I just received a text message on my iPhone4 from an "unverified sender." It said:
(9179342324) Verizon
Alert.Account Locked.
Please click
updates.com and update
your login info.
I looked up the website and it definitely looked fake (see below) and of course I didn't enter any user IDs or passwords. You can't click on anything except to enter a User ID or Password and the Sign In button. All other options are unclickable. I went to my computer and logged into My Verizon just fine; nothing was locked, so I called customer service. The rep told me the 917 # is a Verizon number but she couldn't tell if it was a land- or a cell phone line. She was helpful and walked me though how to block texts from web and email, but it's still a little unsettling. Has this happened to anyone else? I've never received anything from an unverified sender before.
