Phone scam

[tony]

Received the following today.



Mobile Phone & Email Scams


I have received the following detail of 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".

Tony .

[mylesdw]

It's a hoax. don't bother.

[craggle]

Hi Tony

These are the E-mail equivilent of a chain letter. They waste your time and the slow the E-mail system down when forwarded within business networks Etc.
I usually read them for a laugh then delete them. Some of the Hoaxes are quite convincing Though.

This page may explain more about this particular one.

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/avidaebela.html

More can be found on

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/

Craig

[vortex]

Just looked at logged on here for the first time in couple of months. The virus one may well be a hoax, but the phone one is not. We recieve many security upates at work I'm not prepared to let you no where I work, but our security services work very closely with the the police, military, and foreign office. If we get a warning about something, then it is genuine. What actually happens is once you dial whatever you are asked to dial, you are then connected to an international premium rate number, which can charge you upto £15 a minute. Generally the time is around 10 minutes, and you are charged for the full time even if you hang up. Telecom companies are powerless to prevent this, as it is billed to an overseas number. This is used by various overseas "organisations" to raise a lot of money, as this scam is targeted at most of Europe, Northern America, and Australasia.

[Miket]

The names Bond, James Bond, bit cloak and dagger old chap :thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb:

[vortex]

I'm just trying to pass on information I have, take it as you may.

[kevchard]

We have had about 3 of these text messages, is it mainly happening on contract phones.
Kevin & Helen