<butt-ugly-fish>Urban Legend Zeitgeist: Phoney Email Forwarding Hoaxes: Examples


The following is an example of the free telephone from Nokia email hoax.

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Hello dear customer

We from Nokia, are very happy to see that the people on the internet are visiting are page often. To keep the customers who use the internet happy, we have developed a wireless application protocol). They are made for people who are on the road often and don't have the internet with them, they can now get the information on there telephones. Unfortunately, not many people have heard about WAP, that's wy we are spreading this e-mail around the net. 'What's in it for me?', you'll probably think.

Well, everyone who forwards this message 10 times, will receive the Nokia 3210. Everyone who forwards this message 25 times or more, will receive the Nokia 7110, the first WAP telephone.

Two weaks after you've forwarded this message, Nokia will contact you about your adress. This message is only for Microsoft Windows) users, Nokia can only see how much you've forwarded the message if you use Windows 95 or newer.

Good Luck

James Dorfeld
Vice President of Nokia Communications

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The following is an example of the free phone from Ericsson email hoax.

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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.Swelund@ericsson.com

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