Mobile Phone Hoax

The are a number of hoax messages doing the rounds at the moment. These are intended merely to raise concerns and also to clog up networks where people forward it to their contacts. Our advice is to ignore all these type of messages and delete them. Here are a couple of the current examples.

Example A:

To: ALL ORANGE USERS

If you receive a phone call and your mobiles phone displays ACE-? on the screen DON''T ANSWER THIS CALL - END THE CALL IMMEDIATELY. IF YOUANSWER THE CALL, YOUR PHONE WILL BE INFECTED BY THIS VIRUS. This 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 network. You will have to buy a new phone. ? This information has been confirmed by both Motorola and Nokia. There are over 3 million mobile phones being infected by this virus in USA now.

You can also check this news in the CNN web site.?

Please forward this piece of information to all your friends

Warm Regards,

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Example B:

Dear all mobile phone''s owners,

ATTENTION!!!

NOW THERE IS A VIRUS ON MOBILE PHONE SYSTEM..

All mobile phone in DIGITAL system can be infected by this virus..If you receive a phone call and your phone display "UNAVAILABLE" on the screen (for most of digital mobile phones with a function to display in-coming call telephone number), DON''T ANSWER THE CALL. END THE CALL IMMEDIATELY!!!BECAUSE IF YOU ANSWER THE CALL, YOUR PHONE WILL BE INFECTED BY THIS VIRUS.. This virus will erase all IMIE and IMSI information from both your phone and your SIM card which will make your phone unable to connect with the telephone network. You will have to buy a new phone.

This information has been confirmed by both Motorola and Nokia..For more information, please visit Motorola or Nokia web sites:

http://www.mot.com http://www.mot.com or http://www.nokia.com

There are over 3 million mobile phone being infected by this virus in USA now. You can also check this news in CNN web site: http://www.cnn.com..

Please forward this information to all your friends who have digital mobile phones..

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We repeat - ignore the messages, delete them and do not forward them to others.