Scam?

banjobongo · 23-07-2008 9:56am #1

I got a text yesterday from nokia - Im sure its a scam saying that I had won 500000 pounds and that if I call a certain number or email nokia at nokia.prom.uk@gmail.com I can claim it. Firstly there is no way that noka would have a gmail account. Next the number the text came from is area code +234 which when you look it up is - guess what country - yes, Nigeria! I reported it to O2 anyway.
Has anybody else received one of these?

Sam Vimes · 23-07-2008 10:00am

did you not hear??? nokia moved their operation from finland to lagos. aw man you missed out the the offer of a lifetime!!!!

Tarakiwa · 23-07-2008 10:25am

Ha! I wonder if anybody falls for these things any more?

Pansy Potter · 23-07-2008 10:33am

banjobongo wrote: »

Has anybody else received one of these?

It was me that sent it to you

Haven't heard of anyone getting that particular one. You would wonder how they got your particular number. You should reply to the email from a throw-away address to see what reply you get.

strecker · 23-07-2008 5:33pm

...."...@gmail.com"???? Wasn't that enough to tell you it's a S C A M ????

Sam Vimes · 23-07-2008 5:46pm

strecker wrote: »

...."...@gmail.com"???? Wasn't that enough to tell you it's a S C A M ????

take a look at brian lenhian's email address:
http://www.brianlenihan.ie/

it seems our minister for finance is a scammer. sure we knew that anyway

condra · 23-07-2008 5:57pm

This thread is so FAIL

tony1kenobi · 23-07-2008 8:06pm

If you still have the number you could sign it up to jamster or whatever those ringtone ads are called........send it back with love.

banjobongo · 24-07-2008 4:20pm

to strecker - if you read my original post you will see that I stated that the fact that it was a gmail account showed me right away it was a scam. read the posts before hitting the reply button!

lee_baby_simms · 24-07-2008 4:26pm

Watch out scammers! banjobongos about!

Scam?

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