Be CAREFULL!!!!!

[MacDaddy]

Don’t know how true this one is ladies & gents but better to be safe than sorry

 

Please read the following mail received by a friend and forwarded to you:

It all started when I received a call from someone claiming that he was from my mobile service provider and he asked me to shutdown my phone for 2 hours for 3G update to take place. As I was rushing for a meeting, I did not question and shutdown my cell phone.

After 45 minutes I felt very suspicious since the caller did not even introduce his name. I quickly turned on my cell phone and I received several calls from my family members and the others were from the number that had called me earlier - 0773954380.

I called my parents and I was shocked that they sounded very worried asking me whether I am safe. My parents told me that they had received a call from someone claiming that they had me with them and asking for money to let me free. The call was so real and my parents even heard 'my voice' crying out loud asking for help. My parent was at the bank waiting for next call to proceed for money transfer.

I told my parents that I am safe and asked them to lodge a police report.

Right after that I received another call from the guy asking me to shutdown my cell phone for another 1 hour which I refused to do and hung up. They keep calling my cell phone until the battery had run down. I myself lodged a police report and I was informed by the officer that there were many such scams reported. MOST of the cases reported that the victim had already transferred the money!

And it is impossible to get back the money.

 

Be careful as this kind of scam might happened to any of us!!! Those guys are so professional and very convincing during calls. If you are asked to shut down your cell phone for updates by the service provider, ASK AROUND!

Your family or friends might receive the same call.

Be Safe and Stay Alert!

Please pass around to your family and friends!

[Wil6]

Is this for real?Damn that's clever......

Edited February 25, 2011 by Wil6

[Seeker911]

Cant these people just get a regular job like everyone else

[dev null]

This is ridiculous. OTA happens all the time with your phone switched ON. How are the update going to be done with the phone switched off? People must think about things before following like sheep.

[HairyLegs]

This is just spam that has been doing the rounds since May 2010.

 

Which cellphone operator uses 077...............

[Wet Ears]

Thanks for the heads up. Had something similar, had a call saying they were our domestic's brother and that she had died and they needed money for the funeral. Told them to call me back in an hour with details - I placed a call to my domestic and low and behold she was alive and kicking!

[kosmonooit]

I am getting all sorts of spam on my cell now, some MMS and some robo call telling me to enter my Autobank PIN lol