Listers, I saw this from our brothers and neighbours across in Uganda, i think our CERT should be issuing this kind of public alerts, they are too quite. Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Uganda Computer Emergency Response Team UgCERT <info@ug-cert.ug> Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2016 04:00:48 GMT Subject: [i-network] The latest SMS Fraud To: I-Network Uganda <i-network@dgroups.org> Good morning all Attached is the public notice released by UCC end of last week about the latest SMS fraud that is occurring in Uganda. A news article on this can be found here <http://www.radiopacis.org/?p=6167> . In Summary: Fraudsters are using websites to send people SMSs that appear to come from people they know. The websites allow someone to create an SMS with any 'sender' number. When someone receives the SMS it will appear to have come from that number. The fraudsters typically ask for money in these SMSs and the person sends money unknowingly to the fraudster. How to protect yourself: As UCC combats this latest vice the simple thing you can do to not be a victim is to always verify with the sender every time you receive a money related SMS. That way you'll know if they actually sent the SMS or not. Final Note: We receive very many cases like this where someone gets tricked into sending a large amount of money to fraudsters because they received a legitimate looking SMS, Facebook message or Email that appeared to come from someone they knew. These all could have been prevented if the victims first verified with the person whom they thought sent the message before they sent the money. We hope this was useful to you. Regards Uganda Computer Emergency Response Team - UCC Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/UgCERT> , like us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/UGCERT> so you can receive quality tips on how to protect yourself in the digital world! --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus __________ MAILING LIST RULES - http://www.i-network.or.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=189&Itemid=193 WEEKLY DISCUSSION ROUNDUPS - http://www.i-network.or.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=191&Itemid=208 QUARTERLY eNEWSLETTERS - http://www.i-network.or.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=34&Itemid=194 WEBSITE - www.i-network.or.ug TWITTER - http://twitter.com/inetwork FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/inetwork.ug The I-Network Dgroup is a platform for ICT Knowledge Sharing --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit [web site]( http://dgroups.org/iicd/i-network/ ) Click [here]( mailto:leave.i-network@dgroups.org ) to unsubscribe The email is intended only for the recipients. The owners of the Dgroups cannot be held responsible for the contents of the email message. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A