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Old 03 July 2012, 06:23 PM
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For the last week whenever I check scoobynet on my HTC phone I get a pop up stating I have won a prize on the Android market.have checked and just a scam but only linked to scoobynet and no other site.is anyone else getting this as pretty poor if its connected to this site.
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Old 03 July 2012, 06:27 PM
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not had it with my htc
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Old 03 July 2012, 06:30 PM
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Yep , and i cant get away from the pop-up without clicking "yes"
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Google have to make money somehow, don't forget they're an advertising company.
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Old 03 July 2012, 06:39 PM
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got the same on my phone, i get rid of it temporarily by turning the phone off and on again, although its coming back sooner rather than later now.
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mine is only when on this site though...
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yeah i get this now and then on scoobynet only
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have googled it and its link to sites developers so not much can be done.
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For the last week whenever I check scoobynet on my HTC phone I get a pop up stating I have won a prize on the Android market.have checked and just a scam but only linked to scoobynet and no other site.is anyone else getting this as pretty poor if its connected to this site.
I've had it on my iPhone, saying I've won an android prize via my phone number

Thing is I get it when clicking onto some Photobucket links off here on my phone.
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at least then you know for sure its a scam , with mine being Android , and the fact i cant bypass it , made me think it was an Android thing.
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been on the phone to orange, they said on a android phone, to go into task manager and close/end the browser and then restart it, it seems to have worked at the moment, not sure if any help to others.
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With HTC just restart the phone and stops it for a bit.
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never had this, pop ups are turned off though.
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Haven't seen it on my HTC.
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Mine did it on Photobucket today too , must be the phone/browser.
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