"Congrats! Ur mobile number has been selected in ****** Int'l mobile draw UK 2011. To claim ur prize money of 500,000, pounds, contact **** and send ur name, address, email id to claim_dpt@hotmail.com."
"Your mobile number has won 850,000 pounds IN **** Award Promo. Send your name, address and account number to bmwdept2011@live.com."
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However, these are only some of the common spam short message service messages doing the rounds these days.
After email spamming became rather publicised and less effective, fraud gangs have shifted to the more convenient mode of SMS.
Reputed automobile companies such as BMW, Honda, Mercedes, fast moving consumer goods giants like Coke and Reebok, banks, the Reserve Bank of India and the British Broadcasting Corporation are some names fraudsters commonly use to con you.
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Giving out details like your name, address, mobile number and email address may seem fairly harmless.
However, if in wrong hands, these can be used for notorious purposes.
Identity theft, the most common fear overseas, is making its way into the Indian crime domain.
Also, once these fraudsters have your cell number, they send messages which seem to have come from your service provider, asking you to reply for some innocent reason.
This remains another concern.
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