Excuse me everybody, I was soo sorry to disturb with my personal problems but I really had my father-in-law so ill... I say HAD because HE DIED THE LAST FRIDAY, and Steve, the filter here in Paraguay, South America, an small country, is very expensive... but of course this is not your problem. However: thanks, is was just a desperate request, and GOD BLESS YOU. Sorry again, let's back to the bussiness, Miriam On Thursday 06 May 2004 21:19, you wrote: > It should also be noted that requesting people ring numbers is also > commonly used by phishers looking to sucker people into parting with their > cash. > > It is a common thing for people to setup phone numbers in o/seas > countries as "pay per minite" numbers (0900, 1-900 etc) and then attach a > cost of say, $10,000/min to the number, when some poor sucker rings it > trying to help (donate to fund a filter for a dialisis machine) the telco > passes the cost back to the persons local telco via interconnect charges, > hands the phisher $10k and the persons local telco adds it to the bill. > This is almost impossible to get reversed as well and the person trying to > "help" ends up being scammed. > > This is extremely common. > > NEVER EVER respond to these types of messages, there is NO REASON for > someone to request stuff like this and the chances are quite high (without > looking into it in depth) that a filter for a dialisis machine is NOT > expensive (they would have to be replaced reguarly and be considered a > consumable and priced accordingly) and if private health is too expensive > then they should investigate other options. > > While it sounds harsh - please keep this trash off the mailing list, it > has no place here (directed to the original poster, not you Rodolfo :-) ) -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
