London Transport has issued a warning about misleading spam e-mail. The widely circulated messages claim that by dialing 112 you can get through to London’s emergency 999 service even without having an available signal on your mobile phone. London Transport said this is completely untrue. “This e-mail is incorrect. The 112 number does link people through to 999, but it only works if you have a signal on your mobile phone. If you have no signal bars on your phone, it will not work. It will not divert to a satellite signal,” a London Underground spokesperson said.
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Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire July 28, 2005 01:23 PMLondon Transport has issued a warning about misleading spam e-mail. The widely circulated messages claim that by dialing 112 you can get through to London’s emergency 999 service even without having an available signal on your mobile phone. London Transport said this is completely untrue. “This e-mail is incorrect. The 112 number does link people through to 999, but it only works if you have a signal on your mobile phone. If you have no signal bars on your phone, it will not work. It will not divert to a satellite signal,” a London Underground spokesperson said.