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Beware hoax emails and texts
By James on 03 June 2008
GLOBAL – It’s looking like some pranksters have been using Nokia to try and elicit some personal info illegally. Several hoax messages have been discovered purporting to be from Nokia and relating to Nokia promotions. The messages, sent by email and SMS, have been cropping up all over.
Nokia is encouraging users to ignore or delete the messages and to resist the temptation to reply. If you’re unsure of who the message has come from, you should most probably delete the message. Certainly don’t respond with your personal details. If you reply, or act on any other requested action it’s possible your personal information could be misused.
Given the open nature of the Internet, the best thing you could do would be to delete the messages without responding.
Nokia is working with the relevant authorities to try and stop this activity.
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June 4th, 2008 at 5:36 am
I’ve received a lot of comments about this here:
http://migs.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/congratulations-you-are-a-winner-of-a-nokia-promo-email-scam
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June 6th, 2008 at 10:27 am
@MiGs – Wow, your comments say it all. That’s why these scams proliferate. You must be the #1 search item for folks looking to see if this is true. I think you might want to have klaxon sounds and big red flashing ‘SCAM’ to make it even more clear.
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September 16th, 2009 at 1:49 am
THIS EMAIL WAS SENT TO ME THIS MORNING AND I’M JUST WANDERING IF THIS IS TRUE OR JUST ANOTHER SCAM…. PLS LET ME KNOW ASAP. THIS IS FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION THANK YOU VERY MUCH
YOUR EMAIL HAS WON !!!
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:41:19 PM
From:
Nokia Online Promotions
…
Add to Contacts
To:
Commerce House
1 Raven Road
South Woodford
London E18 1HB
Nokia Online Promotions,
Dear Lucky Winner,
On behalf of the management and staff of Nokia Corporation-the organizers of the 2009 Nokia Online Regional Promotion, I wish to inform you that your email address has won you a cash price of Five Hunderd Thousand Greatt British Pounds Serling and a N95 Series 3G Nokia mobile phone, and your Winning Certificate.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your email address produced the lucky number which made you one of our winners in our ongoing promotion.
40 internet/email users emerged as winners. This promotion is the first of its kind and is in line with the commemorating event marking our 142nd anniversary. A large database of Email addresses are taken from websites, online directories, and search engines all over the world and are entered for the promotional draws. This is geared towards promoting the Nokia brand and also to encourage individuals of all class to use the internet network.
Beneficiary Amount: Five Hunderd Thousand Greatt British Pounds Serling
With SERIAL/BATCH NUMBER: (ITS WITH ME)
Drew the LUCKY DRAW NUMBERS:21-18-8-28-05
To process your claims, a claims officer has been assigned to you. he will take you through the process of redeeming your prizes. Please find below his contact information:
NAME OF CLAIM OFFICER: Mr.Spencer A Brown
EMAIL ADDRESS: scarlet_delivryunitdpt9@yahoo.com.hk
tel: +4470359 90049
To enable a speedy processing of your claims, you are expected to provide the following information by email to your claims agent:
1.Full Name:
2.Contact Address:
3.Phone Number:
4.Sex:
5.Occupation:
6.Age:
7.Country of Residence:
8.Monthly Income:
Note: You are advised to contact ONLY your claims agent in all matters regarding your win. Do not respond to this email as it is only an automated notification to alert you of your winnings.
Should there by any change of your email address, please notify your claims agent immediately.
Once again, congratulations from us.
Sincerely,
Online Promotion Director.
Nokia Online Email Promotion
United Kingdom.
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September 16th, 2009 at 11:35 am
please track down these monters
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September 27th, 2009 at 4:22 am
I received a sms that first said “Hi” and I did reply by saying “Who’s this?”.
Then I got another one said:
Congratulation Your mobile No has won you 550,000(GBP)pounds in the ongoing Nokia promo for clam call +4470111 64223 and email: customer_nokia@yahoo.co.uk.
Is this a hoax?
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October 22nd, 2009 at 4:14 am
Confirm Your Winning ImmediatelyMonday, October 19, 2009 9:48 AMFrom: “Nokia Promotion” Add sender to ContactsTo: undisclosed-recipientsDear winner,
We, NOKIA wish to inform you that you are one of the winners of £500,000 Pounds of our
NOKIA October promotion. You are required to contact Mr. Gary Moore, so he can give you a
NOKIA Promo verification form to enable us complete processing and give you options of
payment.
Please Contact Mr. Gary Moore,
NOKIA PAYOUT CENTRE,
Email:nokiapayout12@live.com
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October 30th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Hi,
My wife received a SMS @ 05:00am. Informing her that her number was automatically drawn and she is the proud winner of R95 000.00 in the (Nokia Promotion) To claim her price she should contact Mr Paul Basson @ 072 047 3773 with a ticket number: 0166P…
After I phone on behalf of my wife, Mr Paul asked for the ticket number, my wife’s cell number and my wife’s name, He also asked if I could phone him back in 5 minutes to verify her winning details, and hang up. After 5 minutes when I phone back Mr Paul mysteriously disappear and is not able to answer his phone….
I don’t know what they are planning in getting from this scam, but I am sure I did not fit his profile as a prospective victim…
Please look out for this SMS… Remember the Name is Mr Paul Basson and the number is +27720473773.
Kind Regards,
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Sharon Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Hi
I received the same sms this morning 3:45 am but I have to contact a Miss Phindile Ndlovu and mysteriously the no is constanly enagage.
Regards
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Vanessa Reply:
January 20th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
My son too got a similar message. Saying he had won R40 000 and to contact a Mr. Paul (071 914 6659). My husband then phoned from a landline and got the message service. He then tried the number from which the SMS was sent (078 716 5538).
He got hold a black man, saying he was Paul. He asked name, number and address. Said that cheque will be in the mail tommorrow. My husband still said, “I’m SURE, that would be really something damn amazing”. My son was so excited, that he had already mentally spent this money and I have to break it to him that it is total rubbish and that their are sick and nasty people in this world trying anything to get personal information. Please send these numbers to the relevant authorities that are looking into these scams. Perhaps they will help track down this people.
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November 6th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
I also got an SMS saying I had won 1.2M and to contact the claim dept telephone +447031825629 rang Nokia and was told it was a hoax got my hopes up for a while though
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November 16th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
—–Original Message—–
From: nokiaclaimsection@winning.com
To: mrasheed_khan@yahoo.com
Sent: Sun, Nov 15, 2009 7:05 am
Subject: Cost Of Transfer US$2,500 Dollars/Send The Money Through Western Union
Attn: Mohammed Raheed Khan,
The cost of transfer giving to you by the bank is US$2,500 dollars (Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars). I need you to send the money to my secretary name below through Western Union Money Transfer.
Name: Phelisa Dlamini
Address: Johannesburg, South Africa
Do you know any Western Union Money Transfer Agent? If yes, go to their office and go send the money or go to this bank in your country which has Western Union (ENJAZ-BANK AL BILAD) to go send the money.
As soon as you have send the money, send me the payment slip via email attachment including the reference number, senders name and senders address for collection and please make sure that your bank account is ready to receive your $5m as soon as I receive the cost of transfer from you today.
Call me as soon as you receive this email for confirmation and congratulations once more!
Regards,
John Sipo
Claims department
Phone: 27 71 115 9010
Note: Always keep your winning highly confidential for security reasons and also your ticket number please, do not disclose it to any body to avoid double claim.
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December 4th, 2009 at 9:49 am
My dad received the following sms this morning:
“Congratulation! your mobile no.won,R95,000. In NOKIA YEARLY PROMO. With ticket no.P???. For Claims Call: 0783658796 or Email to nokia.claimdept@live.com“
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December 5th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
I live in the caribbean and my 9 year old daughter receive an SMS stating she won 650 thousand pounds
This is unfair and Nokia should do more to publish the scams
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January 7th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
hey
i got a message saying your mobile has won you 1,000,000.00 GBP.
To claim your prize send your name and mobile number to nokiacares2010@live.com
I sent a message stating what is this about.
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January 9th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
tIS IS THE MESSAGE I RECIEVED TODAY IN MY MAILBOX
Dear Mobile User,
You have won the sum of £800,000 GBP in cash credited to a file in the just concluded NOKIA PROMO. For more information contact claims agent with details below:
CONTACT AGENT:
Dr.Kent Greene
Email: nokiaeu@europe.com
Tel: +44 704 571 8428
Ms. Uneke Okori
Online Co-ordinator
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January 9th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
THIS THE MESSAGE I RECIEVED TODAY IN MY MAILBOX
Dear Mobile User,
You have won the sum of £800,000 GBP in cash credited to a file in the just concluded NOKIA PROMO. For more information contact claims agent with details below:
CONTACT AGENT:
Dr.Kent Greene
Email: nokiaeu@europe.com
Tel: +44 704 571 8428
Ms. Uneke Okori
Online Co-ordinator
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January 17th, 2010 at 12:22 am
I’ve received an sms too saying i’ve won 500,000 GBP on nokia promo donation. Sent a reply email and here’s their reply.
Congratulations, we the staffs of NOKIA congratulate you as one of the lucky winners on this year NOKIA EMAIL REWARD SCHEME. Your Mobile Phone Number has been selected at random by our computer system of networking and has won for you the sum of £500,000.00 GBP (Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) and all informations concerning the facilitation of your claims will commence as soon as you fill and return the NOKIA EMAIL REWARD SCHEME VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS below this message.
In line with the commemorating event marking our 142nd anniversary, we rolled out over £3,500.000.00 for our 142nd Anniversary Draws. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system, drawn from 25,000 company mobile numbers, and 30,000,000 individual mobile numbers, from 45 mobile networks from Australia, New Zea land, North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
This promo is approved by the Gaming Board and also licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This promo is the 1st of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. To begin the verification process of your prize, you are required to fill and send the claims form below.
DIDN”T ANSWER, WON’T ANSWER!!!
But what on earth is this? I mean NOKIA is probably the biggest mobile company worldwide and just by saying NOKIA people actually tend to believe these messages!! GET THEM!!!!!
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February 3rd, 2010 at 10:24 am
I also received a message last night informing me that i have won R95 000.00 .I and my wife couldn’t sleep yesterday planning of all the goodies to buy till this morning when we tried to call and we received a dead end on both the sender number number as well as the contact number we were supposed to call to claim the prize.Thats when i became suspicious and logged onto this website.Thanxs for informing us…
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February 4th, 2010 at 9:03 am
I received the following me on 3rd Feb “You have won 500000 pounds in the nokia worldwide mobile promo. Reply via sms for more info or email webnokia@msn.com. Congratulations!!
This is what I got back
Nokia Mobile Promo.
Nokia Customer Services
99, rue Belliard
B-1040 BRUSSELS
TEL/FAX:0032 (0)2 513 48 93
Dear Beneficiary
We bring to your notice the decision by the selection committee of the Nokia mobile promo to choose you as one of the final recipients of a cash grant for your own personal, educational, and business development(SME funding). To promote economic growth and avert the effect of the global financial crisis.
All recipients were selected from a random mobile ballot in partnership with all major mobile carriers in Europe, Asia, Australia and America. We do hope you will utilize the funds for the betterment of your local community and self development.
Do provide us with your full names, phone numbers, age, sex and preferred mode of payment to enable us process your claims.
We await your email.
Congratulations.
Paul Reeves.
Program coordinator.
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