text message from Verizon - scam?
Regi
Newbie

I received a text message from a friend that forwarded me a text from Verizon.  It says that if I send this text to 10 people, Verizon will give me a $50 credit on my next bill, Happy Holidays from Verizon.  Is this legit?

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Re: text message from Verizon - scam?
kneekahliss
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scam. happens every year.

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Re: text message from Verizon - scam?
kneekahliss
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scam. happens every year.

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Re: text message from Verizon - scam?
Regi
Newbie

Of course it is.  What was I thinking?

 

Thank you. 

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Re: text message from Verizon - scam?
budone
Legend

FYI this messages is not generated by VZW.

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Re: text message from Verizon - scam?
jimrod78
Newbie

I received this text, and went ahead and sent it on think "what harm can it do?" Then a couple of hours later my mother in law calls me in a panic, telling me she called Verizon and that its a scam and someone is going to charge you ten dollars. Then she continued to ramble on about some 900 number. So my question is can any harm/charges come from come from a seemingly harmless text? If no harm can come it, then isn't it really just a prank and not a scam?

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Re: text message from Verizon - scam?
Minniehaha
Specialist - Level 2

If someone starts getting a ton of texts and does not have a text package then yes it can cause harm.

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