Fw: Carphone Warehouse Scam message is a Hoax....

["Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 2:45 PM
Subject: Carphone Warehouse Scam message is a Hoax....


> This Scam Message is a hoax.
>
> The message simply wastes bandwidth in corporate e-mail systems.
>
> I have personally spoken t  the Carphone Warehouse's Customer Care
> Department.
>
> They have received numerous calls this morning to verify the story,
and
can
> confirm that this message did *not* come from David Ross, and is *not*
>from
> the Carphone Warehouse.
>
> This Scam has been writent about in the Times today, however, Carphone
> Warehouse are not certain that it was true at any time.
>
> Good Advice is t  treat Mobile Phones, or the Internet like any other
media:
> if someone walked up t  you in the street and asked you to phone a
number,
> you would not do so.
>
> Please inform the person that sent you this message that it is a
verified
> hoax. Do *NOT* send this message "to everyone you know" as
this will
simply
> cause yet more e-mail traffic.
>
> The Carphone Warehouse have provided a number to call for those who
seek
> independent verification that this hoax did *not* originate with them.
The
> Press Office may be contacted on 0845 6041207
>
> Ian Lowe,
> Director,
> Wintermute Consultancy Ltd
> http://www.wintermute-ltd.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Subject: FW: Mobile phone scam
> >
> >   > ATTENTION all mobile users: Mobile scam SMS
> > > >
> > > > "All,
> > > >
> > > > There is a brand new mobile phone scam going around
that
> > > > comes  in the form of a SMS.
> > > >
> > > > The message will say something along the lines of
"Please
> > > > Call me on 09011500065 Urgent" it will say it is
from "KB"
> > > >
> > > > Do not call this number, it is premium rate number
charged
> > > > At ?5:00 per minute.
> > > >
> > > > Also when you call it you will get an engaged tone;
this is
> > > > Not a real engaged tone it is simply a recorded sound
that
> > > > Will make you call again, and again, and you are
CHARGED!!
> > > >
> > > > Please pass this message on to all your friends."
> > > >
> > > > Best regards
> > > > David Ross
> > > > Carphone Warehouse
>
>