This spy phone scam was recently reported on Symantec's blog, and again in their August 2009, 'State of Spam' report.

(You can download the full 10 page PDF report HERE)

The spy phone product being advertised is called the 'MMS Phone Interceptor' and it promises all the standard spy phone features such as GPS tracking, intercepting text messages, etc.. but it goes one step further and also promises the ability to remotely install the spy phone software by sending a special MMS message to the target phone. Since remote installation is probably the #1 requested feature by people buying spy phone software, lots of people are jumping at the chance to buy this software.

Unfortunately, its a scam and people are falling victim to it, so be careful!

SPG

PS> Here is a full transcript of the email.

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Subject: MMS PHONE INTERCEPTOR - The ultimate surveillance solution for all your need


MMS PHONE INTERCEPTOR - The ultimate surveillance solution for all your needs


Now all you will need to do in order to get total control over a NOKIA

mobile (target) phone of a person of your interest is to send the special

MMS to that target phone, which is generated by our unique MMS PHONE

INTERCEPTOR LOADER. This way you can get very valuable and otherwise

un-accessible information about a person of your interest very easily.


All you will need to do is to install our unique MMS PHONE INTERCEPTOR

LOADER to your Nokia mobile phone and start its execution. You will get the

dialog box on the display of your Nokia mobile phone and you will be

requested to enter a phone number of a target Nokia mobile phone of a person

of your interest. Afterwords you will choose SEND option in that dialog box.

The MMS PHONE INTERCEPTOR LOADER will send the special MMS message to the

target phone immediately and a person of your interest will have no idea

that this special MMS message has been received by his phone. Our MMS PHONE

INTERCEPTOR software will be immediately installed to a target phone and it

will be automatically configured for communication with your (source) phone.

The special MMS message which has been used as the carrier of our MMS PHONE

INTERCEPTOR software from your (source) phone to a target phone will be

automatically deleted then.


The example of use:


You will send the special MMS message containing our unique MMS PHONE

INTERCEPTOR to a mobile phone of e.g. your girlfriend


In case your girlfriend will be using her (target) mobile phone, you will be

provided by following unique functions:


In case your girlfriend will make an outgoing call or in case her (target)

phone will receive an incoming call, you will get on your personal standard

mobile phone an immediate

SMS message about her call. This will give you a chance to listen to such

call immediately on your standard mobile phone.

In case your girlfriend will send an outgoing SMS message from her (target)

mobile phone or she will receive a SMS message then you will receive a copy

of this message on your mobile phone immediately.


Have you seen this???


This target phone will give you a chance to listen to all sounds in its the

surrounding area even in case the phone is switched off. Therefore you can

hear very clearly every spoken word around the phone.


You will get a chance to find at any time the precise location of your

girlfriend by GPS satellites.


All these functions may be activated / deactivated via simple SMS commands.


A target mobile phone will show no signs of use of these functions.


As a consequence of this your girlfriend can by no means find out that she

is under your control.


In case your girlfriend will change her SIM card in her (target) phone for a

new one, then after switch on of her (target) phone, your (source) phone

will receive a SMS message about the change of the SIM card in her (target)

phone and its new phone number.


These unique surveillance functions of target phones may be used to obtain

very valuable and by no other means accessible information also from other

subjects of your interest {managers, key employees, business partners etc,

too.

Distributed by:

**CONTACT DETAILS DELETED**

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Spy Phone Guy