BTUK - text message for Xmas Advent Calendar

[sbarr]

Just received a Text message from BTUK.  Stating to say thankyou they have an Advent Calendar and provides a link to go.bt.com to win prizes

Is this a legit text?  Since the text STOP is 61998 and I read conflicting information that this is a legit text No.  I 'm not convinced since the link is also only http.

[jac_95]

The number and URL is genuine 

[sbarr]

REALLY??

They send out a text to a site that is only http://go.bt.com and not https

And they also send direct links. Which BT state you should never press? 

• Don't click on links, reply or text back

Confused .com

[jac_95 · Accepted solution]

Yes really. http://go.bt.com is used for campaigns on behalf of BT.

https://www.bt.com/help/landline/i-ve-just-got-a-text-from-61998-or-60204--is-this-a-genuine-mess

The go.bt.com is a subdomain of the bt.com domain and as said it's for campaigns and used to help track clicks and measure the success of a campaign.

[sbarr]

Thanks very much for your response. 

No wonder people are confused. In this day and age with all the scams/frauds, they feed out text messages with a link to a non secure site,  which then instantly asks for your login details. This totally contradicts all the scam and fraud advise we are given.  Shame on BT for this.

[Les-Gibson]

Instead of including links that could well be considered dodgy (I for one never click on links in unsolicited text messages and e-mail), why don't such messages simply say something along the lines of ' See MyBT for full details'

[sbarr]

Agree with your statement Kudos given.