Description
The following hoax message is being distributed via email. The hoax text
references
Sophos Anti-Virus and a company called intY. Both intY and Sophos have declared
this
hoax to be untrue, and recommend you do not forward it onto your friends and
colleagues.
Text of the hoax reads as follows:
If you receive a phone call and your mobile phone displays
!?UNAVAILABLE!? on the screen (for most of digital mobile phones
with a function to display in-coming call telephone number),
DONT ANSWER THE CALL. END THE CALL IMMEDIATELY.
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. 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: Please forward this information to all
your friends who have digital mobile phones. Sian scanned using
Sophos Anti-Virus by intY (www.inty.net).