Although I have finally managed to convince most of my friends to not forward chain emails to me, every now and then on sneaks through under the guise of a public service announcement or the like.
These messages are effective at getting forwarded as they appeal to people’s desire to help others (as long as it takes no more effort than clicking a mouse button). Some attempt to use guilt to encourage forwarding by implying that the user may have passed on a virus to their address book.
A few weeks ago in a movie theater in Melbourne a person sat on something that was poking out of one of the seats. When she got up to see what it was she found a needle sticking out of the seat with a note attached saying… “You have just been infected by HIV”.
A scam artist places a call to an unsuspecting person and the caller says he or she is testing mobile (cellular) telephone circuits or equipment. The called party is asked to press #90 or #09. If this happens END THE CALL IMMEDIATELY with out pressing the numbers. Once you press #90 or #09 the company can access your SIM Card and makes calls at your expense.
The name of the virus is jdbgmgr.exe and is transmitted automatically through the Messanger and addresses book of the OUTLOOK. The virus is neither detected by Norton nor by Mc Afee. It remains in lethargy (”sleeping”) for 14 days and even more, before it destroys the whole system. It can be eliminated during this period.
Please do the world a favour and don’t pass on any chain email, whether it purports to have a helpful message or not. If you think the message is too important to ignore, visit the Urban legends site and search on some of the email text.
If the email urges you to forward it on to all your friends and colleagues, I can guarantee that the message in question is a hoax.
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