Nokia don’t do lotteries – beware the scam!

GLOBAL – There have been a ton of reports recently that scam artists are once more sending out hoax SMS and emails, purportedly from Nokia, that offer some sort of money if one were to respond, faux lottery style. Sorry folks, those are not coming from us. We don’t do money lotteries, so beware the scam.

I’ve been seeing comments coming in asking if they are true, but have to delete them from our system since they look very much like the real thing, and hence look like comment spam.

If you do receive something fishy like these, do NOT reply to these messages or pass them on. The thing to do is to delete the message without responding. You might also consider contacting your local authorities to report such hoax messages.

I have listed the more common forms of these hoaxes after the jump. Click through to make sure you don’t get hoaxed.

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The shenanigans we have to deal with

ESPOO, Finland – As you probably noticed, this site is about having an ongoing, open, and honest conversation with folks around the Nokia neighborhood. And, as I have said before, we are not the only ones in this effort (nor should we be, since this is a large company). Hence, part of our role here at Nokia is to educate individuals, agencies, and teams in how to use the latest Web tools and services, such as blogs, wikis, media sharing sites, and so on.