Warning Against Latest SMS Scam
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - Phone subscribers in Brunei who received SMS allegedly from Nokia UK Promo informing them that they have won GBP172,000 are advised to delete the message immediately as it is a scam, says scam busters at www.help.yahoo.com.

A local subscriber who received the SMS had phoned the promotion organiser who supplied a UK number (+447045744545) and got through to someone whose speech he could barely understand.

"When UK was mentioned, I straight away believed it and started to call the given number. The man who answered the call assured me that I had won this money and that after I have sent them the verification form, I must let them know if I will collect my cheque from the Nokia payment office UK or let the Sweepstakes Office send me the payment released form via courier.

"However he told me the courier charges has to be borne by me and the verification form was only for me to tell them my name, surname, date of birth, occupation, address, winning mobile number, network name, amount won in figures and numbers and then contact email address," he said.

He said he decided to seek confirmation from www.help.yahoo.com and he was told to delete or report the matter to authorities as it was definitely a scam.

He was also told that unscrupulous thieves have sent him the SMS as they were trying to fleece him from his hard earned cash.

"They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details.

"Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of SMS.

"Just remember the tricksters who sent them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the SMS," said the scam buster.

Recently the Royal Brunei Police warned the public not to be too eager to part with their hard-earned money and fall for SMS scams, following an array of such cases this week.

They said one should not be too greedy or gullible as several people have lost their life savings to SMS scams - the latest victims being three men aged 29 to 59 who were duped with two of them losing $1,000 and $998.77.

Unfortunately a few people still fall victim for this sort of scam out of the hundreds being sent out. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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