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Services › Anti-Spam › Anti-Spam Statistics: April 2015

The Electronic Messaging Compliance Unit provides statistical information about TXT spam and scam complaints forwarded to the short code 7726.

Unsolicited commercial TXT messages by industry classification


Chart of Unsolicited commercial TXT messages by industry classification

Top 5 reported TXT scams


Chart of Top 5 reported TXT scams
  • True Move
    Thanks for winning five hundred thousand dollars in this year mobile draw send REF No. TR/NZ-6491387 to email: truemovepromotion @ gmail.com for details
  • Selby*
    Hello, am Scott Skelby from Standard chartered bank, London. Kindly contact me on my private e-mail for a vital transaction: scott.skelby @ hotmail.com
    *Slight naming and hotmail address variations each month, i.e. Simon Shelby, Scott Swelby, Simon Selby, Scott Skelby, Thomas Graham and one further variation this month, Scott Velby.
  • Guinness
    555 @ vtexto.com GUINNESS Your PhoneNumber won $1,500,000.00 in the GUINNESS Promotions.For claim,send an email to guinness.pro @ outlook.com
  • New Photo
    You received (1) new photo message: http ://zban .co/Eq96AUO?i=O641XxeseH
  • jclark11011 / rholton1101
    I have a proposition for you' kindly reply to my private email for further details: jclark11011 @ gmail.com / rholton1101 @ gmail.com*
    *On 24 April, this campaign has changed the gmail account to rholton1101, but in all other regards appears the same.
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