The telephone number +353 (85) 137 8180 is being used to send scam texts to Vodafone and other mobile phone holders in the Republic of Ireland. This is a confidence scam in which the scammers try to convince recipients that they are their son or daughter.
Of course anyone with a child is much more likely to fall prey to this scam. Those who have received communication from the number +353 85 137 8180, which may appear as 085 1378180, have received the following message:
Hi Dad, my phone is broken. This is my new mobile number. You can save this number and delete my old one! Please Whatsapp me on +353 89 415 3563.
To someone who doesn’t have children it will be very obvious that this is a scam phone number. Instead this scam is devised to prey on the natural concerns and worries of those with parents. If you do receive a message from the number then you should by all mean contact your childm but do so on the number in your contacts. Any messages from the number 085 137 8180 have no news regarding your offspring. Block and delete the number +353 (85) 137 8180.