Hatch Posted 26 March, 2009 Share Posted 26 March, 2009 There is a text doing the rounds that will kill you if you open and read it. True Story. see below... The Egyptian government has been dragged into a rather bizarre situation in the country concerning a "killer SMS". Apparently there is a text message doing the rounds in Egypt from "unknown foreign quarters" which is rumoured to have killed those who have received it. However, such is the concern across the country that the Egyptian health and interior ministries have been forced to comment upon the SMS and confirm there is no truth in the rumours. The Egyptian Gazette covered a story of a man in Mallawi, south of Cairo, who is said to have received the suspicious text and died vomiting blood followed by a stroke. This is said to have happened immediately after he read the text which is apparently made up of numbers and symbols. The government has also forced to deny media reports that those receiving the SMS receive "splitting headaches followed by a brain haemorrhage that leads to death". While there is no scientific truth in any of the rumours doing the rounds this has not stopped the story from spreading to all areas of the country. In a separate development it was also revealed that the Egyptian interior ministry has arrested three workers from an oil company who are accused of starting the vicious rumours. The workers in question are being interrogated by the Egyptian authorities and we await the outcome of these discussions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 26 March, 2009 Share Posted 26 March, 2009 Link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draino76 Posted 26 March, 2009 Share Posted 26 March, 2009 Can anyone post the 'numbers and symbols' as they appear on the text message? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_saints Posted 26 March, 2009 Share Posted 26 March, 2009 Can anyone post the 'numbers and symbols' as they appear on the text message? It's a death sentence. Coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 26 March, 2009 Author Share Posted 26 March, 2009 http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090325/oddities/egypt_telecom_health_offbeat Presumably, the text gets forwarded after you die by someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungle Posted 26 March, 2009 Share Posted 26 March, 2009 Surely you could tell what it was by looking at the preview, then you wouldn't have to open it. Only themselves to blame, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungle Posted 26 March, 2009 Share Posted 26 March, 2009 Link? http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090325/oddities/egypt_telecom_health_offbeat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 26 March, 2009 Share Posted 26 March, 2009 Surely you could tell what it was by looking at the preview, then you wouldn't have to open it. Only themselves to blame, IMO. My phone doesn't allow me to preview without actually reading the message so I would be dead if I received it f'sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 26 March, 2009 Share Posted 26 March, 2009 My phone doesn't allow me to preview without actually reading the message so I would be dead if I received it f'sure. What's your number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 26 March, 2009 Share Posted 26 March, 2009 What's your number? See WSS, you aren't reading the post proper are you. If you had the text to send, YOU WOULD BE DEAD. Ergo you would not be able to forwrad it. Ergo your joke isn't funny, and we laugh at you now. Oh and forgot to thank you for the Vine tip last week. I decided not to risk being ejaculated in front of my Mum and stayed local. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbul Posted 26 March, 2009 Share Posted 26 March, 2009 Sounds a bit like the plot of Stephen King's 'Cell'....except the recipients die and don't turn into zombies.... I did say a bit like.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVSaint Posted 26 March, 2009 Share Posted 26 March, 2009 This story has a familiar Ring to it... (and that's a pun on two levels) :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadeem Hardison Posted 26 March, 2009 Share Posted 26 March, 2009 If you immediately die, how has this text gone beyond the first person? Was it created by Ernest Scribbler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 27 March, 2009 Share Posted 27 March, 2009 Does anyone remember the 70's film about answering the telephone that had the same outcome? Think it was called 'The Bells'. I am not old. my parents made me watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed1 Posted 27 March, 2009 Share Posted 27 March, 2009 "died vomiting blood followed by a stroke" If you die vomiting blood, the stroke seems overkill !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 27 March, 2009 Share Posted 27 March, 2009 "died vomiting blood followed by a stroke" If you die vomiting blood, the stroke seems overkill !!!! You can die from 2 things you know, check out Jade Goody's death cert. Primary and secondary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed1 Posted 27 March, 2009 Share Posted 27 March, 2009 You can die from 2 things you know, check out Jade Goody's death cert. Primary and secondary. Primary death followed by secondery death making her utterly & totally unquestionably dead....No chance of her in a zombified state wandering mindlessly about drooling and making horrible noises............Hang on though ..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 27 March, 2009 Share Posted 27 March, 2009 You can die from 2 things you know, check out Jade Goody's death cert. Primary and secondary. WRONG. Don't care what the DC says, 9 times out of 10 it's heart failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 28 March, 2009 Author Share Posted 28 March, 2009 Does anyone remember the 70's film about answering the telephone that had the same outcome? Think it was called 'The Bells'. I am not old. my parents made me watch it. Monty Python had the worlds funniest joke that could wipe out whole armies in one go. I haven't heard it yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 28 March, 2009 Share Posted 28 March, 2009 Monty Python had the worlds funniest joke that could wipe out whole armies in one go. I haven't heard it yet You wanna hear it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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