[Gllug] New mobile phone scam alert

[Dave English]

In message <Marcel-1.53-0717091349-e74hjSf at riscpc.main>, Chris Bell 
<chrisbell at 3966.ukfsn.org> writes
>On Fri 17 Jul, Alan Pope wrote:
>>
>> 2009/7/17 Chris Bell <chrisbell at 3966.ukfsn.org>:
>> >   I have just seen an alert from local police about a new scam call
>> > requesting that a number be keyed in, current reason given is "testing
>> > connection", but it opens the SIM for cloning.
>> >
>>
>> Did it look like this?
>>
>> http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/mobile.asp
>>
>> It's probably best not to pass on these kinds of tidbits of
>> (incorrect) information.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Al.
>
>   No, it did not look like that, you can view the message by following
>
>www.ealingtoday.co.uk
>Community Forum
>True or Hoax?
>
>and it is a reference to Lancashire police complete with contact details.

So are you saying that you saw a forum post entitled "True or Hoax?" and 
passed it on as true?
-- 
Dave English - dave at lutnos.com
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