Mobile Phone Scam

[drumwrecker]

I received this email and as you can see it has been confirmed to be true


This is genuine; we had the same advice from our Special Branch people.
Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: lisa.boaz@leicestershire.pnn.police.uk
[mailto:lisa.boaz@leicestershire.pnn.police.uk]
Subject: North Mobile phone scam

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 colleagues, relatives and friends as you can, to stop it.

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05:07

[TSM]

This is a hoax, just google it.

[drumwrecker]

I usually do Google these sort of messages but as it was confirmed by a freind in the police I took it as genuine.

[drumwrecker]

I googled it and couldn't make if I was being advised if there really was a scam or the email is a hoax. but I will go with this advice http://www.surrey.police.uk/borough_nso.asp?nsoid=11527&updateno=2505

[Dan]

Hoax. Obviously PC Plod in Surrey don't have access to Google.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/30/1056825335277.html

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/nine-zero-hash-hoax.html

http://www.di-ve.com/dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=120627

http://homepages.tesco.net/~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/please-do-not-perpetuate-the-9-0-hash-hoax.html

http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/jailcall.asp

http://www.f-secure.com/hoaxes/cf_virus.shtml

[Viney]

This has been going around for about...oooo 4 years or so!!

[Kylie]

Its even been on here before, wan't true that time either:
http://forums.sv650.org/viewtopic.php?t=47673
Google is your friend.

[Kate]

lol, if it contains "Forward this message to as many colleagues, relatives and friends as you can, to stop it. " its pretty much guaranteed to be a hoax.

[drumwrecker]

lol, if it contains "Forward this message to as many colleagues, relatives and friends as you can, to stop it. " its pretty much guaranteed to be a hoax.

Normally I would treat it as a hoax but my friend in the police said Special Branch had confirmed the scam so I treated it as trueand posted it on.

[Kylie]

if it contains "Forward this message to as many colleagues, relatives and friends as you can, to stop it. " its pretty much guaranteed to be a hoax.
Or a Religion.