Hi This is hoax that has done its rounds for years globally. It is just edited with local ISPs
Regards Erika Wanda | Senior Business Advisor | IST Ernst & Young Plot 18 Clement Hill Road, Shimoni Office Village, Kampala, Uganda Office: +256-414-343520/4 | Mobile: +256-757-618266 | [email protected] Website: www.ey.com Thank you for considering the environmental impact of printing emails. Daniel Bwente <[email protected]> Sent by: [email protected] 17/09/2009 10:00 Please respond to Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> To Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> cc Subject [LUG] Compromising Mobile Phones remotely 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." _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. --------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. Ernst & Young is neither liable for the proper and complete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt.
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