Scam?

Buttercup.x

I entered a comp i remember for this phone ( i entered the comp to win a Nokia) i recieved an email today 'in spam' which said the following, Ive called the number and asked who they were but im scared its a fake prem rate number

FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGER
NOKIA N'SERIES PROMOTION
TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON ,
UNITED KINGDOM

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 8th of
September,2008. from the NOKIA 'N' SERIES PROMOTION. Your e-mail was
attached to ticket number ********, serial number *******. This batch
draws the lucky numbers as follows ********* bonus number **, which
consequently won the lottery in the First category. You hereby have been
approved a lump sum of GBP £1,000,000.00(ONE MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS)
in cash credit file ref ******* 110241/01 from the total cash prize of GBP
£50,000,000.00(FIFTY MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS) shared amongst 50 (Fifty)
lucky winners in this category.
All participant were selected through a sorting and filtering program
designed by NOKIA TECHNICAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT from 50,000,000 (Fifty
Million) e-mail addresses from the web in a bid to promote reliance on the
telecommunication industry as a global and convenient means of
communication. This is part of our international promotions program which is
conducted Monthly to promote the use of mobile phones with the world as a
global village.
NOKIA collects all the E MAIL I D of the people that subscribes to
yahoomail, msn, hotmail, aol, altavista, and others online, among the
billions that subscribe to us only Fifty people will be merge for winnings.
we only select fifty people every Month as our winners through electronic
balloting System without the winner applying, we are congratulating you for
having been one of the lucky people that won for this last month..
Your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative
office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your GBP
£1,000,000.00(ONE MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS) will be released to you by
any of our payment offices in Europe .
To file for your claim,Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for VALIDATION.
Mr Steven Lawrence.
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order
Department,CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT.
TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON , UNITED KINGDOM
[EMAIL="Email%3Anokia_claim_dept@live.com"]Email:nokia_claim_dept@live.com[/EMAIL]
Tel: +44 7035 931 353
Fax: +44 751 9251 207

Note that all claims process must be duly completed early to avoid
impersonation or double claim. Also to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please quote your Reference/Ticket Numbers in any
correspondences with our designated agent.
SECURITY
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
released to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or
unofficial personnel.
Thank you for being part of this promotional email lottery program.

Regards,
Mrs Venter Marvin
NOKIA! 2008 Lottery program

mymatebob

It is indeed a scam - lots on the net about it

Big clue - why would nokia have a "@live.com" email address - or even their "Fiduciary Agent"

read this
http://419.bittenus.com/8/2/nokia2008onlinelottery.html

Buttercup.x

mymatebob wrote: »

It is indeed a scam - lots on the net about it

Big clue - why would nokia have a "@live.com" email address - or even their "Fiduciary Agent"

exactly i knew it was to good to be true :rolleyes: thanks

hayleyw1

deffo looks like a scam