NOKIA UK PROMOTIONS PRIZE SMS

Anonymous
2008-08-17T00:46:39+00:00

Dear Miss/Mr

I was in Dubai for one week and received this text on my UAE mobile (CONGRATS: YOUR MOBILE NUMBER HAS WON FOR YOU THE SUM OF GBP 147000 POUNDS ON THIS YEAR NOKIA PROMO, FOR CLAIMS EMAIL: ******@live.com and call +447035930547)

so I called and a man confirmed this text and advices me to e-mail my details information along with the winning number, I did send my name and phone number, and then I received calls to rush me up and more details e-mail to fill the claming form, all the time Nokia logos are used, now the final e-mail I got after sending a copy of my passport and a residant address, they sent me this note :

NOTE: YOUR FUNDS ARE COMING FROM THE NOKIA PAYMENT CENTER ASSIGNED TO YOUR NETWORK IN THE UK AND THIS MEANS THAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE PAY-CENTER UK OFFICE ONLY AND NOT THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES OFFICE. YOUR COURIER PAYMENT IS GOING TO BE SENT TO THE DHL COURIER COMPANY IN THE UK WHO WILL BE DELIVERING TO YOU IN 24HOURS AS SOON AS THEY GET A CONFIRMATION OF YOUR PAYMENT. AND ANY ATTEMPT TO CREATE PROBLEMS FOR YOUR COURIER SERVICE DELIVERY, YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM YOUR CATEGORY AND MIGHT FORE FIT YOUR WINNINGS AND BE REGARDED AS NOT THE RIGHTFUL OWNER OF THAT MOBILE NUMBER. SO YOU ARE ADVISED TO ACT AS INSTRUCTED SO THAT YOUR WON PRIZE CAN GET TO YOU AT THE STIPULATED TIME.

they said to me that You have been instructed by the ad-hoc committee to make the payment of £290.00 Pounds (TWO HUNDRED AND NINTY GBP) via Western Union money transfer outlet close to you, to effect your payment to the Account officer in charge of the delivery of your parcel with the information below, so as to enable them initiate the delivery of your prize winnings to your stated address.

So befor I make payment I am kindly seeking your help to advise if this is a fake or ture

Thank you

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Anonymous
2008-08-17T05:29:33+00:00

Hi Damar,

What you have there is a hoax. Several types of hoax emails/SMS have been discussed on theses boards. Please ref to the link below:

http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/discussions/board/message?board.id=news&thread.id=608

I would suggest that you discontinue all communications with that party and if possible report the parties involved.

Nokia will in no way communicate with you via SMS and we definitely will not ask you to transfer money to a "committee". Any transactions can be verified and if possible will be done via your service providers.

If you wish to have further clarifications, please contact your local Nokia Care Point using the Contact Us link at the top of the page.

Regards,

Dazz19

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-11-20T10:17:51+00:00

    4kenya wrote:

    Please help me

    The best help you can be provided is an advise to simply delete the Message and forget about it because its a SCAM ...Whatever you have received is fake ...

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-11-20T09:07:19+00:00

    Please help me

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-11-19T17:12:07+00:00

    Hi my name is ANASTASIA ODERA i got an text that number +2XXXXXXXXXXX as won the UK NOKIA PROMOTIONS £750,000.00 and i'm cold to pay £500 which i can't aford to pay. How can you help me

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-11-19T14:59:17+00:00

    ARRIVAL OF NOKIA AWARD 2013 PROMOTION IN INDIA‏‏‏‎

    Inbox

    x

    Nokia Mobile Company UK

    Nov 12 (7 days ago)

    to me

    NOKIA UK PROMOTION

    42 PARK AVENUE,

    BARBOURNE, WORCESTER,

    UNITED KINGDOM

    DEAR WINNER: ******,

    Welcome to the Nokia International Promotion. We have received your email regarding your claims requirement, and it was acknowledged. This continental draw was drawn from three continents, AMERICA, EUROPE and ASIA. And you are one of the lucky winners on the Nokia Mobile Award 2013.

    As the claims officer of the Nokia International Promotion, I personally congratulate you as the winner from **** Asia. This email is to certify that you have been officially verified and approved for the delivery of your won prize by cheque, ordered by the CLAIMS PROCESSING DEPARTMENT, of the Nokia International Promotion and your winning cheque was issued by the HSBC Bank of London Nokia Payment Account, United Kingdom.

    Congratulations!!!

    This email is to inform you that your winning cheque together with all documents that will facilitate the delivery and transfer of your won prize has been approved and parceled for delivery to you in your country India. Please bear with us our affiliated flight, Lufthansa Airline bringing our delivery officer will arrive at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi State. before he can locate your city so that both of you can go to your bank for the conversion and transfer formalities. You are requiring paying sum 18,700 inr/-only. (eighteen thousand seven hundred rupees only) for the government tax clearance duty of your parcel on arrival at the airport, because your parcel is an International parcel coming from United Kingdom. Your parcel must be registered and cleared in your country upon the arrival of our diplomat and you are to follow the instructions of our delivery officer to enable him deliver your parcel to you and also to make sure your winning cheque is transfer into your nominated bank account when he meets with you in your city.

    As soon as our delivery officer arrives in India, He will contact with you on how to meet and deliver to you. We advise you to follow his instructions accordingly because he does not know anywhere in India.

    YOUR WINNING PARCEL CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:

    1)  Your Winning Cheque of (Rs 5.70 CRORE RUPEES) 2)  Your Winning Certificate. 3)  Letter of Affidavit of Claims Eligibility. 4)  Letter from HSBC Bank of London.

    5)  Two Laptop Computers. 6)  A Nokia **** Lumia 925 Window Phone.

    Below are the arrival details of your Winning Parcel

    DEPARTURE: **** Date/Time: 12th Nov. 2013-10:15 PM (LONDON TIME) **** ARRIVAL: **** Date/Time: 13th Nov. 2013 - 8:45 AM (INDIA TIME)

    OUR DIPLOMATIC OFFICER ARRIVING DETAILS:

    NAME OF OUR DELIVERY OFFICER:

    Name: **** Snr. Diplomat Thomas Johnson

    Email: **** ******@aol.com

    Please you required to send us the scan copy of your photo Identity Proof immediately to our diplomatic officer email above because it will be used for your registration when he arrives in your country.

    Note: **** You are strongly advised to keep your winning details confidential most especially Winning Numbers, because our delivery officer will request for it when he finally meets with you to be sure that you are the rightful beneficiary of the award prize.

    Keep your winning information top secret because it is for the safety purpose of your Prize Delivery and also to avoid any double claims at the point of transfer, again you are advice to be at your nominated address to avoid any inconveniences at the point of contacting you by our delivery officer.

    Thank you for your Ultimate understanding and co-operations. Congratulations once more from the Nokia International Promotion.

    Yours Sincerely,

    Engr. Henry Spong **** NOKIA Claims Manager. **** Phone: +44-701-423-4029

    NOKIA AWARD PROMOTION 2013

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