Red SMS Messages Are Deadly

http://www.haveeru.com.mv/english/details/30422/Behind_the_%E2%80%98Red_Number_Hoax%E2%80%99

Haveeru Daily [Maldives]
5 May 2010

Behind the ‘Red Number Hoax’

By Ali Naafiz

[...] The rumours swept like wildfire among Maldivians on Tuesday, with chain messages warning the receiver not to answer calls from 7888308001, 9316048121, 9876266211, 9888854137 and 9876715587, “which would be in red colour.” Or else “you may get brain haemorrhage due to high frequency,” the texts read. They also claimed “27 people died just receiving the call,” urging the receiver to “watch DD News [an Indian public broadcaster] to confirm” the reports. [...]

http://www.nation.lk/2010/05/09/news4.htm

The Nation [Sri Lanka]
9 May 2010

SMS hoax causes panic
Physicist says phones emitting high frequency is an impossibility

By Ishtartha Wellaboda

[...] A hoax text message which circulated through mobile service networks on Friday and Saturday created panic among many mobile users. The message cited a series of numbers saying that if anyone were to answer calls from those numbers a high frequency would emit causing sudden death. [...]

[For earlier reports, see Deadly Phone Virus.]

Killer SMS Rumors, Egypt

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jfZ5c-30tUCHkOiw-TRIcLGYhOkg

Agence France-Presse
25 March 2009

Egypt tries to hang up on killer SMS rumours

CAIRO (AFP) — The Egyptian government has sought to dispel rumours that a mobile phone text message "from unknown foreign quarters" is spreading around the country and killing those who receive it.

The extraordinary move by Egypt's health and interior ministries follows press reports that an SMS containing a special combination of numbers killed a man in the town of Mallawi south of Cairo.

"He died vomiting blood, followed by stroke, shortly after he received a message from an unknown phone number," the Egyptian Gazette reported on Wednesday. [...]

[For earlier reports, see this blog's "Deadly Phone Virus."]

Cursed Carving; Killer SMS Scare

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL2225279920070822

Reuters
22 August 2007

Paging Mr. Indiana Jones
CAIRO (Reuters) - A German has handed in a package containing part of a Pharaonic carving to Egypt's embassy in Berlin, with a note saying his stepfather had suffered a "curse of the pharaohs" for stealing it, Egypt said Wednesday. [...]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/25/wegypt125.xml
Daily Telegraph [UK]
25 Aug 2007
Egyptian tomb raider dies from 'curse'
By Harry de Quetteville in Berlin
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/Killer_SMS_hoax_doing_rounds/articleshow/2301865.cms
Times of India
23 August 2007

Killer SMS hoax doing rounds
MUMBAI: On Wednesday, an SMS started doing the rounds of cellphones. It urged people not to accept calls from a few numbers listed in the message.

If a call originated from any of these numbers, the message said, it would show up on their cellphone screens in red. On taking the call, the message added, a high-frequency sound would emanate.

It could cause the brain to haemorrhage and even kill. "27 persons died just on receiving these calls from these numbers," it added for good measure. [...]