Posted: 2008-01-25 by Mohamed Ibrahim [send email]
Scam lottery winnings!
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I have received a SMS from Nokia UK ongoing promotion, that say i have won a in nokia UK ongoing promotion an amount of GBP 172000. Also asked to claim by Nokia UK. Beware people! This is fraud!
i just received it...surely nothing much than scam...this scam used to send by mails now started by SMS...never reply those...if u rply they will tell we will send u money through exchange so send us $200 n ull get money in 2 days...n afterthat they run..
Good to hear from you regarding the NOKIA MOBILE PROMO. My names are Engr.Usman musa. I am the Nokia Cash officer assigned to winners from the Asian Region of the Mobile Sweepstakes
In line with the commemorating event with NOKIA UK marking their 142nd anniversary they rolled out over £46, 000.000.00 (fourtysix Million Great Britain Pounds) for their 142nd Anniversary Draws. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form 25, 000 company mobile numbers, and 30, 000, 000 individual mobile numbers from the 45 mobile networks from Australia, New Zealand, North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually in Britain, London.
Congratulations, we the staffs of NOKIA congratulate you as one of our lucky winners. Your mobile number have won you the sum of £200, 000.00 GBP (two hundred thousands great british pounds) and all information concerning the facilitation of your claims will commence as soon as you fill and submit the NOKIA PAYMENT RELEASE FORM attached to this message.
Note: Your mobile number tagged to your winning verification number is
VERIFICATION NO.: CN-435-663-6
Every section on the form. to the best of your knowledge be correct so as to avoid any form of falsification which could render the form useless and might lead to disqualification.
Note: that your funds have been insured and no deductions of any kind can be made on your funds due to the following reasons as follows below
(1) Funds has been Insured to an High Insurance policy that make it difficult to deduct from.
(2) Beneficiary is the one to pay for any Imposed Charges against his/her funds.
(3) The British Government stated in The BHC Law book 45-1 stanza 12, That winning funds should be remitted In exact value of amount won to winner.
YOUR WON PRIZE IS CONSISTING OF A NOKIA N95 SERIES MOBILE PHONE AND A SEALED WORLD BANK CHEQUE OF £500, 000 POUNDS ISSUED OUT IN YOUR NAME [ WHICH WILL BE TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT] AND ALL NOKIA ORIGINAL CERTIFICATES REGARDING THIS PROMOTION WILL BE SEND TO YOU.
PLEASE YOU ARE TO FILL OUT THE PAYMENT RELEASE FORM BELOW TO ENABLE US PROCESS THE WINNINGS AND THEN THE BANK WILL TRANSFER THE FUNS INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT.
PAYMENT RELEASE FORM
FORM NO. CN503/09
______________________________ _______________________
NAME:_________________________ _______________
Surname Middle name First name
WINNING MOBILE NUMBER_____________
STATE___________________
MARITAL STATUS_______________
ADDRESS__________________
AGE__________________________
AMOUNT YOU WON__________________
COUNTRY___________________________
VERIFICATION NUMBER________________________ _____
NOTE THE FOLLOWING…
____________THE EARLIER YOU GET THE EARLIER THE BANK TRANSFER THE FUNDS
DECLARATION
I ______________________________ ____________ hereby confirm that all the information given above and attached copies of Identification is to the best of my Knowledge and is true and correct. Any tempering or falsification of the above data render this claim invalid and void.
______________________________
date.
Been aware of all this, you are hereby advised to send a scanned copy of your identification to us Via email so as to prepare your certificate.
me also today i recieved sms on my mobile telling that i have won aroun 200, 000 pound in the on going nokia promo. from this no. +2347082421706, so i think this is only real frund is it ?
Yerstaday I received sms
''Congratulations! Your cell phone has won you 165, 000 thousand pounds in the ongoing NOKIA UK PROMO. For claims Tel : +447045701186 or Email : Nokiamobilepm208@live.com.
First I tried to email this mesage to them and they are keep on answering to me. I called UAE Nokia office and they told me it is SPAM.
Hi . I also received last sat. samae message from+2347083789848 saying that i have won 500.000 usd, and if i want to collect my prize i should send e- mail to :
nokiapro_2008@live.com
tel: +447031809938
after i send e- mail they send me form to fill, after that they send me e-mail that i have to pay 480 GBP cost of delivery to my country but i did not send them any money they are theifs
also i received a sms from nokia promotion thas says i won about 100000 uk, , but i dont know how to undesrtand that, i wolud like to have a deatils explain, , coz it really makes me confuse, , , please can somebody can give me an advice
thnx
"WHY THE NOKIA COMPANY IS NOT TAKING ANY STEPS FOR THIS FRAUD NOKIA PROMOTION SMS WE ARE GETTING" ..
PLZ TAKE ANG ACTION ON THIS MATTER OR NOKIA REPUTATION WILL AFFECT.
I ALSO GOT THE SAME SMS FROM MR.FRED BOWEN I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I SAW THE MESSAGE THAT I HAVE WON 200, 000GBP I HAVE LOST 18, 000DHS BECAUSE OF THIS & I DIDNT GOT THE MONEY YET...
Today morning I received an SMS stating that I won 1, 000, 000 Pounds. can you just state whether is this correct or not.
I tried calling this no.+2348072172065, 2 times but no response.
Can somebody help me out. What exactly Nokia is doing for the customers.
Hi. I'm here in Dubai, just an hour ago, I've received a call & SMS from this number +2348076441541 telling me that I've won GBP172, 000 and to call +447045730922 or email my contact detail to nokia.uk.promo@uk2.net so I could claim my price, I get to talk to that person but he won't answer directly any of my questions and the lines are so bad and he's not even british when he talks. Honestly speaking, I swithced mobile brand for more than 5yrs now. Nevertheless, I hope Nokia will do something about this great scam. Their name is at stake.
This is a scam... i recieved the same message on 25 june... telling me that i hav won 172, 000 gbp upon further inquiry found out it was a scam i called the guys who sent me the message and they sounded very fake... i hope NOKIA's knows about this... becoz all the scams lately r on nokia's name...
I recieved this text message two days ago saying "Congratulations" Your number has won 172, 000 British pounds in the ongoing UK NOKIA PROMO. Email us at: nokia.promouk@uk2.net & call +447045744545 for claims info ??? Is this Fraud??
I received a text message also this afternoon. It came from a sender with mobile number +2348074251745. Since I was curious about the statement of that sender that I won in a Nokia UK promotion of 147, 000 pounds, I called the number. I was able to talk to a guy who said his name was Mr. Mark Cole. He asked me to send him an e-mail with my name, country, and mobile number. I did what the guy asked me to do and I even called him again to confirm that I have sent the e-mail. However, I was still curious about the promotion he told me so I was surprised to see and realize that this is a big scam. I am still thankful that I did not give any money yet for anything. I hope that Nokia will do something about this as soon as possible.
Just received a similar sms but these guys are getting clever- they are changing the email adress - ''Congratulations! your mobile number has won 120 000 Pounds in the ongoing NOKIA MOBILE PROMO. For claims call + 447 045794582 & Email nokiauk.inc@london.com. PLEASE BE WARE DONT FALL VICTIM TO THIS SCAM - TELL AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN
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