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SUPERVALU IS WARNING the public of a possible text message scam claiming to offer prizes.
The supermarket chain has said that messages claiming to be from SuperValu are asking people to click on a link and take a survey or to share their personal data.
After reports from the public, SuperValu is advising people who have received the text message to delete it.
We want to issue a warning after receiving reports from members of the public of a text message scam that claims to offer prizes by asking them to click on a link and take a survey or by sharing personal data.
— SuperValu Ireland (@SuperValuIRL) October 10, 2018
This has NOT been issued by SuperValu and.. 1/2
In a statement today, the company has said that it ”never sends out competitions or data requests by text”.
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But, but, but I could win stuff?
I’m sorry I can’t risk not winning.
That Supervalue scam has been doing the rounds for at least two years.
I think the number of times it appears on your phone is directly related to the frequency one accesses certain porn sites with the prefix xxx.
Naturally I’ve never received it myself but my friend is a different story.
The only scam here is the prices in “Super Value”
@Inanimate Carbon Rod: Valu – No e .
You’d be very dopey to be fooled that SuperValu is running a competition
Yes there’s a dangerous scam going around, if u send me a one off payment of €50 I can help u avoid being conned in the future!
FYI you are not going to win A €500 + voucher by answering questions and calling a premium rate number just delete the messages .
Poor aul SuperValu…. They keep getting caught with this scam… Its about the 4th or 5th they’ve had to warn people about in the last 18 months….
My husband got the text the other day . It was pretty poor , in fairness , you’d want to be very naive to be taken in by it .
Not a very detailed report from them but here’s an idea for those who are not aware. https://techbuzzireland.com/2018/04/11/sms-scam-supervaluirl-sms-scam-doing-the-roundstake-note-of-this-number-sms-scams/
Modern technology is designed to make life easier for scammers. Surely all the technological geniuses in the world can come up with a better system that does not allow people to take money from your bank account without your knowledge or consent. The same applies to the system of paying by credit/debit card over the internet. You give them your card number and your 3 digit security code (whatever that is for?) and they can withdraw whatever they want from your account.
Got same from Tesco
Olá, telespectadores, quero compartilhar minha experiência sobre como o hacker da aliança foi capaz de me ajudar a sair da minha crise financeira, com a ajuda de um CARTÃO EM BRANCO que seguro contra ele. Eu venho tentando me proteger sozinho há muito tempo agora, mas nenhum parece estar dando certo e, por várias ocasiões, fui vítima de fraudadores, eles me dizem para pagar ‘depois de pagar o dinheiro, desaparecem sem me dar o empréstimo solicitado. mas quando comecei a ter problemas com meu marido depois que perdi meu emprego, procuro um hacker que me ajude a derrubá-lo. meu marido era um homem muito rico, mas simplesmente porque eu me recuso a casar com outra senhora, meu marido decidiu me afastar e depois me deixou sem nada, e isso me levou a procurar hackers que ajudassem a obter todas as informações que eu precisa prendê-lo. e foi assim que eu quis dizer esse grande hacker chamado ALLIANCEHACKER999@GMAIL.COM e você não acredita que ele realmente ajudou sem me decepcionar. depois de alguns meses depois, algo tão difícil para mim e decidiu entrar em contato com ele novamente para que ele soubesse que eu estava financeiramente em baixa, mas ele sugeriu que eu recebesse um CARTÃO EM BRANCO que pode sacar até US $ 3000 no básico diariamente. sabendo muito bem que ele fez um bom trabalho para mim no passado, decidi tentar … mas você não vai acreditar que este cartão em branco andava como mágica. desde então, pude retirar uma quantia que realmente não posso mencionar. por favor, meu amigo ALLIANCEHACKER999@GMAIL.COM e eu aposto que você não vai acreditar no que verá em troca, confie em mim
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