Rumor: Text Messages Can Kill
Saturday March 28, 2009
The Egyptian Gazette reported on Wednesday that a Mallawi man died "vomiting blood" after receiving a mysterious text message from "unknown foreign quarters."
The report appeared to confirm rumors claiming that other victims had similarly experienced "splitting headaches followed by brain hemorrhage that leads to death" after receiving messages prefixed "+" and ending with the numerals "111."
The report appeared to confirm rumors claiming that other victims had similarly experienced "splitting headaches followed by brain hemorrhage that leads to death" after receiving messages prefixed "+" and ending with the numerals "111."