Strange Message

[vrectonix]

Hello, I'm a new user in this forum, today I got a strange message sent by Play store, I don't know what is this, is this a code or just a bug, do you guys know this?

If you need a text to copy, here it is :

hr6q2vt07Pi0:tt94Pezv09Δ!PΠΔirv7ä2P r9P072Δqz<Δ:t2Δb2ä2v7x29P0Pa07r<WΔΔΛΣWÖÆAΛΔΔΛ:trv2Pc0v0ö<PΠΔ*trv2Pfpu29Δs79Pipvy:w3Pc0v0ööΛ&#928xXΘΣΣΣPΩΔ((7ΔΓΔar0Δepy0&#916xXΞΣPyzuyr9Πrtu:y0ws4Δ29Δx:vypWvy5Δzps4t07P 7r0

 

[Dannydet]

Was this an email from the play store?
If so it's bogus and ignore and delete.

 

[vrectonix]

Was this an email from the play store?
If so it's bogus and ignore and delete.

No

 

[KBU2]

A few years ago I had a Huawei Ascend XL had done that after it was rooted, And I found out later that most of my messages that was sent and received was encrypted in the same format as your image is showing. And to this day I never figured out why it did that other then it was rooted. But just out of curiosity what device did you received that message on?

 

[codesplice]

The Google Play Store doesn't send SMS messages. I'm with @Dannydet ; looks bogus to me. I'd just delete it and move on with your life.

 

[mikedt]

Could be an activation code for something, like an in-app purchase? Google PlayStore can use SMS billing(DCB) in some regions and countries. Possibly it was sent to the wrong recipient? Perhaps worth checking your phone bill for any premium-rate SMS charges?

 

[codesplice]

Could be an activation code for something, like an in-app purchase? Google PlayStore can use SMS billing(DCB) in some regions and countries. Possibly it was sent to the wrong recipient? Perhaps worth checking your phone bill for any premium-rate SMS charges?

Good point, I had forgotten about that.

However, it sounds like SMS messages generated for the Direct Billing option should follow a certain format:

Note: You may see an SMS (text message) starting with "DCB" or "DCB_Association" on your phone when you sign up for direct carrier billing. The message is automatically generated and sent to complete enrollment in direct carrier billing for your Google Play account.

 

[Davdi]

Putting my security hat on, it could be the character representation of (possibly malicious) code that was sent as text rather that a payload attachment.

 

[mikedt]

Putting my security hat on, it could be the character representation of (possibly malicious) code that was sent as text rather that a payload attachment.

Something like Stagefright possibly?

 

[Davdi]

Well, I don't think it's Base64 encoded, I didn't get any output from a base64 decoder (I've tried several online ones with the same result.)

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Could be an activation code for something, like an in-app purchase? Google PlayStore can use SMS billing(DCB) in some regions and countries. Possibly it was sent to the wrong recipient? Perhaps worth checking your phone bill for any premium-rate SMS charges?

No frickin way
Too long.