Panic in Nigeria from "Killer Phone Calls". - GoFuckYourself.com

loco12 · 07-19-2004, 04:18 PM

Nigerian mobile phone users have been anxiously checking who is calling them before answering them in recent days.
A rumour has spread rapidly in the commercial capital, Lagos, that if one answers calls from certain "killer numbers" then one will die immediately.

A BBC reporter says experts and mobile phone operators have been reassuring the public via the media that death cannot result from receiving a call.

He says that in such a superstitious country unfounded rumours are common.

A list of alleged killer numbers has been circulated but no-one is reported to have died from answering the phone.

The BBC's reporter in Lagos, Sola Odunfa, says that the current scare story is reminiscent of a rumour that spread a few years ago that a handshake could cause sexual organs to disappear.

That rumour turned to tragedy as mobs rounded on people accused of making organs disappear.

Despite the massive public interest, no-one was found to have lost their organs.

Jeff aka NIGHTfall · 07-19-2004, 04:24 PM

i remember a better story... the National Enquirer (or some other bs mag) said hackers can turn your pc into a bomb!

Chichio · 07-19-2004, 04:24 PM

We should start spreading around copies of "The Ring," that would really get'em going.

07-19-2004, 04:18 PM	#1
loco12 Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dorset, UK Posts: 638	Panic in Nigeria from "Killer Phone Calls". Nigerian mobile phone users have been anxiously checking who is calling them before answering them in recent days. A rumour has spread rapidly in the commercial capital, Lagos, that if one answers calls from certain "killer numbers" then one will die immediately. A BBC reporter says experts and mobile phone operators have been reassuring the public via the media that death cannot result from receiving a call. He says that in such a superstitious country unfounded rumours are common. A list of alleged killer numbers has been circulated but no-one is reported to have died from answering the phone. The BBC's reporter in Lagos, Sola Odunfa, says that the current scare story is reminiscent of a rumour that spread a few years ago that a handshake could cause sexual organs to disappear. That rumour turned to tragedy as mobs rounded on people accused of making organs disappear. Despite the massive public interest, no-one was found to have lost their organs.

07-19-2004, 04:24 PM	#2
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07-19-2004, 04:24 PM	#3
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