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Dreamon
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13-10-2004, 10:02 AM

Mobile phone and Email Scams!!

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Mobile Phone & Email Scams



I have received the following detail from one of our members regarding Mobile Phone and Email scams. Please do not ignore this and be on guard for threats like these!



If you receive a phone call on your mobile from any person, saying that, he or she is a company engineer, or telling you that they're checking your mobile line, and you have to press # 90 or #09 or any other number. End this call immediately without pressing any numbers. There is a fraud company using a device that once you press 90 or #09 they can access your "SIM" card and make calls at your expense. Forward this message to as many friends as you can, to stop it.

ALSO Please Be Extremely Careful especially if using internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail and so on. This information arrived this morning from Microsoft and Norton. Please send it to everybody you know who accesses the Internet. You may receive an apparently harmless email with a Power Point Presentation "Life is beautiful. pps" If you receive it DO NOT OPEN THE FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, and delete it immediately. if you open this file, a message will appear on your screen saying: "It is too late now, your life is no longer beautiful", subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC and the person who sent it to you will gain access to your name, e-mail and password. This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO STOP THIS VIRUS. AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the antivirus Software's are not capable of destroying it. The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself "life owner".

PLEASE make A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS/COLLEAGUES and PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY!!!!
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13-10-2004, 10:06 AM
ta for the info ..... will be aware .......
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13-10-2004, 10:06 AM
thank you dreamon
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13-10-2004, 10:12 AM
just checked the life is beautiful email is a hoax

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...iful.hoax.html
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13-10-2004, 10:36 AM
Ohhhhhh well better safe than sorry though eh
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13-10-2004, 10:37 AM
yes, cause one time it will be a real threat
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13-10-2004, 01:05 PM
the phone thing is real tho I think, it was goin round a while ago and prob has made a comeback now...
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13-10-2004, 02:29 PM
The phone was is listed in the urban myth website although this one is a little different so not sure if its true.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/jailcall.htm
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13-10-2004, 03:10 PM
you lot are so clever ......i must watch the news more
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