"Unsolicited fraudulent SMS's are being sent to various subscribers informing them that they have won a prize and need to call an international number to collect their prize. When calls are made to the number in the text message the subscribers are billed a high amount (up to Rs 500 per minute).Subscribers are cautioned not to respond to such SMS's"
This message has been published in the Airtel's official website www.airtel.in .
I have received quite a few SMS saying that I have won a prize with an UK number. Just that we never tried to call them back.
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