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| Deadly virus phone threat causes panic KARACHI (Reuters) - Mobile service providers in Pakistan have been inundated by calls from subscribers worried by a prank message that they could die of a deadly virus being transmitted via their phones. The rumor was so effective that some mosques in the country's biggest city, Karachi, made announcements that people were being killed by a mobile virus and they should be aware of God's wrath. In a prank reminiscent of the plot in the hit Hollywood movie "The Ring" in which people die within a week after watching a video, the prankster warned users that a deadly virus transmitted through phones had killed 20 people. There are more than 52 million mobile users among 160 million people in Pakistan. Farah Hussain, a spokeswoman for Warid Telecom, said that their customer service centers had been inundated with panicky subscribers inquiring about the so-called virus. The cellular operators moved to calm down subscribers and said in a joint statement: "These rumors are completely baseless. They do not make any sense in technological terms." --- Original Article: Deadly virus phone threat causes panic | Oddly Enough | Reuters News Source: Breaking News, World, U.S., Video, Investing and Business News & More | Reuters.com
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| Re: Deadly virus phone threat causes panic Am I the only one who finds it slightly amusing? 
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 | Re: Deadly virus phone threat causes panic Oh God Mike ....no you're not alone in that ! Don't let them listen to the radio and hear that aliens are invading too ! |
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| Re: Deadly virus phone threat causes panic I'm with ya on this too! These are the same people that go to a football game and think a quarterback is a cash refund.
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| Re: Deadly virus phone threat causes panic Can you say gullible? 
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