(keitai-l) Re: interesting scam

> -----Original Message-----
> From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
> [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]On Behalf Of Benjamin Kowarsch
> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 2:26 PM
> To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> Subject: (keitai-l) Re: interesting scam
>
...
> A scam that involves that many different fraudulent actions over
> multiple departments in more than one company is rather unlikely in
> Japan.
>

The 100,000 is apparently a hoax. The rest of the spam scam is true.

Here's some info off the JALT list:
> > http://dreamcity.gaiax.com/www/dreamcity/t/s/toshi_s_77/main.html
>
> I looked around the site Bill posted and found a couple of pages of info
> concerning what they now call "one-kiri" (hanging up after a single ring).
>
> According to the reply in a Q&A page, Docomo says that you will
> not be charged
> a separate connection charge by Docomo because the cell phones do
> not access
> the Q2 sites. Cases they have found are when you provide extra credit card
> info and sign up to these sites (porn and deai) after calling
> them back and
> following their taped instructions.
>
> It seems like this "one-kiri" is a new scheme these sites have
> come up with
> now that Docomo has started blocking spam messages sent to it's customers.
>
> Another page states that the "100,000 yen charge" is simply a
> hoax which came
> up in recent chain letters spreading around and warns not to pass
> this info
> on.
>
> Hope this helps.


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