The email in this post is not really from Nokia. It is from an anonymous spammer trying to scam people. Nokia presumably has no affiliation with this email or the bogus promotion it describes. All mentions of Nokia in this post are referring to the fake spam version, not the real company that makes phones. Additionally, all names and addresses are presumed to be fictional.
Check out this email spam I just received:
THE NOKIA MOBILE PROMO OFFICIAL/PRIZE AWARD DEPT-NOKIA-WEB AVENUE STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON, SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM. THE NOKIA SEASON'S LOTTERY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION Congratulations!!! Your email address has just won you the sum of £546,480 000 00 Pound Sterlings (Five Hundred And Fourty Six Thousand Four Hundred And Eighty Pound Sterlings) in the on going Nokia Season's Promotion UK 2009.In line with the commemorating event marking our 14TH anniversary, We rolled out over 75,000.000.00 (Seventy Five Million Great Britain Pounds) for our 14TH Anniversary Draws. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system, drawn from 25,000 company e-mail addresses and 30,000,00 individual e-mail addresses from 45 networks in Australia,New Zealand,North America,South America,Europe,Asia and Africa as part of our International Promotion and prize given Program, which is conducted annually in London,UK. To begin the verification and claims process of your prize,you are required to contact our Claims Department with your winning Ref No. and your personal details, for claims. FILL IN YOUR INFORMATIONS FOR WINNING PROCESSING/VERIFICATION. 1.Complete Names: 2.Age: 3.Address: 4.Occupation: 5.Telephone: 6.Fax: 7.Sex: 8.Marital Status: 9.Company Name/Position: 10.Country: 11:Nationality: 12:Next Of Kin Find Below, Your Winning Ref No.: Find Below, Your Winning Informations: Ref No.: BTD/968/08 Batch No: 409978E Serial No: MSL099876 (CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER) *************************************** Contact Person: Dr.Bernadette Fallon Tel:+447045700405 Email: info.orchester12@yahoo.com.hk *************************************** This promotion is the 14TH of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. Best Regards. Mr. Rawlin Collins, Chief Executive Director (Nokia board Online Promo UK)
I mean…seriously? Are there really people out there dumb enough to fall for this shit? And ponder this…if someone actually does fall for this, what are the chances of that person having any possessions, skills, or information that would be of any value to anyone? Seriously, if you’re that fuckin’ retarded, you probably don’t have anything worth stealing or defrauding. In fact, I’m guessing the only people stupid enough to think this email is legitimate are ones that are too stupid to operate a personal computer or access an email account in the first place. This spammer’s target audience isn’t online; they’re watching cartoons in like…special, government-funded facilities or something. Spammer, your marketing skills are piss-poor, and you get an F on this assignment.
Spam Email Highlights
The contact information…
THE NOKIA MOBILE PROMO OFFICIAL/PRIZE AWARD DEPT-NOKIA-WEB AVENUE STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON, SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM. THE NOKIA SEASON'S LOTTERY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION
This is probably the first 6-line address I’ve ever seen. Can I throw my life savings into a box and just mail it to this address? I can’t even tell WTF I’m looking at. Does Nokia really have a Mobile Promo Official/Prize Award Department, or perhaps the company is located on the exclusive Department Nokia Web Avenue?
The conversion rate…
Your email address has just won you the sum of £546,480 000 00 Pound Sterlings (Five Hundred And Fourty Six Thousand Four Hundred And Eighty Pound Sterlings) in the on going Nokia Season's Promotion UK 2009.
Um…what did you do with my other 3 zeros?
The geography…
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system, drawn from 25,000 company e-mail addresses and 30,000,00 individual e-mail addresses from 45 networks in Australia,New Zealand,North America,South America,Europe,Asia and Africa as part of our International Promotion and prize given Program, which is conducted annually in London,UK.
Antarctica arrived late to the Continents Meeting…only to find that New Zealand had swiped his seat.
The redundancy…
Find Below, Your Winning Ref No.: Find Below, Your Winning Informations: Ref No.: BTD/968/08 Batch No: 409978E Serial No: MSL099876
The first redundancy is obvious, but there’s also this to consider: If they only selected 25,000 company e-mail addresses and 30,000,00 individual e-mail addresses for this drawing, then they would need at most (assuming Mr. Spammer lost a zero) 30,025,000 unique combinations of IDs to assign. A simple 8-digit number would suffice. Why then would Nokia assign each entrant 3 different ID numbers of 6-8 alphanumeric characters each? You could assign a unique ID to every atom in the Universe with a system like that.
The wording…
This promotion is the 14TH of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. Best Regards. Mr. Rawlin Collins, Chief Executive Director (Nokia board Online Promo UK)
Mmm…the thought of Rawlin Collins sensitizing me just makes me so horny. I’m sorry to kick you out, imaginary readers, but I need some privacy. Everybody out! No no, not you, Rawlin…you stay.
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Interesting post, still don’t know why they don’t make the extra effort to get the details right if they are going to scam people…
The london address is Churchhill Gardens, Pimlico so atleast they picked a nice place to meet and mug you….
What´s this? Blogging! Sending the “old pages” back into obscurity! I almost had to rewrite the url since I thought I was on the wrong site! I will follow with interest. To comment on the Nokia-spam: Maybe they are Chelsea-fans, since they are located at Stamford Bridge (Chelsea FC home arena), trying to find new ways of pulling in more money for the club.
Whoah…I have real readers? I’m like…famous or something.
I also received that kind of information by message on mobile. Please tel me how much is it true.
I would say it is 100% fake.
When in doubt, search Google for the names, address, or phone numbers from the message. In this example, none of the information returns a legitimate business, and it has no apparent connection to Nokia. Plus, you can usually find anti-fraud websites where people have already exposed the scam.
Also use common sense. Ask yourself:
1. Why would Nokia have a promotion where they give away money and get nothing in return? Companies don’t give away money for no reason; they give it away when the exposure and the increase in sales will be worth more than the prize.
2. Nokia is a multi-billion dollar company, so don’t you think they would have their own email servers? There’s no reason for a big company to use a free web-based email address like nokiaagent50@yahoo.com.
Does the nokia has mobile promo. I have got a e-male that my mobile no 9861345550 has got a winning prize of 500.000 paunds in mobile promo 2009. ihave been instructed to contact scotish citylink company ltd to avil the prize amount. Johnthan the citylink agent told me to deposit rs. 20.000 for postal charge. Please ensure me that the information is true.
Akshaya Kumar Panda
^heh
in your post you mentioned only mentally retarded people fall for these but you gotta remember there is a sucker born every minute. with email spam the response rate doesn’t really matter because they are mailing out millions of emails a day.
also i find it pretty funny you have a seo blog but deny your readers an outgoing link
I don’t understand why that’s funny. If I’m trying to teach people about SEO, why would I set a poor example by indiscriminately linking to everyone who comments?
If there’s one thing I enjoy…it’s discriminating people. For more information, I encourage you to read my discrimination policy.
I Receive a message.
Congratulations!!! Your number has won 350.000 pounds. in the Ongoing UK NOKIA PRomo.
Hi! I am from Azerbaijan! Nokia lottery message has come to my telephone my. They say for me that you earned (the) 2.500.000 euro sum. We send (the) 890euro sum (the) sum that/where you earned (to) you in (on) way to us to (the) nokia firm. I ask you that you should write answer for me in this right (justice, fee)
Dear All
To day on 2nd February ,2010 i received email from : T_WORLD / NOKIA PROMO. send by Mr.Smith Owen. he is T World Nokia Payment Cash Officer saying that i have won GBP 5500000 and the representative will delevered the cheque to me and he will contect me on comeing to the country. He will be required to pay costume and other legal dues amounting to GBP 258. which he said amounted to Rupees 19500/- (nearly)
do you think is it wourth it? from Ahmedabad India.
G.S.Divatia.
6February ,2010 i received email from nokiafirm@london.com that i won 250.000.00 bounds kindly send me the adress to clim the mony and how?
Everybody, please take a look on this. I got a message and I took further actions. This is what I have right now. Is it credible? They require courrier charge worth GBP 500-600.
-Thailand-
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NOKIA MOBILE SWEEPSTAKES PROMO.
2ND FLOOR BERKLEY SQUARE HOUSE
BERKLEY SQUARE LONDON W1J 6BD,
LONDON. UNITED KINGDOM.
VERIFICATION CONFIRMATION
________________________ ___________
Once again Congratulations, we the staffs of NOKIA congratulate you as one of our lucky winners. Your mobile number have won you the sum of £254,000.00 GBP ( Two Hundred and Fifty Four Thousand Great Britain 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 254,000 POUNDS ISSUED OUT IN YOUR NAME [ WHICH CAN BE CASHED AT ANY STANDARD BANK IN THE YOUR RESIDING COUNTRY ] AND ALL NOKIA ORIGINAL CERTIFICATES REGARDING THIS PROMOTION.
DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY COMING IN A CHEQUE TO YOU, IT CANNOT BE SENT TO YOUR LOCAL DELIVERY SO THATS IS WHY WE ARE GOING TO USE A DIPLOMATIC SERVICE DELIVERY FOR THE OPTION YOU HAVE CHOSEN, AND THIS DIPLOMATIC SERVICE WILL DELIVER YOUR PARCEL TO YOUR DOORSTEP AND TO WHOSE SIGNATORY IS ON THE NOKIA PAYMENT RELEASE FORM.
PAYMENT RELEASE FORM
FORM NO. CN503/09
_____________________________________________________
NAME:________________________________________
Surname Middle name First name
WINNING MOBILE NUMBER_____________
VERIFICATION NUMBER_____________________________
DELIVERY OPTIONS
Please select a courier delivery option that is suitable and affordable for you.
TNT COURIER
Courier Charges: £650.00
Insurance: £1650.00 (PAID)
Administrative: £260.00 (PAID)
Total: £650 .00 pounds
Duration Of Time: 24 Hours
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FEDEX EXPRESS
Courier Charges: £600.00
Insurance: £1100.00 (PAID)
Administrative: £260.00 (PAID)
Total: £600.00 pounds
Duration Of Time : 48 Hours
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UPS COURIER
Courier Charges: £580.00
Insurance £1000.00 (PAID)
Administrative: £220.00 (PAID)
Total: £580.00 pounds
Duration Of Time: 72 Hours
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UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
Courier Charges: £550.00
Insurance £900.00 (PAID)
Administrative: £200.00 (PAID)
Total: £550.00 pounds
Duration Of Time: 84 Hours
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Also be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of winnings is exactly one week after the receipt of this email. After this drawings period, your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be re-used in the next edition of the Nokia Promo.
The charges are a little high because of the international shipping rate and the insurance cover we have Undertaken incase of loss,damage or theft of your highly sensitive document.We assume all responsibilities in-case of any eventualities.
NOTE : The INSURANCE and ADMINISTRATIVE Charges have been paid by the MANAGEMENT OF NOKIA, You are responsible for the Delivery Fees of the Courier Service you have selected and this must be paid before the Delivery is made to your address.
Delivery Address:
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
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.
what if someone post them their information along with scan ID card . is there any trouble for them :S
Hi. I got the same message that I won 350.000 pound !
and went further with this freak ! I just can not believe that I was so stupid to believe him !
You guys aren’t serious, are you? Please tell me you’re not serious.
This is horrifying, like watching a slow motion train-wreck in a foreign language.
I receive a text message from Nokia uk mobile prom that say i won 4!5,000 pounds how can i claim it.
i was sent a message on the 4th of november 2010 that my mobile nos won me 90,000 pounds in nokia u.k i want to confirm if is real or not because i was told is fraud and again why are they asking people for money.
Is this thing true or false because they just send a message to me on my mobile that i have won £100.000 000 pounds, they said that i should send ref no:nk8519ng_____to nokiaredemtion@live.Com
This mobile phone number (+2332018713240) sent a message to me on my mobile number, that i have won 100.000 ponuds on your NOKIA NEW YEAR PROMO and i was ask to send ref no. NK8519……..nokiaredemtion@live.com. true or false
Thanks and GOD Bless
I received a message from NokiaPromo that i have won the amount of 385,000.00 pounds and after sending all details needed for verification they said me to send them 385 pound for that Cheque to be delivered in my door so do you think its through.
Isaac
Coul someone tell me if this promo is real send this to my email address as soon as possible
gosh! so i was scammed. i got same txt, d pple must b professionals 4 dem 2 come up wit things lyk dis; it means dey cld do worst dat dis. bt lets reason along if dis guys cld channel dis idea in2 developin d world: earth wld ve been paradice.
I have just told that I won 100,000 pounds and to send 150 pounds for the courier service to me here in Nigeria after sending them the filled verification forms. On the second thought, I just tried to check the authencity of the company from internet, alas, it was a scam. People beware!
my father got a message which took about winning some amount of money in nokia ongoing promo.but their e-mail adress is kiahotpicks@hotmail.co.uk.can i trust them or not.
hi in naima from qatar im winner by the nokia asia promo by 510,000,00 pounds how can i get it thank you
my name is molly wiiliams, i dont have a email address but i receive a message from your mobile promotion, im from south america, my # is 5926221296,
how can a be nokia winer?
Nokia are u serious dis is real?
I just received are a masserge telling my number won 35,000 pounds how true it is
how do i go about everthing concerning the message that was sent to my phone, it’s sincere? if yes, how do i claim the price?
I recieved a message some few hours ago that my nokia have just won 50,000 pounds in the ongoing uk promo that is going.pls i need a solid confirmation of how fake or real this is.tanx
i have won the nokia on going promotion but i verified it but no result was found.i can’t loss an amount of 31500 like dat
how to claim this money.my phone number is +94718160795
i was sent a nokia verification and payme form to pay money in to
SKY BANK PLC (NIGERIA)
Rep .Name:KEN . E OSIFO
as an agent of DHL Courier service
.
Hurray, you have won 254,000 pounds from Nokia anniversary Promo…..
At first it looked quite real but for only 10 secs. I decided to go further with fake info and sent them the e-mail they wanted. After that they replied that the cheque can not be delivered unless I pay around 600 pounds tax . If they have been smarter and to have put around 60-70 pounds fee the people could have cought but this is too nasty from their side…..
Hillarious!!!
i olso received this sms. how can i know if its real?and i sent them my details..what can i do?
I also received a text on my phone that i won some of E250 pounds after which i sent them money for the courier, on day they are to deliver my cheque, nothing was forth coming. i now mail them to no what is up. tax problem of 0.28% before my cheque will be send to me. So pls i want to no the through picture of this information before proceeding on sending more money. looking forward for you reply.
Thanks.
Bisiriyu Kolade.
Pls dont fall into the hands of fraudstars,dont be a victim,because it’s not real.
I also receive a similar msg,is it real?
Hi I also got a message on my phone this morning to connect an email address and key in a password. I did that and because I have heard of scams luckily checked out the nokia website, espically when I saw nigeria and they were looking for money! Be very careful with these things.
This guys must be crazy.I got a message on my mobile-phone that my mobile line has won me a total of 100,000 pounds that I should send my name and other informations innitially it looks real but after some time I decided to check the websitename only to discover it is a scam.Folks be ware.
i have received a message that i have won pound 420000 through GBP ongoing NOKIA UK PROMO. And asked me for more claims i should call them through+44-701-113-3254 is this magic or it is realit and if its real what should i do
Hi, everibody…I’m from Cabo Verde, África.
I also receive a similar msg,from:
De: nokia belgium4
Assunto: nokia
Para:
Data: Sexta-feira, 25 de Novembro de 2011, 10:44
CONGRATS:YOUR E-MAIL NUMBER HAS WON FOR YOU SUM OF € 900.000.00.EURO
IN THIS YEAR NOKIA COMPANY BELGIUM FOR CLAIM:
Contact person, (Mr.Chistopher Weeks)
TEL:+32-492451799,
Winning information’s:
Lucky No 44-99-7-65-55,,
Ticket No VH-785-76087
Your Full Name & Telephone Number:
Reply to E-mail: nokiabelgium@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Mrs.Sandra Hans,
Promotion co-coordinator
Is it real? I didnt by any tiket but in this email they send me a tiket number…
I got nokia deyirmene 420000 sterling fund that will pay 100%? waiting for an answer.