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.
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