A True Story:
This lady has changed her habit on the hand phone after her handbag
was stolen. Her handbag which contained her mobile, credit card, purse
etc. was stolen. Twenty minutes later when she called her hubby, telling him
what had happened, her hubby says 'I've just received your SMS asking about
our Pin number and I've replied a little while ago.’ When they rushed down to
the bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn.
The pickpocket had actually used the stolen hand phone to sms 'hubby' in the
contact list and got hold of the pin number. Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from the bank account.
Moral of the lesson:
Do not disclose the relationship between you and the person
in your contact list. Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, Sweetheart,
Dad, Mum etc...... and very importantly, when sensitive info is being
Asked thru SMS, CONFIRM by calling back
Do not give your phone to any body send any SMS messages
SMS message leads to murder
A teenage girl's father is accused of fatally stabbing a young man in Thotamune, Matara, after the father found that the 20-year-old's mobile phone had been used to send a text message expressing love for his daughter, Police said yesterday.
The man traced the owner of the phone and allegedly stabbed him several times on Sunday, before surrendering to police with the knife, officers said.
Police later found that the text message had been sent to the 13-year-old girl by a friend of the victim. The man is to appear in Court and is to be charged with murder.
- (true story from Daily News- 20th Nov 2007)
This lady has changed her habit on the hand phone after her handbag
was stolen. Her handbag which contained her mobile, credit card, purse
etc. was stolen. Twenty minutes later when she called her hubby, telling him
what had happened, her hubby says 'I've just received your SMS asking about
our Pin number and I've replied a little while ago.’ When they rushed down to
the bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn.
The pickpocket had actually used the stolen hand phone to sms 'hubby' in the
contact list and got hold of the pin number. Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from the bank account.
Moral of the lesson:
Do not disclose the relationship between you and the person
in your contact list. Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, Sweetheart,
Dad, Mum etc...... and very importantly, when sensitive info is being
Asked thru SMS, CONFIRM by calling back
Do not give your phone to any body send any SMS messages
SMS message leads to murder
A teenage girl's father is accused of fatally stabbing a young man in Thotamune, Matara, after the father found that the 20-year-old's mobile phone had been used to send a text message expressing love for his daughter, Police said yesterday.
The man traced the owner of the phone and allegedly stabbed him several times on Sunday, before surrendering to police with the knife, officers said.
Police later found that the text message had been sent to the 13-year-old girl by a friend of the victim. The man is to appear in Court and is to be charged with murder.
- (true story from Daily News- 20th Nov 2007)
