Sigh. I suppose what did I expect? THEIR REPLY: 23 Sep (7 days ago) Y'ello! The answer can only come from the senders side, an active sim on the network is allowed incoming sms’ s from anywhere. This might have been a guessed combination of numbers from the sender’s side. Kind regards, Customer Services MTN Business Solutions MY NOTE: Date: 2008/08/29 11:55:18 Name :Andy Hadfield Cellular Contact : youwish Landline Contact : Email Address :youwish Subject :MTNLoaded Message :Hi... I recently got a MTN 3G card (black e220 I think). I received an unsolicited spam sms on that 3G card. How could this be, considering this is a brand new 3G card? I am concerned about the privacy of this number - has MTN given it out? Please could you get back to me. I have covered this on my blog - here - I will post MTN's response to explain the situation - that's only fair... Regards, Andy Hadfield http://www.andyhadfield.com/2008/08/3g-card-spam.html OBSERVATIONS : * My note sent