Cell Phone Text Message Spam or "Identity Theft"?

[MacDougalbry]

I never use text messaging, but today I received a handful of text messages from a couple of different people as if they were replying to some text messages I had sent them. (One of them wondering who I was etc.) I'm guessing someone is sending text messages using my number via a web site or something. (Apparently, you can go to a web site and send fake text messages originating from any number you want.) This is kind of weird and disturbing. I tried to do a reverse phone lookup on the numbers that showed in the text messages I received, but that doesn't work on cell phones. Any suggestions?

[FireFly]

what numbers showed in the messages? Were there websites in the messages, or things like 'friend added' or anything? What exactly did the messages say? Are you a Telus customer?

[burnin_vernon]

You can send texts from your computer and i think it comes up as some weird long number but you cant pick an originating number

http://www.rogers.com/english/wireless/sendpcs.html

http://www.telusmobility.com/sendame...amessage.shtml

[FireFly]

Uh, yeah you can. At least with Telus. See that little call back box? That's the number that will show up. Rogers doesn't have that though.

[Temporary_User]

Careful receiving those messages that come from the internet. I jsut found out that you get charged for receiving them!
I don't know exactly how that works, but apparently it does...