Gavin
February 15th, 2008, 03:26 PM
Thousands of young people have been sent fake scam text messages by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to warn them about con-artists
The campaign saw 25,000 mobile phone users aged between 18 and 24 receive a message telling them they might have won £1,000 in cash.
But a second message arrived soon after informing them that the message was a fake and warning them about scams.
The text reads: "Urgent! U may have won £1k cash with '2 Good 2 B True'."
A second text followed shortly afterwards that made clear that there was in fact no prize, and that it was simply a warning about scams.
According to the Mobile Data Association, 95% of 16 to 24-year-olds use text messaging regularly, each sending an average of 100 texts per month.
The campaign saw 25,000 mobile phone users aged between 18 and 24 receive a message telling them they might have won £1,000 in cash.
But a second message arrived soon after informing them that the message was a fake and warning them about scams.
The text reads: "Urgent! U may have won £1k cash with '2 Good 2 B True'."
A second text followed shortly afterwards that made clear that there was in fact no prize, and that it was simply a warning about scams.
According to the Mobile Data Association, 95% of 16 to 24-year-olds use text messaging regularly, each sending an average of 100 texts per month.