Another bane of the e-world we now live in are e-hoaxes or well intentioned warnings that are promulgated to all and sundry in your address book.
An example:
Dear All
If you receive a phone call on your mobile from any person, saying that he or she is a company engineer, or telling 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 colleagues, relatives and friends as you can, to stop it.
Many thanks for your time regarding this matter, take care and regards.
Phil Corris
Police Constable/Crime Prevention Officer
Ext 496696 (Internal)
01524 596696 (External)
Rubbish. Been around for ever. If you get a message like this, check out Snopes.com (there are other websites available). This particular hoax is located here . Please take care before promulgating these e-mails, they use up bandwidth and create panic in the uninformed.
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okay, so you say. But what if it were true?
Yeah that being said the vast majority of these emails are not true, and some are themselves indeed the virus/spam/spyware etc… that they pertain to warn you about.
Here the solution to internet safety and personal data protection – prior to acceding to anyone’s request for data, ask who they are, determine if what you are giving away poses a risk if used improperly and always ask is it too good to be true? (you haven’t won the lottery of the republic of Spamistan).
Perhaps more importantly people ought to learn a bit about computers/the internet etc… before using them, being ripped off and then wondering why.
Well, this one’s been quiet for a while. However, thanks to you both for your comments!
AOW – well, if it were then Elvis is living with JFK on the moon and we should all wrap our heads in aluminium foil. Come on, think about it! All I wanted to say was if you get something like this in your e-mail, and before you send it to everyone, do a sanity check on the material! Not difficult and could save you propogating the hysteria!
DJD – Correct. People should (but won’t) learn about the hazards of the internet/computers and alien invasion before worrying about it. My advice is – for most things – if it sounds too good to be true, it isn’t and is that really possible…
Have a Merry Christmas and rememeber, the biggest cause of computer fraud is a breakdown in common sense between keyboard and chair in the house of the victim.
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