crabman
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Hoax message circulating on BlackBerry Messenger
Article ID: KB21856
Type: Support Content
Last Modified: 09-21-2011
Overview
A hoax message circulating on BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM) asks users to forward on the BBM® message to their contacts in order to maintain BBM service, and claims to have been originally sent by Research In Motion® (RIM®).
Rest assured that this BBM message did not originate from RIM and that it does not impact the security of BlackBerry smartphones. It is simply a hoax chain message. Unfortunately, many social networking applications face this scenario, whereby any message, including a hoax message, can be forwarded to a user from one of their contacts. We recommend that users simply ignore the message and do not forward it.
Environment
BlackBerry® Messenger
Resolution
Ignore this message and do not forward it.
http://btsc.webapps.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB21856
Article ID: KB21856
Type: Support Content
Last Modified: 09-21-2011
Overview
A hoax message circulating on BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM) asks users to forward on the BBM® message to their contacts in order to maintain BBM service, and claims to have been originally sent by Research In Motion® (RIM®).
Rest assured that this BBM message did not originate from RIM and that it does not impact the security of BlackBerry smartphones. It is simply a hoax chain message. Unfortunately, many social networking applications face this scenario, whereby any message, including a hoax message, can be forwarded to a user from one of their contacts. We recommend that users simply ignore the message and do not forward it.
Environment
BlackBerry® Messenger
Resolution
Ignore this message and do not forward it.
http://btsc.webapps.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB21856