Never use your own phone...

"punting phone" the way to go.

Pity the guys on this US site weren't more careful:

http://exposingjohns.com

Apparently it's an extortion racket operating out of India.

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Originally Posted by Banger

Apparently it's an extortion racket operating out of India.

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It is, and a pretty nasty one. They use fake ads to catch people who text from their own phone, and then pull photos and names from Facebook. The victim is then invited to pay to have their details removed.

Or better still never use facebook

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Originally Posted by Banger

Apparently it's an extortion racket operating out of India.

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Wouldn't be surprised if there's Cork lads behind it :p

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Originally Posted by zoozoozoo

Or better still never use facebook

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Indubitably ;)

They'll never catch me :D

http://exposingjohns.com/832-888-9734

I used to have a punting phone but lost it a while back and haven't replaced it yet tho, I had considered going the weekend to a fair lady only something came up and was going use my everyday phone, off to phone shop tomorrow so

Yes always best not to use your everyday phone.

better safe than sorry !

Great advice, thanks a lot!