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I also received a lot of text message that i won a huge amount of money. But, need
to deposit or pay some money for me to be able to get my winnings. I IGNORE them.
Why should i pay for my winnings? All promos as i understand are all tax free.
And why will i be a winner if i'm not joining any promos?
But, here is one good news. I already won a Sony PS4 last May 2010 in one of their promos.
And take note - i never paid any single cent to get my prize.

how will somebody won a prize if he/she did not joined any promos? common sense!
why will somebody have to pay for something just to claim his/her winnings?
all winnings or promo prize - all are tax free!

from skylark

Dear winner,

In line with the commemorating event marking our 43rd anniversary we rolled out over £16, 000, 000, 00 (Sixteen Million Great Britain Pounds) for our 43rd Anniversary Draws. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25, 000 company mobile, cell 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. Your cell number has won for you £500, 000.00 Great Britain Pounds (Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds). To start the verification process, the below details are needed.

VERIFICATION REQUIREMENT
All fields are required
1. FULL NAMES:
2. DATE OF BIRTH:
3. GENDER:
4. OCCUPATION:
5. NATIONALITY:
6. COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:
7. WINNING CELL NUMBER:
8. NETWORK NAME:
9. AMOUNT WON:
10. EMAIL ADDRESS(S):
11. REF NO(Code in the sms message):
12. PASSPORT NUMBER:

I wish to on behalf of all members and staff of Sony Ericsson congratulate you on your win and wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune.

Thank you for being part of our commemorative 43nd Anniversary Draws.

Yours faithfully,
Dr. Thomas Walter
Tell:+[protected]
Fax :+[protected]‏‏‏

Contact Us | Legal | Your Privacy
©Copyright [protected]. Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. All rights reserved.

I just receive the same yesterday but I wondered how they know we use sony ericsson mobile. These are fraudsters. Beware of them

i also receive such kind of message, and had already snd doc for verification, but now asking for £325 for the delivery fee. I really need help to know that this is true or not..thank you

I received a message from [protected] from sonyericsson stating that i won 500000 pounds

Im from Trinidad WI and got SMS on the 30th March 2011 stating that I won 615000 pounds from the Sony Ericsson Award Promotion. I replied with and email and got a confirmation from Dr. Kristian Tear. I was required to submit a copy of my passport and some other personal information. This I did. I was issued a validation number and a deed of Guarantee from Crown Chambers (Barrister Sebastian Reid). I have now been requested to obtain a prize authorization letter from the London Ministry of Finance (Contact -Mrs. Fiona Yvonne Taylor +[protected]). The cost of this letter is 410 Pounds. Can someone please tell me if this thing is actually real and if I should continue to pursue this.

I am has received the SMS from +[protected] I have won 500, 000 Euro, Pounds in the ongoing sony ericsson mobile awarded. pleaes reply this it true?..please advice on my email (ibrahim0603@gmail.com)

i also got a sms winnig 500.00 pounds from sony ericsson and i don't know what to do i have called the phone number that is on phone but i don't getting trough it

i got the same message too from +[protected]. I am in Barbados. When I called to inquire the gentleman who was clearly not british, was rude when I mentioned that I thought it was a hoax. He claimed that it was all legitimate and the people on the internet were just saying it was fake because they did not win the money. he said his name was Kristian Tear and the lady was Yvonne Taylor. Now reading these comments I am sure that it is a SCAM... so everyone beware and don't be fooled . If I wasn't such a sceptic I would have been sucked in too. I just wonder what happens to those gullible people who may be so desperate for money that they follow through with it. Do they actually ask you for money to send the cheque? WOW... the nerve. What is the real sony ericsson doing about this. That is what I want to know?

yes don't believe the message, I have got an exactly the same sms as upstairs. From a UK number which is +[protected]. the original message as below:
(REF NO SW2E)
YOUR CELL NO. HAS WON £500, 000 POUNDS IN THE ONGOING SONYERICSSON MOBILE PROMO AWARDEDS. FOR CLAIMS SEND EMAIL TO: sonyericsson-inc@europe.com
except of the wrong spelling of the 'awards' to an 'awardeds'
the other one is, how does the different awards gets the same reference number?
so it's totally FAKE...

It looks like the hoaxers are still trying it on. I received a text which runs like this, 'REF No SW2E Your cell no. has won £500, 000 pounds in the ongoing soneyericsson mobile promo awardeds. for claims send email to: sonyericsson-inc@europe.com'
The misspelling of the word awards was the first thing I notice, and got me to look up the hoax on the Internet.

I have also got an sms I am in Australia and they said I have won 699, 000 pounds no company could be giving away this much, if you add us all up we would bankrupt the company, some sicko trying to suck you dry and steal your Identity.

ITS AN IDENTITY THEFT DON'T DO IT... THEY JUST CALLED ME AND WERE SO RUDE BECAUSE I SAID THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS A HOAX. AND IT IS, ... IF YOU DO IT YOUR EXTREMELY NAIVE AND STUPID ... THEY ARE AN INDIAN/ AFRICAN COMPANY THERE NOT FROM THE UK. ... THERE CHARGING YOU A FEE ! AND NOT GIVING YOU ANY MONEY... LIKE SERIOUSLY YOUR PRETTY PATHETIC TO GO AHEAD WITH IT ------------------------------ IDENTITY THEFT!

ITS ANDON'T DO IT... THEY JUST CALLED ME AND WERE SO RUDE BECAUSE I SAID THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS A HOAX. AND IT IS, ... IF YOU DO IT YOUR EXTREMELY NAIVE AND STUPID ... THEY ARE AN INDIAN/ AFRICAN COMPANY THERE NOT FROM THE UK. ... THERE CHARGING YOU A FEE ! AND NOT GIVING YOU ANY MONEY... LIKE SERIOUSLY YOUR PRETTY PATHETIC TO GO AHEAD WITH IT ------------------------------ IDENTITY THEFT!

"Sony Ericsson Promo '"surfaces its ugly head again, in 2011. I just got a sms message in "Trinidad - West Indies" advising of my winning number and asking for info. Be mindful, read the forms carefully they are riddled with spelling and gramatical errors, a large company with a bonafied promo would never print documents with errors. Check the telephone directory for the correct Sony Ericsson number, is it the same?

Hi, my name is Vidya and I got the same message on 5-03-11.I just checke out this in internet and found all these comments.Can you please give me advise regarding what to do.is it just a fraud message.My mail id is vshaiju@yahoo.in.Please send me advise regarding what to do All these complaints posted in 2008 and 2009.Has anybody got the prize amount

Dear, Sony Ericsson

I am has received the SMS from +[protected] I have won 500, 000 Euro, Pounds in the ongoing sony ericsson mobile awarded. pleaes reply this it true?..please advice on my email suteekummee@yahoo.com

Thank Sony Ericsson

We have also received an SMS from them, that we won money from Sony Ericsson. Is it a lie? I don't know what I should do... All the information is requested from me. And the name who I have to call after I sent everything is Kristian Tear.

We received an sms on our Nokia in New Zealand with an almost exact letter via email dated 7th November 2010 as that shown above except that ours had slightly different 'phone numbers and a photograph of Kristian Tear the Executive Vice President Head of Sales and Marketing attached. A little 'Googling' and we find that this is a real person holding this position at Sony!. Quite a sophisitcated scam isn't it?. If it were not for the fact that some of the grammar is a bit skewed and the email had all the hallmarks of i.d. theft and/or a fraud of some sort we might have fallen for it too. The majority of people need money. This scam plays to their desperation. [censor]!.

Hello, sorry for the barrier,
I called Lulzim Lushtaku, the company has sent you a message on the phone,
to date, with 24 in 2007, 2010, and said congratulations you are a winner of 350, 000, 00. pounds
the Sony Ericson promo,
and you asked me to contact you, I've contacted by a man called David Keith, he told me to fill a form, and after that it should have filed first, he said that two mobile and card with at lot of money has entered into a package and sent DHL, for my sent to Kosovo, I contacted the DHL

hello people... i'm frm Mauritius... already a dot on the map and 3 days ago i received the same sms as all of u here... i was a little over excited on the spur of the moment but then my brain started working and i started asking myself question about the validity of this ''promo''. i sent them an email...got the same reply as many of u... i'm asked to pay 340 gbp approx Rs 160000 as courier fees... i didn't believe it...so i googled the problem n found this website... thnx to u guys i've found some help and really the ones behind this god damn fraud must be stopped... people this is all a scam dn't believe it.. stay sane

And really sony ericsson companies should do smethng about this...
thnx for ur help people

ejj .. Rren osht.. ( is not true) se edhe mu m ka ardh qeky sms po mu kon ata e shkrujn Sony Ericsson jo Sony Ericson

They send and me like this message but I am from Kosovo and i dont know what to do.If l were i LOndon i will go there..pls help me

hahaha it looks a lie
suck my dick mother [censor]er [censor] sony ericson PORNO hahahahha
stupid

O SHQIPTAR TE NDERUAR MOS E HANI KET FORE SE ASHT NJE GENJESHTER

MOS U MASHTRONI KAM GJURMUA(janë gabelica te INDISE qe thirren ne emra te medhenj (te njohur si artist kengetar guvernator etj)veq i mashtrojnë njerzit Per kete arsye e kam HEDHE NE KETE ADRES TE INTERNETIT

KKKKUUUJJJJDDDEEEESSSSSS!?

VEREJTJE:Shqiptarë mos u mashtroni, keto nuk janë te vertea aspak ketu ka veq rrena mund te bindeni dhe vetë, po unë po ju thom mos u mashtroni.PASI TE JU BIEN NE KETE SITUAT QE KAM ARDH UN ME ceka TE RREJSHEM KERKOJN PARA ME JU DERGUA VETEM NE EMER PA KURRFAR numri as garantimi (me western union) BINDUNI QE NUK KA ASGJE

these are the root of Sony ericssonit or someone else who pull this company

these are a lie: care

To,
Malë Bali Zekaj.
Country:Kosovo.
Delivey Code No:DL-DC:378/903.
Verification No:VL/[protected].

Dear Customer,
Your Package is ready for delivery and as we got to the Airport to register your parcel and put it on the flight to Kosovo, The Uk Inland Revenue Customs Authority placed a stop order on your parcel because they say you have to pay Tax to the Uk Government before they will allow the delivery of your parcel to Kosovo.

They said you are to pay Tax to the Uk Government because you are not a Citizen of Uk and in such cases you are to pay a calculated Tax amount to the Uk Government before they will allow the delivery of your Package from the UK. Since the promotions was held in UK you are required to pay Tax to the UK Government.

Find in the attachment to the email the HM REVENUE AND CUSTOMS FORM, read it carefully and fill it then submit it back to us by email as soon as possible to speed the delivery of your parcel to you in Kosovo.

The payment for the TAX CLEARANCE PERMIT is calculted into 0.5% Percent of your winnings and the amount you are required to pay for TAX CLEARANCE CHARGES is £1, 500 Pounds and this amount will be refunded back to you one week after you have recieved your Cheque. So you are not loosing the money you are paying for TAX CLEARANCE, It is refundable back to you.

You are required to make the payment of £1, 500 Pounds via WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER in the below name of our Accounts Officer here in London UK.

Accounts Officer informations
RECEIVER'S NAME:Mrs Lisa Brown.
RECEIVER'S OFFICE ADDRESS:DHL OFFICE:No 12 The Mercury Centre, Central way, Felthan, Middlesex, TW14 ORN, London United Kingdom.

The following payment informations should be sent to this office via email after you have made the payment to enable us confirm it.

NAME OF SENDER:
ADDRESS OF SENDER:
AMOUNT SENT:
TEST QUESTION AND ANSWER IF ANY:
MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER:

You are also to send to us a scan copy of the payment slip via email for confirmation of payment done by you, and once our Accounts department officer confirms your payment, then your parcel will be delivered to you within the next 24hours.

Please do visit our website below and enter your Username, PassWord and Tracking number below to check and confirm you package status.

http://www.dhlukhome.com/cc

Kindly click on Track Packages on our Website page and Login your below Username and Password.

UserName:Bali
PassWord:2510

sAfter you have Logged in your Username and Password Twice, Your informations will be showed on the Screen, Then Click For Parcel Information, To enter your Tracking Number below.

Tracking Number:[protected]

Good luck and Congratulations once again. Please send your response within the next 24hrs to this same email address.

Yours in Service,
Mrs Susan Giggs.
Dispatch Officer Dhl London United Kingdom.
Please do call our customer lines for confirmation or visit our website below
Tel:+[protected].
Tel:+[protected].
Email:customercare@dhlukhome.com
United Kingdom
Copyright © DHL Courier Company Ltd 2009 Delivery Courier Company.

DHL UK Home

hi,
I have received sms from UK sony ericsson that my cellno has been selected as lucky no for sony ericsson promo.They have provided me their mail add to contact them.

I realized that these are false

http://tech2.in.com/media/images/2009/Jun/img_148932_sony-ericsson-large-logo.jpg
Sony Ericsson Promotions Head Office,
House 202 Hammersmith Road,
W6 7DN London United Kingdom.

To,
Malë Bali Zekaj.
Country:Kosovo.
Email:male_zekaj@hotmail.com

Date:[protected]

Congratulations Winner,
Your Verification is completed and all documents that will enable us send your prize to you has been obtained. and your Cheque of £350, 000.00 GBP (Three Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds) is now ready and has been sent to the DHL Courier Company here in London UK for them to deliver it to you, So that you can take it to any Bank in your country and cash it out.

The Cheque and the Documents and a Sony Ericson Phone has been sealed in a package and sent to the DHL Courier Office for delivery to your Address.

You are therefore adviced to contact the DHL UK Courier Company with the below informations for them to deliver your Package to you.

DHL UK COURIER COMPANY OFFICE DETAILS BELOW.

Website:http://www.dhlukhome.com/cc
Email:customercare@dhlukhome.com
Email:customercaredhluk09@hotmail.co.uk
Tel:+[protected].
Contact Persons Name:Mrs Susan Giggs.

You are to send your below informations.

Full names...
Your Delivery Address...
Your Country...

You are also to send them this Delivery Code Number: DL- DC:378/903.

Send all this information to them by email for them to confirm your delivery as soon as possible and you are also adviced to give them a call for quick response.

Note:Your prize is protected by a hardcover insurance policy for security reasons, which will make it impossible to deduct your Mailing Fee from it, untill it has been remitted to you. This means that the Mailing Fee can not be deducted from your winning amount and hence any amount charged by the Courier Company for delivery fee must be paid by you to them before they will deliver prize to you.

This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the National Lottery act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD july 1996 by the constitutional assembly. This is to protect winnings and to avoid misappropriation of funds.

CAREFULLY READ THE RULES AND REGULATIONS BELOW TO AVOID BEEN DISQUALIFIED

1. All document that will enable the Sony Ericson Promotions to send your won prize to you has been sent to the DHL Courier Office in London UK, You aretherefore adviced to contact within 2days.

2. Nokia will not be responsible for the Mailing Fee of your won prize.

3. Winners are required to send a scan copy of their driver's license or international passport to the DHL Courier Office for identification purposes.

4. Winners must know that the money won is very huge and as such should try as much as possible to keep their wins strictly confidential until the said funds has been received. This is to avoid impersonation or double claims which we have experienced in previous draws.

Find in the attachment a scan copy of your winning cheque, The Original Copy of it and and other documents backingup your winnings will be delivered to you by the Dhl Courier Company here in UK.

http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00277/pg-20-cheque-reuter_277557t.jpg
This is a picture of our past Winner who received her cheque in the previous draw.

Once again Congratulations.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr David Keith.
Sony Ericson Mobile Promotions.
Information and Payment Bureau:
London Representative Office.
Tel:+[protected].
Fax:+[protected].
Email:sonyericsonfirm@london.com

www.sonyericssonpromotions.org
You Must be 16 and above to play or Claim Prize.
Copyright © [protected]...SONY ERICSON 2010 PROMOTIONS.

...
This email and its attachments are confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). This email and its attachments may also be privileged or protected by legal rules. If you have received this by mistake please let us know and disregard it.

THE SCANED COPY OF YOUR WINNING CHEQUE.jpg

SONY ERICSON PROMOTIONS WINNERS CERTIFICATE.jpg

I am very disappointed by fraud

I've received too this messages in my phone in Kosovo, "Congrulations! You ahve Won 350.000.00 Pounds in the London Sony Ericsson Promo. For claims Call +[protected] and send email to: sonyericsonfirm@london.com". So, course that I dont beleive in this message but I think that this is bad reputitaion for Sony Ericsson and they should do something.

Reggards

Valoni

i'm from trinidad and i got the text to, , , it is a hoax i saw on the tv that its a bunch of guys from some where in africa some living in the uk scamming people just like the so call lottery they mail you, , , the lottery board said once u win money from a real promo u are not suppose to give any amount of money just recieve the winnings think about it when a person wins money for example the lottery they do not ask for money to give money they just go and collect it, , , , , , , , , , and how are they able to get our cell numbers, , , , , , , , please do not give these people your hard earn cash it is fake and they will take all your money

Is anyone in charge going to answer all these questions? this is what i would like to know! from Trinidad.

hello, i must say that i too recieved a sms text message from sony ericsson stating that i won 250, 000.00 pounds! they stated that i should email sonyericsson01@live.com for claims, the telephone # given is +[protected], i live in the island of trinidad and tobago, and my cell phone is a samsung, how they got my number, i really don't know, all i would like to know is ... IS THIS FOR REAL?

The first question to ask yourself is "How did they get my mobile number?" The second question should be "Why do I have to pay a transfer fee if I won all that money?"...Why can't they deduct the transfer fee from the winning amount?" It would be really nice if I had actually won the 500, 000 pounds they said I did. Look at the example of lottery companies, national or international...if you won the lottery, any fees that would be incurred from you winning that money is automatically deducted, before you take home your winnings. In the same vein, why would a a multi-conglomerate company internationally known, making billions of dollars, pounds, or any other currency you can think of in profit every year, need to get 1650, or 1450 or whatever amount they are asking you for in order to pay out your winnings? Did you fill out a form when you bought the phone for some kind of promotional game...NO.! Think about it, even if its something simple as a raffle, or some charitable event that you went to that has a door prize, you would have entered by either filling out a form or including your name on a form, or if its a ticket you bought, when you enter the event, they would give you back the stub, so that if your number does call, you have some kind of reference to prove that you entered the promotional game in the first place. Come on people wake up, this is too good to be true with no participation whatsoever except purchasing a phone...with a receipt that you probably threw away already.

In my case I'm absolutely convinced that its a fraud with a capital FRAUD! Why you might ask? Firstly my brother bought my phone from some guy who had several (possibly hot) phones he was trying to sell. Secondly, that was over 4 years ago. I didn't even use it while I was in the UK because I had to get it unlocked. The phone was sooo new that most of the stores I went to didn't have the software as yet to unlock it. So I didn't actually get to use my phone until almost 6 months after I bought it, and by then I was in another country using a completely differnt area code number. So what utter BS is sony ericsson or whoever these people are pretending to be, to tell me that I won 500, 000 pounds in some international promotion! Another good point to note would be that before I got this phone I had an older sony ericsson phone, which I did use in the UK. Now if I won the money from that phone number that is no longer active, it would mean that they would have gone back at least 7 years in order to pull my phone number in their drawing...again this is utter BS. People this is a FRAUD, do not send any money to them. If sony ericsson hasn't confirmed or denied this claim, then its because they didn't send it in the first place.