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

["Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>]

Nope, I am not sure.

I am certain that no reputable organisation has ever sent out a warning via
email with the tag line "please send this t  everyone you know".

At the same time, Carphone Warehouse seemed quite certain that this was a
non-event.

I make something of a hobby of debunking these sorts of "spread
me" email
requests, so am genuinely interested in the truth behind this.

Ian.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Keay" <m@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Fw: Carphone Warehouse Scam message is a Hoax....


> Are you sure this is a hoax? i hate t  waste further bandwidth on the
> subject, however did receive and confirm an email from BT Cellnet
> highlighting the issue 2 days ago.
> Although no idea where the Carphonewarehouse idea came from..
>
> Matthew.
>
>
> Phil Harris wrote:
> >
> > Then I stand corrected and appologise for wasting peoples time...
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ian Lowe [mailto:ian@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 26 July 2001 11:59
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [ukha_d] Fw: Carphone Warehouse Scam message is a
Hoax....
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- 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 t 
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. D  *NOT* send this message "t  everyone you
know" as this will
> > > simply
> > > > cause yet more e-mail traffic.
> > > >
> > > > The Carphone Warehouse have provided a number t  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
>
>
>
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