Thursday, March 26, 2015
Misleading Warning about Missed Calls From +375 and +371 Numbers
Outline
Message circulating via SMS, social media and email warns you not to return missed calls from numbers starting with +375 or +371 because you will be charged between $15 and $30 for each returned call and your contact list and financial information will be instantly stolen from your phone.
Brief Analysis There are elements of truth to
the warning but the information it contains is nevertheless highly misleading and inaccurate. Reports indicate that many people have been caught by a scam in which they were charged international call fees for returning a missed call from +375 or +371 phone numbers. However, this fee was reportedly much less than $15. Moreover, the claim that simply returning the calls can result in personal data being instantly stolen from the user's phone is nonsense. It is not possible for information to be stolen from a phone in the way described.
Brief Analysis There are elements of truth to
Friday, March 20, 2015
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Rolls-Royce to open showroom in Cambodian capital
UK car-maker says demand for luxury vehicles will grow along with economy in which annual income per capita is $1,000
A British luxury car manufacture will soon be marketing its goods in one of the world's poorest countries: Cambodia. Rolls-Royce announced on Monday that it has joined with a Cambodian business partner to open a showroom in the capital Phnom Penh next month. Its Asia-Pacific regional manager, Paul Harris, said Rolls-Royce signed a deal with HGB Group because it believed demand would grow for luxury cars along with Cambodia's economy. The annual income per capita in the mostly rural nation is just over $1,000, according to the World Bank. That would cover less than 0.5% of the cost of the cheapest Rolls-Royce. But it is not unusual to see various models of high-end Lexus cars owned by a small but wealth elite pass pedicabs in Phom Penh's dusty streets. Harris said five Rolls-Royces have been sold in Cambodia since 2005. "Nobody would believe that such a luxury car would come to Cambodia," said the minister for industry and handcrafts, Cham Prasidh, who was present for the announcement. Cheaper Japanese models still dominate the market, but the upgrading of roads – which had suffered from war and neglect – and the rise in people's living standards mean other car manufacturers from various countries are now entering the Cambodian market, he said.
A British luxury car manufacture will soon be marketing its goods in one of the world's poorest countries: Cambodia. Rolls-Royce announced on Monday that it has joined with a Cambodian business partner to open a showroom in the capital Phnom Penh next month. Its Asia-Pacific regional manager, Paul Harris, said Rolls-Royce signed a deal with HGB Group because it believed demand would grow for luxury cars along with Cambodia's economy. The annual income per capita in the mostly rural nation is just over $1,000, according to the World Bank. That would cover less than 0.5% of the cost of the cheapest Rolls-Royce. But it is not unusual to see various models of high-end Lexus cars owned by a small but wealth elite pass pedicabs in Phom Penh's dusty streets. Harris said five Rolls-Royces have been sold in Cambodia since 2005. "Nobody would believe that such a luxury car would come to Cambodia," said the minister for industry and handcrafts, Cham Prasidh, who was present for the announcement. Cheaper Japanese models still dominate the market, but the upgrading of roads – which had suffered from war and neglect – and the rise in people's living standards mean other car manufacturers from various countries are now entering the Cambodian market, he said.
