1. lorramp's Avatar
    I'm new to all this. I need to do mobile banking and was told by the bank to send a msg to: 12345 and put Help in the subject line. I first put the bank and the # in my contacts. Then I went to the SMS and selected the bank and sent as was told. Received an error back saying "Error invalid number. please resend using a valid 10 digit mobile number or valid short code." ????????
    08-25-09 10:40 AM
  2. ekyle125's Avatar
    I'd contact your bank again. That seems like an odd number even for a short code.
    08-25-09 10:52 AM
  3. lorramp's Avatar
    Oh, you don't know how I dread contacting this bank--it's a big one and I never get the same story twice. Granted the number I put in my note is not the same number they told to put it but it is still a 5-digit number. Whenever I received SMS security codes from them (don't ask), it came from a 5-digit number.
    08-25-09 11:18 AM
  4. cavingjan's Avatar
    try using compose SMS text from the messages app and manually enter 12345 in the To:
    08-25-09 11:32 AM
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