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

Best Regards

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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
    2011-02-21T11:39:49+00:00

    Delete it, forget about it as it's a blatantly obvious scam that no one can do anything about.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-02-21T11:36:27+00:00

    I RECEIVED THIS message this morning and it say’s that

    (Thanks for contributing to our Financial Success)

    CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

    FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER

    INTERNATIONAL GRANTS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT

    REF:N/9421X/05

    BATCH:074/05/ZI369.

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!

    NOKIA®! Corporation announces its 2011 NOKIA® Online Lottery Patronage Bonanza.Your e-mail address was attached to ticket number 5647560054188 with Serial Number 5368/02,batch number 074/05/ZI369, lottery Ref Number:N/9421X/05 which drew lucky numbers 07-01-22-37-4548-41 and your e-mail ID consequently won in the 2nd category,you have therefore been approved a lump sum pay out of U$D250,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars).Please note that this online Promotion tagged "Thanks for contributing to our financial Success"was sponsored and organized by the NOKIA® Corporation,UK in view of the Financial benefits NOKIA® has received from its numerous users.

    Your assigned claims administrator will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your cash prize remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming or unwarranted abuse of this program.Please be warned.

    To file for your claims, please contact your claims administrator:

    MR. RICHARD FREEMAN.

    REMITTANCE CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR.

    NOKIA® PROMOTIONS UK.

    125 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8AD,United Kingdom.

    Tel:+44-702-401-8360

    Fax:+44-844-774-4690

    E-mail:******@yahoo.co.uk

    You are to provide your assigned claims agent via email with the under listed information as soon as possible.Note that it is mandatory you use the email of the claims administrator above to send your response so your can get a response,if you click reply on this message you will not get any response from your claims administrator,therefore you are expected to carefully copy the email address of the claims administrator above and send him your requested information below.

    ======================================================================

    (CLAIMS REQUIREMENTS)

    FULL NAMES*

    CONTACT ADDRESS*

    PHONE NUMBER*

    COUNTRY*

    EMAIL ADDRESS*

    REFERENCE NUMBER*

    TICKET NUMBER*

    SERIAL NUMBER*

    BATCH NUMBER*

    Please note,in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence with your assigned claims administrator.Furthermore,should there be any change of address do inform your claims admin immediately. Congratulations once again, from all members of staff and thank you for being part of our online promo.

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!

    Your Sincerely,

    Gisele Chouri (Mrs.).

    Notification Officer

    NOKIA®!Lottery Promotions.

    Copyright ©2011 .

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-02-02T13:35:43+00:00

    Destroy the form up and tell her to use some common sense in future! ;)

    She has not won anything.

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-02-02T13:12:20+00:00

    My friend approached me to assist her to fill in the form because she was sent an sms saying she had won 415000 pounds  fro the NOKIA PROMOTIONS UK

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