from Bryan Otieno
Hi all,
Everybody today is on high alert not to receive calls from certain numbers, some say ‘red calls’ and so on and so forth, and I understand it was in the media as well.. What science are their arguments based on? Pliz dont create unnecessary panic.. visit the link below to see how they operate.. in my opinion, its all about mobile wars.. So lets all be certain that there is no cause for alarm..
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/death_calls.htm
Ot
from Rachel Wangu
subjectphone scare
Friday, August 13, 2010
Very interesting. SO the rumours that are circulating in Kenya about the phone calls actually started in India!!! See the story below and check out the website yourself in the link below.
Mlalahoi.
http://legendsrumors.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=50
Deadly Phone Calls (Nagpur, India, 2010)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Dont-believe-in-rumours-of-deadly-phone-calls/articleshow/6302788.cms
Times of India
13 August 2010
Don’t believe in rumours of ‘deadly’ phone calls
NAGPUR: The city has recently seen a slew of rumours doing the rounds on mobile phones, cautioning about calls coming from a few specific numbers, which would allegedly cause physical harm to the recipient.
On Thursday, the situation aggravated after rumours about deaths after answering such calls also started doing the rounds. Media houses got several calls enquiring about the ‘danger’ numbers and whether they had caused any deaths in the city or led to blasts of cellphones.
The police control room was also flooded with calls and enquiries. There was a call at the control room about a nine-year-old girl allegedly dying at Subhas Nagar and another of a teenager’s death due to bleeding from ears after receiving the call at Siras Peth. […]
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Boy-claims-mobile-injury-docs-say-no/articleshow/6308904.cms
Times of India
14 August 2010
Boy claims mobile injury, docs say no
Alka Panse, TNN
NAGPUR: Nagpur police has rubbished claims that a 15-year-old boy sustained mysterious injuries on his left eye while fiddling with a cellphone.
The incident was one of the several rumours of strange rays from cellphones claiming the lives of users which have been doing the rounds in the city. […]
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