12 million messages by over 42,000 users.
In the long term, the goal is to achieve, "by the end of the first half of 2009," a "one-stop shop" for combating all forms of spam, according to the Secretary of State for the Development of Digital Economy Eric Besson.
Currently, unsolicited SMS account for only a tiny fraction of the total number of messages sent in France: according to UFC-Que Choisir, they are estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands out of more than 20 billion exchanged annually.
"But it’s a phenomenon that is exploding," observes Jérôme Clauzure, general delegate of the French Association of Telecommunications Users (Afutt).
This plague is all the more alarming as the first to fall into the trap are "the most modest and vulnerable consumers," he notes. "Some sometimes lose hundreds of euros on premium rate calls."
Fraudulent SMS, which are sent by "bots," "have a financial potential far greater" than classic spam because "they allow direct money making," explains Guillaume Lovet, a cybercrime expert at Fortinet.
To obtain mobile numbers, there’s nothing simpler, he assures: just "search directly on Google or hack into the databases of commercial sites."
However, the culprits are very difficult to locate due to the "volatility of companies, which have increasingly short lifespans and are often based offshore," notes Jean-Philippe Bichard, spokesperson in France for Kaspersky Lab.
The only solution lies with the operators. In some countries, "they block non-nominative SMS or those with repeated content," he points out. Even though it is sometimes complex to detect these messages.
Until viable technical solutions are found, users "should be careful not to leave their mobile number lying around, unless they want to be woken up at midnight by obscure calls or SMS," warns Ralf Benzmüller, director of security lab at G Data.
Good evening,
I just received a message dated this morning at 14:14, from a seemingly normal number +33612776944:
"Update of 19.08 you have new messages. To check them, text Marie to 81075 immediate receipt"
I am reporting it as spam. I don't know either Marie or the mentioned number.
The content is quite significant.
Best regards.
I just received a message dated this morning at 14:14, from a seemingly normal number +33612776944:
"Update of 19.08 you have new messages. To check them, text Marie to 81075 immediate receipt"
I am reporting it as spam. I don't know either Marie or the mentioned number.
The content is quite significant.
Best regards.
I also believe that 33700 is free, my dear... I never have credit, and when I buy some it's the prepaid "unlimited SMS for 5 days" (muahaha, screw that, I’m not risking it), I sent an SMS to 81075, apparently it's okay...
What can be annoying is when you have an old port like mine: Nokia 3510 =D and you receive MMS to be viewed on the SFR website, people who aren't tech-savvy can get lost there.
Anyway... it’s always the same ones who line their pockets: the crooks. One wonders what it’s worth to have a clear conscience compared to being honest... Lol, of course.
What can be annoying is when you have an old port like mine: Nokia 3510 =D and you receive MMS to be viewed on the SFR website, people who aren't tech-savvy can get lost there.
Anyway... it’s always the same ones who line their pockets: the crooks. One wonders what it’s worth to have a clear conscience compared to being honest... Lol, of course.
Hello,
I receive a message almost every day from 1015 or 1115, I don't remember exactly because I delete it right away!
The message says "oir: <thing> tried to reach you and left a message at 08 something please call back at 08 something"
I'm fed up, it's been several days that this has been going on, it's starting to annoy me! Moreover, from what I understand, you can't reply with STOP to messages that start with 1... only those that start with 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9...
Help me, I can't take it anymore!!! !!! !!!</thing>
I receive a message almost every day from 1015 or 1115, I don't remember exactly because I delete it right away!
The message says "oir: <thing> tried to reach you and left a message at 08 something please call back at 08 something"
I'm fed up, it's been several days that this has been going on, it's starting to annoy me! Moreover, from what I understand, you can't reply with STOP to messages that start with 1... only those that start with 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9...
Help me, I can't take it anymore!!! !!! !!!</thing>
I had never received spam calls before today. And then, all of a sudden, I got about 25 of them!!!
Messages from 36116 but also from 2 other numbers. I don't understand how this could happen so quickly!! I tried sending STOP to these numbers, they replied that they would stop sending them to me but it started again 20 minutes later. I sent these numbers to 33700 but well...
What should I do? Because right now, receiving spam every half hour is a nightmare!!
Thank you for your responses.
Messages from 36116 but also from 2 other numbers. I don't understand how this could happen so quickly!! I tried sending STOP to these numbers, they replied that they would stop sending them to me but it started again 20 minutes later. I sent these numbers to 33700 but well...
What should I do? Because right now, receiving spam every half hour is a nightmare!!
Thank you for your responses.
Hello Djoudjou
what are the received messages? audiotel number, short number? if it's a short number, send "contact" via SMS to the number to find the publisher and send your complaint
otherwise, 36116 is a "pipeline" for sending SMS from a router, and this router can send SMS for dozens of different advertisers. the best thing is to get "blacklisted" at their level, and logically if you send STOP to 36116 it should work, and if not, send a complaint to your phone operator, it will go up to the router and the bothersome publisher.
good luck
what are the received messages? audiotel number, short number? if it's a short number, send "contact" via SMS to the number to find the publisher and send your complaint
otherwise, 36116 is a "pipeline" for sending SMS from a router, and this router can send SMS for dozens of different advertisers. the best thing is to get "blacklisted" at their level, and logically if you send STOP to 36116 it should work, and if not, send a complaint to your phone operator, it will go up to the router and the bothersome publisher.
good luck
There is legislation in France regarding SMS.
You can consult it on this site:
http://www.neoretis.fr/legislation-sms
You can consult it on this site:
http://www.neoretis.fr/legislation-sms
I sent a registered letter to my operator, and they will take over to stop them. We'll see!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You can also go to the menu 1 message reception 2 sms options menu 3 deactivate message reception 4 I clarify that deactivating this option does not prevent receiving sms from friends or girlfriend for example.
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