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Old 11-07-2005, 17:14   #8
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Re: Weird text message

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Originally Posted by grandmaster
sounds like a bluetooth message to me

bluejacking

If your phone is in range and you have BT Enabled then people can send you a message via BT
My phone hasn't got bluetooth, it's way too old for that

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Originally Posted by bopdude
Nope sorry, heard something similar on the Chris Moyles show the other week where he could send a message to any phone and it would appear as if it had been sent from the person in the phonebook, you'ld have to know the name was ther in the first place of course, wonder if it could be on the same lines
The person it was "from" isn't in my phone book

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Originally Posted by Tricky
I know my company does this, if I send a message (via email) to a phonenumber@<url.addy> the message comes through as "companyname" when it hits the mobile phone and the rest looks like a standard text message. I guess they set "companyname" to "Monty"
Probably that, but someone mucking about. No message as such, just the sender.

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Originally Posted by grandmaster
There are some devices that can send a global sms message to any device, (within a certain range)

You sometimes get them at shopping outlets like the trafford center for example,
I have been at work today, unless it was on my way home.
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