Fair enough! Still "Emergency Contact" is also self explanatory
Carl
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tim Trent
Sent: 15 July 2005 14:19
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Ah, "Next of Kin". Now that cannot be my wife, for she is related to me by
marriage. So is it my mother or my son?
They always ask for NoK, and always mean "Emergency Contact"
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Sent: 15 July 2005 14:15
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The idea itself isn't bad. Certainly, its done the rounds on the internet
but the majority of people are unlikely to know about it.
Most modern phones can hold enough characters to enter "Next of Kin" as the
contact.
ICE could mean anything to the uninitiated.
Carl
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Oakman Phil
Sent: 15 July 2005 13:44
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This one is definitely genuine, Anglia TV had someone from the Ambulance
Service on the local news to explain it, saves them phoning every name in
your mobile's address book
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Sent: 15 July 2005 12:23
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Just received this one, genuine?? See this link:
http://www.eastanglianambulance.com/
Following the disaster in London . . .
East Anglian Ambulance Service have launched a national "In Case of
Emergency (ICE)" campaign with the support of Falklands war hero Simon
Weston.
The idea is that you store the word " I C E " in your mobile phone address
book, and against it enter the number of the person you would want to be
contacted "In Case of Emergency".
In an emergency situation ambulance and hospital staff will then be able to
quickly find out who your next of kin are and be able to contact them.
It's so simple that everyone can do it.
Please will you also email this to everybody in your address book, it won't
take too many 'forwards' before everybody will know about this. It really
could save your life, or put a loved one's mind at rest.
For more than one contact name ICE1, ICE2, ICE3 etc.
Lewis Bourne
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roland Perry
Sent: 15 July 2005 10:56
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In message <[log in to unmask]>, at 10:24:57 on Fri, 15
Jul 2005, Chris Bayliss <[log in to unmask]> writes
>
>The main indicators that this one was likely to be a hoax were the lack
>of any direct or specific reference to the source of the information (a
>link back to the Met website for example) and a vague instruction to
>pass this on to everyone you know.
Yes, I would second that. It's a "hoax" rather than a "scam", and every
single instance I've ever seen that asked to be "passed on" was one.
If there were ever any real messages of this kind (and they are very
rare) they would always include contact details of where to get further
information, in some form or other (eg either a website or a callcentre)
--
Roland Perry
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