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Pakistan's Cell Phone Death Scare

by Tom Conlon on April 17, 2007 at 01:30 PM

Pakistani Cell Phone Death Scare
Pakistan is recovering from an episode of widespread panic that gripped the nation late last week thanks to a vicious prank. Cell phone providers reported a high volume of customer-service calls inquiring about a deadly virus transmitted by cell phones. This illness was not some kind of bacteria you pick up from talking on a dirty phone, but a curse said to be responsible for 20 deaths. According to Reuters, the hysteria reached such critical mass that many mosques were warning of the virus and cautioning cell users to "be aware of God's wrath."

Government officials are now said to be bracing for further civil unrest when word of Cooties spreads...

From Reuters and Textually

Tags: cell phones, CellPhones, Crazy Tech, CrazyTech, Strange But True, StrangeButTrue

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