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1 replies · 1,480 views · Started 23 March 2005

This for all's benefit. Dear Moderators if I am doing anything wrong please let me know. Thanx.

1) If you are using a mobile phone, you may receive a call from any
>>Person, saying that, he or she is a company engineer, or Telling that
>>they are checking your mobile line, and you have to press # 90 or # 09
>>or
>>any other number. END THE 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 you are using internet
>>mail such as YAHOO, HOTMAIL and so on. This information arrived from
>>Microsoft and Norton. You may receive an apparently harmless e-mail 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. Please send it to everybody you know
>>who accesses the Internet. 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".

Sorry, but you've fallen for the con as its just a hoax - the con is getting you to tell everyone. Please find an explanation of each:

1. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/nine-zero-hash-hoax.html
2. http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/life.is.beautiful.hoax.html

It's always worth doing a quick 1 minute search before forwarding on the information. As a rule of thumb if it actually says "forward this on" or "tell everyone you know" then its a hoax, especially if it says something as ludicrous as this came from Microsoft ... come on.