SMS
Did You Get An SMS About Traffic Fines You Owe? Don’t Panic – It Might Be Fake
13 Apr 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
SMS scams are so frequent – but when they come from the “SAPS” one might jump to unfortunate conclusions.
Woman Gets Dumped By Text – Loses Her Mind [Video]
20 Aug 2015 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Check out this video of a tantrum that went on for about 90 minutes before worried onlookers called the paramedics.
MASSIVE: Judge Rules In Favour Of DA’s ‘Zuma Stole’ SMS
20 Jan 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
In what many will claim is a victory for free speech a massive Constitutional Court ruling has gone the way of the DA. Next up…pay back the money!
Is SANRAL Is Stealing Phone Numbers From Bank Databases?
09 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Over the past week, a few very frenzied e-toll users have been complaining about SANRAL sending them SMSs which claim that they owe them money.
SA Woman Sends 19,000 Text Messages To Win Car
31 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Some people go a little nuts for branded competitions – but this is straying into cry-for-help territory. An unemployed woman in the Eastern Cape was so keen on winning a new Citroen C1 that she sent text messages pretty much all day and all night, spending around R28,000 in airtime, which could justifiably buy a decent 2nd hand car – but the taste of winning was too sweet.
Girl Publicly Humiliates Guy Who Broke Up Via SMS
26 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 13 Comments
Have you ever broken up with someone via SMS? Shame on you. If you have, you can count yourself lucky you didn’t do it 26-year-old Quin Woodward Pu, or this might’ve happened to you.
We’ve Received This Defamation Letter From ADT Security
16 Sep 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 31 Comments
We published an article on Friday, denouncing ADT for using ‘unknown numbers’ and not sending an SMS when customers’ alarms go off. Instead of implementing basic social comms, they sent this:
Shocking Anti Text And Drive Ads Go For The “You’ll Definitely Die Horribly” Angle [PICS]
20 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The laws on texting and driving are constantly improving but still the tragedies that are happening are too high. Perhaps these adverts will make you think twice the next time you text and drive.
Parents Reveal Photo Of Unfinished Text, Following Son’s Texting-And-Driving Death [PIC]
12 Apr 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
There is something quite harrowing about this photo of a kid’s cellphone, showing the conversation he was having via text, as well as the unfinished text he was writing before he crashed his car and died. Click through to see.
The Texting While Driving Test [VIDEO]
04 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you are one of those douchebags (or know such a douchebag) who text while driving, then you need to check out this video. Potential drivers in Belgium were told they had to pass a “mobile phone test” in order to get their driver’s licenses. See how they did, inside.
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