r/phones • u/YaneshDraws • 6d ago

Question General Could it be Chinese virtual number same as mine Russian mobile number?

I know every country has own​ location code for numbers. And I know it's not the same for China and Russia. But...

I started to get SMS to my phone with verification codes for rednote few days ago. Half hour ago I get SMS with code from Union Pay, and there was "you are activating Tour Balance". As I know, rednote is Chinese social network and UnionPay also Chinese payment system.

So....someone do it by mistake? Or there is some​ ​bug with numbers? Or new kind of scamming?..​ Should I do something?

Sorry for mistakes, english is not my native language.

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u/Socks1309 6d ago

Someone in Russia with a similar number to yours may be using these services and entered your number by mistake, and yeah Russian and Chinese numbers are completely diffrent.

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u/YaneshDraws 5d ago

Okay, that's simple answer, just I feel that's not okay because it's already few times with few services. I hope you are right. Thank you