10-30-13 11:24 AM
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  1. akavbb's Avatar
    akavbb
    I just got this pin message. I think it is from BlackBerry Indonesia.
    Why the heck did I get it? And why the heck did they send it to me.
    My phone is from the UK.

    Is it original? Is it related to the latest update?
    And finally, what does it say?


    Spam from BlackBerry (I think)-img_00000487.png

    Mods excuse my posting the thread here as I did not know where to start it.

    Please locate accordingly.


    Posted via CB10 | STL100-2 | Waiting for the mighty Squircle to return.
    10-24-13 10:27 PM
  2. Andrew4life's Avatar
    Andrew4life
    It is not spam from BlackBerry, but rather spam/scam from... spammers?

    No different than junk emails.
    There are only so many BBM PIN number combinations so eventually you'll get some spam from someone trying to brute force send something to everyone.


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    10-24-13 10:30 PM
  3. thurask's Avatar
    thurask
    Trusted Member
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    Originally Posted by akavbb
    I just got this pin message. I think it is from BlackBerry Indonesia.
    No, it's just some spammer with nothing better to do.
    Why the heck did I get it? And why the heck did they send it to me.
    Your PIN came up on the random generator, looks like.

    Disregard the message.
    akavbb likes this.
    10-24-13 10:31 PM
  4. akavbb's Avatar
    akavbb
    Thank you.
    And please close the thread.

    Sorry for the alarm.


    Posted via CB10 | STL100-2 | Waiting for the mighty Squircle to return.
    10-24-13 10:31 PM
  5. Uzi's Avatar
    Uzi
    Retired Moderator
    I can translate for you I'm indonesia
    It said you win a new Honda jazz haha
    Just ignore it
    Spam

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    10-24-13 10:33 PM
  6. kinghai's Avatar
    kinghai
    BlackBerry is really famous in Indonesia, that's why someone try to pretend to be BlackBerry

    Thanks for the translation. I got it too, but have no clue what does it mean. Google translate on mobile doesn't accept long text
    10-25-13 01:20 AM
  7. jpvj's Avatar
    jpvj
    I also received it twice.
    I assumed it was spam, so I just deleted it.

    It should be possible for BB to to block a PIN (and potentially the BBID) if a user uses BB infrastructure to send spam messages!
    10-25-13 02:03 AM
  8. k8bushlover's Avatar
    k8bushlover
    Originally Posted by jpvj
    It should be possible for BB to to block a PIN (and potentially the BBID) if a user uses BB infrastructure to send spam messages!
    I agree, this isn't like spoofing e-mail, where tracing the originator is next to impossible. This originated from a particular device and PIN presumably. I've just got my second such spam PIN message, so going to see what I can do reporting my cases to Rogers and asking them to launch an investigation with BB.
    Gearheadaddy likes this.
    10-30-13 10:03 AM
  9. amirnabilkamelsaad's Avatar
    amirnabilkamelsaad
    Been there, got it before...just like email spam.

    Posted via CB10
    10-30-13 11:24 AM
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