Hi This "spam" email and its variations has done the rounds, am curious to know whether the gist of its contents is true? can a mobile phone be remotely taken over and used in the way its implied below, Yes its possible with physical access to compromise a mobile but is it possible to compromise one remotely?
Cheers Urgent Warning to All MTN, WARID, MANGO, ORANGE AND ZAIN Users. If you receive a phone call on your mobile from any person, saying that, he or she is a company Engineer or saying 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. Again if you receive a phone call and your mobile phone displays (XALAN) on the screen Don't answer the call, END THE CALL IMMEDIATELY, if you answer the call, your phone Will be infected with a virus. The virus will erase all IMEI and IMSI information from both your phone and your SIM card, which will make your phone unable to connect with the telephone networks. You will have to buy a new phone. This information has been confirmed by manufactures of Motorola and Nokia Phones. PLEASE PASS ON THIS PIECE OF INFORMATION TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS USING MOBILE PHONES -- Dan "You won't have eyes tonight. You won't have ears or a tongue. you will wander the underworld blind, deaf and dumb and all the dead will know; This is Hector: the fool who thought he killed Achilles."
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