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Mobile Game Trojan Calls the South Pole

Posted by kdawson on from the if-a-penguin-answers dept.

UgLyPuNk writes with an excerpt from Gamepron.com: "Freeware games can actually cost you more money than their pay-to-play cousins, as mobile gamers in the UK have learned. A 'booby-trapped' version of a popular Windows Mobile game has been sneakily spending their money while they sleep – by dialing phone numbers in the Antarctic behind their backs."

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  1. yikes by iwannasexwithyourmom · · Score: 5, Funny

    aw man, that's pretty cold.

  2. Did penguins answer ? by Arvisp · · Score: 5, Funny

    and what did they say ?

  3. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  4. Re:Could someone please post the phone number by DarthBart · · Score: 5, Funny

    +88234-86-7-53-0-9