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
    2010-03-23T21:10:40+00:00

    This is now bordering on harrasment, they are calling well before 6am and pestering me to send them my details, will someone do somthing about this or I will go to the local press and open up a can of worms that nokia will not like.

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-02-09T11:04:25+00:00

    just to let you know i received the sms today at 6.03 am and i dont just want to delete and forget it i want nokia to actively do something about this its not bad enough receiving annoying scams in your email but to receive a sms at that time of the morning is obscene do soething nokia

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-01-26T09:38:39+00:00

    It's a clear and obvious scam text.

    Delete it and forget about it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-01-26T09:34:15+00:00

    "Congratulations! Your Mobile number just won 110,000 Poundson this yearNokia UK ATM Mobile Promo for claims Email: ******@live.com and call: +447045728127" I recieved this message What I do now  ??

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