This is a telephone number used for security (e.g. 2 step authentication), and other general alerts. These are the websites / companies that I know use it:
Evernote.com
Linkedin.com
Google.co.uk / Google.com (including Gmail and Google Calender)
Ebay.co.uk/ Ebay.com
Blizzard.com
Flippa.com
Yahoo.com
Microsoft.com (including XBox)
Battle.net
These sites have been reported more than once, so I believe they are true.
It is not a scam it is genuine, however, if you have received a "verification PIN number" for an account you have not requested it to be sent from, check your account immediately and change your password. It is quite possible that your account has been compromised.
Another thing to check is if your partner, children, or anyone else that may have access to an account, they may have forgotten a password or be trying to change some account details.
A recent example of this is where the children were trying to access XBox live, the email account linked to it had recently had a password change and the details stored on the XBox had not been updated. The email provider then sent a PIN verification code to our phone, we instantly changed our passwords on the account and after further "interrogation" of the kids found the XBox live attempt as the culprit.
If anyone else has had a text from this number and the website/company is not listed above please let me know so it can be added to the "safe list".
Evernote.com
Linkedin.com
Google.co.uk / Google.com (including Gmail and Google Calender)
Ebay.co.uk/ Ebay.com
Blizzard.com
Flippa.com
Yahoo.com
Microsoft.com (including XBox)
Battle.net
These sites have been reported more than once, so I believe they are true.
It is not a scam it is genuine, however, if you have received a "verification PIN number" for an account you have not requested it to be sent from, check your account immediately and change your password. It is quite possible that your account has been compromised.
Another thing to check is if your partner, children, or anyone else that may have access to an account, they may have forgotten a password or be trying to change some account details.
A recent example of this is where the children were trying to access XBox live, the email account linked to it had recently had a password change and the details stored on the XBox had not been updated. The email provider then sent a PIN verification code to our phone, we instantly changed our passwords on the account and after further "interrogation" of the kids found the XBox live attempt as the culprit.
If anyone else has had a text from this number and the website/company is not listed above please let me know so it can be added to the "safe list".
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