News, tips and guides about SMS and mobile telephony: plans, carriers, scams, security and good everyday habits on your phone.
You've received a text message supposedly from your town hall, a prefecture or a French public service. Here's how to check the sender, recognise genuine messages (alerts, appointment reminders, elections) and report fakes to 33700.
Got a text from a five-digit number starting with 38? Here's what the 38xxx range is used for in France, who uses it, whether it's free or premium-rate, and how to identify the sender behind 38046, 38180 or 38047.
You're waiting for a parcel and receive several tracking texts: how to tell the carrier's real message from a fake delivery SMS, number by number, and what to do if you're unsure.
Orange, SFR, Bouygues and Free send you texts about offers, contract renewals and the end of your commitment period. How to tell a real operator message from a scam text, and how to stop marketing follow-ups.
Replying STOP to a marketing text is free and legally required of the advertiser, but useless — even risky — when you're dealing with a scam. How to know when to do it, and what to do when the messages keep coming.
You get a text message from the EFS, a medical analysis lab or a radiology centre: who sends it, from which number, and how to spot a fake message before you tap the link.
