April 2014

Alert circulating via text message and social media posts warns users not to open a ‘MAS overboard movie’ about the lost Malaysian Airlines flight because it contains a virus that will delete phone contacts.

Message claims that the recipient’s email address has been selected as the winner of £500,000 in the BBC Promo Email Award for 2014, a promotion organized by the BBC One National Lottery.

Notification email purporting to be from messaging service Viber claims that the recipient has a new voicemail and can click a “Listen” button to hear the message.