[Krackers87]

Got this in the mail today. Sounds pretty serious.

> >>> John Lincoln 12/16/2003 1:16:20 PM >>>
>1. If you receive a phone call on your mobile from any person, saying
>that, he or she is a company engineer, or telling that they're
>checking
>your  mobile line, and you have to press # 90 or #09 or any other
>number.
>End this  call immediately without pressing any numbers. There is a
>fraud
>company using a  device that once you press #90 or #09 they can access
>your
>"SIM" card and make  calls at your expense. Forward this message to as
>many
>friends as you can, to  stop it.
>
>2. Please Be Extremely Careful especially if using  internet mail such
>as
>Yahoo,Hotmail and so on. This information arrived this  morning from
>Microsoft and Norton. Please send it to everybody you know who
>accesses
>the Internet. You may receive an apparently harmless email with a
>Power
>Point presentation "Life is beautiful. pps". If you receive it DO NOT
>OPEN
>THE  FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, and delete it immediately. if you
>open
>this file,  a message will appear on your screen saying: "It is too
>late
>now, your life is  no longer beautiful", subsequently you will LOSE
>EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC and the  person who sent it to you will gain
>access
>to your name, e-mail and password.  This is a new virus which started
>to
>circulate on Saturday afternoon. WE NEED TO  DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO
>STOP
>THIS VIRUS. AOL has already confirmed the  severity, and the antivirus
>Software's are not capable of destroying it. The  virus has been
>created by
>a hacker who calls himself "life owner".
>  thanks
>
>With kind regards,
>John Lincoln
>IT Manager
>Almabani Group Management
>

[mikhael]

Fraud.

Life is Beautiful Hoax

Oh, and what Turnsky said about the other one. Besides, since when do service engineers call you up out of the blue and ask you to hit buttons on your phone? HELLO.

[Turnsky]

indeed, there is no company by that name online or otherwise..

[Krackers87]

Fraud this:

http://www.alumni.net/Middle_East/Saudi_Arabia/Almabani_General_Contractors/


Edit: oops

but its still a real company

[Bobboau]

first one needs me to log in to a thing I have no intention of getting a membership to, the second one proves it's a hoax

[Krackers87]

no the first one proves that the company DOES exist.

[Admiral LSD]

If a warning arrives via email then chances are it's a hoax. It's always best to check with something that keeps track of these sorts of things (such as the aforementioned Symantec Security Response page) before trying to "warn" anyone else.

[IceFire]

The Urban Legends of the Internet.  Fortunately while the specific virus threat is a hoax the overall message is a very real one.

[Krackers87]

Originally posted by Admiral LSD
If a warning arrives via email then chances are it's a hoax. It's always best to check with something that keeps track of these sorts of things (such as the aforementioned Symantec Security Response page) before trying to "warn" anyone else.

Well my grandad forwarded it to me. I thought he would of checked .