Middle East and Africa mobile network services provider, Etisalat, has become the latest mobile company to fall victim to the activities of hoax emailers.
The company said that unknown culprits where circulating emails requesting Etisalat customers to change their passwords. An unspecified number of customers had received the hoax messages. It is believed that the hoaxers plan to use information gathered from the company’s customers for fraudulent purposes.
Etisalat management warned its customers to be wary of such communication. In a statement, the company said: “Etisalat cautions its customers to pay attention for such emails and advises them not to divulge any confidential information like passwords, bank accounts, PIN or eVoucher / recharge card numbers to unsolicited email messages.”
Meanwhile, Etisalat said it is pleased with the enormous success of its new Blackberry service, with more than 10 000 customers signing up last month.
