UKNM: no such thing as a free WAP phone

[Amy Vickers]

I keep coming across a spam mail from Ericsson offering free WAP phones if

you spam 20 friends, and cc the mail back to ericsson (see below)


only, the address given:

Anna [dot] Swelundericsson [dot] com

, supposedly in the

marketing department of ericsson, bounces and the message returned directs

the user to a spam site.


i know this has been going for at least a month now, but does anyone know if

it actually started off as kocher or has it always been complete and utter

gubbins?


rgds

amy

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Dear customer

> >Our main competitor, Nokia, is giving free mobile phones away on the

> >Internet. Here at Ericsson we want to counter their offer.

> >So we are giving our newest WAP-phones away as well. They are specially

> >developed for Internet happy customers who value cutting edge

> >technology.

> >By giving free phones away, we get valuable customer feedback and a

> >great Word-of-Mouth effect.

> >All you have to do, is to forward this message to 8 friends. After two

> >weeks

> >delivery time, you will receive a Ericsson T18. If you forward it to 20

> >friends, you will receive the brand new Ericsson R320 WAP-phone. Just

>

>remember to send a copy to Anna [dot] Swelundericsson [dot] com

<

Anna [dot] Swelundericsson [dot] com (mailto:Anna [dot] Swelundericsson [dot] com)

>  that is the only way

> >we can see, that you forwarded the message.

> >

> >Best of luck

> >Anna Swelund

> >

> >Executive Promotion Manager for Ericsson Marketing

> >Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. Reproduction,

> >transfer, distribution or storage of part or all of the contents in any

> >form without the prior written permission of Ericsson is prohibited

>except

> >in

> >accordance with the following terms. Ericsson consents to you browsing

> >Ericsson World Wide Web pages on you computer or WAP-phone and printing

> >copies of these pages for private use only



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