Two New Cellphone Scam! Beware!

FIRST:

Please be informed of a new cellphone scam as follows: 
1. You will receive a call from somebody who would introduce himself/herself to be alledgedly from the customer service of your network provider. 
2. He/she would then ask you to turn off your phone for two to three hours for system update. 
3. They would then call your relatives that you have been kidnapped, and ask them to deposit money to a certain bank account. 
4. Since your relatives cannot contact you, they may be frantic and panic and would do as instructed. 

As a precaution, do not give any personal information over the phone without positively identifying the caller. Contact your network provider to verify calls received from alledged customer service. 

Kindly share this information with your relatives and friends in order that they may not be victimized.

SECOND:
Someone sent this story to me and now feel obliged to forward it to others as it is. 

A lady has changed her habit of how she lists her names in her cell phone directory after her handbag was stolen.Her handbag, which contained her cell phone, credit card, purse, etc was stolen. 

Twenty minutes later she called her husband, from a pay telephone telling him what had happened. Her husband said, 'I just received your text message asking about our pin number and I replied a little while ago.' When they rushed down to the bank, the staff told them all the money was already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen cell phone to text her husband listed in the directory and got a hold of their pin number. Within twenty minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their bank account. 

Moral of the lesson: 
Do not disclose the relationship between you and the people on your call list. Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, Sweetheart, Mom, Dad, etc., and very importantly, when sensitive information is being asked for through text messages, CONFIRM by calling back. 

Also, when you are being texted (SMS-ed) by friends or family to meet them somewhere, be sure to call back to confirm that the message came from them. If you do not reach them, be very careful about going to places to meet 'family and friends' who text you.