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| Dont press #90 or #09 on mobile |
Please Do Not Dial This When Asked. Please circulate URGENTLY.
If you receive a phone call on your Mobile from any person saying that they are checking your mobile line, and you have to press #90 or #09 or any other number. End this call immediately without pressing any numbers. Team 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.
This information has been confirmed by both Motorola and Nokia. There are over 3 million affected mobile phones.
Above information you can check at BSNL Website:
http://www.chennai.bsnl.co.in/News/MobileDosNDonts.htm
Please follow below DOs and DON’Ts in Mobile Phone
Don’ts
- Talking On Your Cell Phone While Driving May Be Hazardous to Your Close Relationships
- Please do not click photographs with your mobile phones without permission from the people or authorities concerned. You may be invading the privacy and possibly indulging in an illegal act.
- Do not send obscene / pornographic text / images using SMS.
- Do not send obscene / pornographic text / images using MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)
- Do not receive from or reply to SMS / MMS of strangers.
- Do not transmit obscene/ pornographic material, as it is an offence under Information Technology Act –2000 which carries a punishment of 5 years of imprisonment and 1 lakh rupees fine.
- Do not make calls to the unknown phone / mobile numbers you get while chatting or which are exhibited on various profiles on the Internet. If you do, you may be causing harassment to the other person.
- Do not keep your Blue Tooth open at all times-you may receive obscene / pornographic text, images and viruses.
- Do not give your mobile numbers while chatting on INTERNET to avoid “STALKING”.
- DO not handover your mobile phone to unauthorised service centres, to avoid CLONING.
- It has been reported in the press that some unscrupulous elements may contact your mobile saying that they are from government agencies or Service Providers and request you to press #90 or #09. It is reported that doing so would transfer control of your SIM to the caller. SO DO NOT PRESS #90 or #09 when asked by unidentified persons.
DOs
- Note down your IMEI number.
- Security pin code should be used to avoid misuse of your mobile phones.
- MMSs / SMSs received should be checked for their source before opening.
- Delete all obscene / pornographic text, images, SMS /MMS from your mobile phones which you might have received or stored. Otherwise this may land you in trouble and unwanted embarrassment.
- Anti-virus software should be loaded in the mobile phone.
- Mobile phone keypad should be locked after every use.
- Use your mobile phone only when necessary .
