I too got a missed call from Pak some time back and as a habit called back only to realize the whole deal.
BTW email phishing attempts seem to be on a rise big time, get an email almost daily from SBI's and PNB's of the phishing world. Thanks, Mayank Dhingra Cell: +91-9810041966 || Blog: http://mayank.name || Twitter: http://twitter.com/mayankdhingra On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:30 PM, <[email protected]>wrote: > Send Owasp-delhi mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-delhi > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Owasp-delhi digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Pakistani Lottery Scam. Data Theft from Airtel??? (Soi, Dhruv) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:04:34 +0530 > From: "Soi, Dhruv" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Owasp-delhi] Pakistani Lottery Scam. Data Theft from > Airtel??? > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I just wanted to share with you that there is a massive scam being operated > from Pakistan. Under this scam, you will receive a missed call (single > ring) > from Pakistani number (+92 country code). If you call back they will state > that they tried to reach you and are from Airtel. If you question that > number is international they will say Airtel has got many global > campaigning > numbers and reason for the call is that you won 2,00,000 Rs. from a lucky > draw at Airtel. To claim the prize you need to recharge your mobile (If > prepaid) by telling the PIN number of your debit/credit card and same for > advance post-paid payment. > > > > Same scam was carried against Dubai based telecom company called Etisalat > and is now launched against Airtel in India. Reports claims that there has > been theft of subscribers information from Airtel that has facilitated this > scam. > > > > Its been 4rth missed call to my mobile but before I would have called back, > luckily I found their traces over the internet. Search on google with > keyword "Missed calls from Pakistan" to know more about this scam. > > > > Do inform your family, friends, contacts about this scam because everyone > might not be an Indian InfoSec Warrior J > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > https://lists.owasp.org/pipermail/owasp-delhi/attachments/20100121/f4fb311e/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Owasp-delhi mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-delhi > > > End of Owasp-delhi Digest, Vol 30, Issue 47 > ******************************************* >
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