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Can someone explain the kerfuffel in the mobile phone hoax warning thread and how it links with the warning about speed cameras?

http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/forums/thread.asp?Forum=113&Thread=233774&Type=1

OK, if there were obscenities secreted in the original title and/or text fair enough. I`ve just read the thread and weren`t we simply being warned not to inadvertantly give someone access to our SIM details?

julianf

sigh!. we were being warned for no reason because it was a hoax... there was no text message, you can`t pass control of your sim that way, ...it was just another e-mail hoax.. that some people fall for time and time again.. and forward it to everyone they ever emailed to inadvertantly becoming spammers of hoaxes and clogging everyones in boxes..



"Just say NO!"

and if the contributor didn`t know it was a hoax...?

Or is that the issue? He did know?

julianf

All i posted was one word "hoax".. then someone else took the michael a little for hairy fallin for it..

and he spat his dummy the length of a football pitch.. most entertaining..

"Just say NO!"

And now both hairyhaggler and santypants have. regrettably, been banned for (a) posting HOAX in every thread going (one week ban) and then, (b) against my very strict advice, registering with another user name (fortnight+ ban - penalty still being decided) :(

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This item was edited on Monday, 17th November 2003, 23:48

talking of people falling for hoaxes, just seen this on the bbc website. I guess as long as one falls for it every now and then it justifys sending `em to people like me who just bin `em straight away. How can you fall for it? :/

Former wives of presidents of any country have at some stage fed from the trough of involuntary contributions. Why anyone would feel they needed help of any kind is beyond me..