Mobile Phone Number Contest

Complaint

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Henry D. Tynon
Country: United States
I've been advice to contact you on possible fraud contest concerning a text message received on 3 August 2011 from World Mobile Promo.   The text message stated the following; “Your Mobile Number won 750,000 GBP in World Mobile Promo.  Claim Code: WMP11.  For claim email: worldpromo@ymail.com and call +447035938836.”  I contacted them by email on the 15 August 2011 and have received numerous phone calls today to submit my personal details today.  Due today to internet fraud, I would appreciated in knowing if this is a legitimate company I’m dealing with before sending my personal details.  


Below is the email I received today asking for my personal details: The eamil address on the email is (Promo World<worldpromo@ymail.com>)

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CLAIMING PRIZE
•To avoid double claim, impersonation and disqualification, all wining information should be kept strictly confidential until you have received your payment number.

•You MUST be 18 years of age or above and you are required to send a scan copy of your passport or drivers license along with the Verification form.
•As soon as you are verified as one of the winners, you will be required to come to the above address, United Kingdom to redeem your Winning Cheque or otherwise delivered to you in your country.
•Friend and relatives cannot redeem your won prize on your behalf because the certified cheque is covered by an IRREVOCABLE GUARANTEE BOND (IGB).


Section A
First name:

Middle name:
Last name:
Date of birth (yyyy-mm-dd):
Gender:
Occupation:
Address:
Country:


Section B
Cliam Code:
Winning mobile number
Contact email address(s)


Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Gramson Leonard.
NOKIA UK PROMOTIONS.


On behalf of all members and staffs of NOKIA Telecommunications, We congratulate you on your win and wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune. Thank you for being part of our commemorative Anniversary Draws..


  Best Regards

      Henry

Comments

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    Rina - Australia
    Oh yea forgot to mention, I don't have a Nokia, its a Sony Ericsson!!!!!!!!!
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    Alain
    got the message today, living in Luxembourg !
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    Nikki
    i recieved this message on my phone this morning reading Congratulations: your mobile number has won 750,000 GBP in the ongoing 2011 UK world mobile promo. Your ClaimCode is WMA11 for claims email:WMPO003@bluemail.org thing that made me laugh was there where spaces missing in amoungst the text that should be there and you could clearly see it was a scam message gawd if ya gonna scam aleast learn how to write proper english other thing that i noticed was UK now im Australian from nsw and why the hell would i win something thats from another country LOL DURRRRR.
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    Singh Australia 7/11/2011
    Thanks everyone,,,,i got the same text message this morning! glad i found this.
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    glenard
    my wife got the message at like 3am this morning , you dogs better watch out cause there coming to get you
  • 0
    Munro
    Same same tday in Australia!!
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    R - Australia
    Hi,
    I just got a message similar to K-Harris.
    Google led em to here. Thank god I dodnt email them my details!
    Thanks everyone.
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    Bobo
    Congratulations;Your Mobile Number has won 750,000 GBP in the ongoing 2011 UK World Mobile Promo.Your ClaimCode is WMA11. For claims email:WMPO003@blumail.org.  Yep I got this suckers spam too. How do we stop it?
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    kosta -aus
    thanks for the info guys!! i received this 2day (same as k-harris')
    -funny thing, it wasnt sent to my actual phone, rather it was sent to my wireless dongle, which has never received a txt or msg from anyone apart from Telstra telling me im out of internet credit.
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    Brooke Australia
    Same sms 7/11/11
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    Liss
    I got the message today at 07/11/2011 4.47 AM. Congratulation;You Mobile Number has won 750,000 GBP in the ongoing 2011 UK World Mobile Promo.You ClaimsCode is WMA11.For claims email; wmawards@ymail.com.
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    Jenny
    I too received this "claims form" if you read it carefully you will se that there some typegraphical and grammatical errors, and as always if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.
  • 0
    dude
    Hi i just got one of these txts in australia at 4am in the morning so lucky i looked it up to see if it was legit but it was 750,000 what im not worth more????? but i am letting everyone i know im a millionare LOL
  • 0
    Beer with Duncan.
    I just got my 750,000GBP in my account yesterday. Thanks world mobile promo!!!

    Hahaha I WISH!!!. Was starting to plan how to spend it too. I might not be the smartest cookie but it's pretty obvious something like that out of the blue is too good to be true. I hope they didn't rip off too many people.
    The text I got was from an Irish number. I'm in Australia too.
  • 0
    Alex
    got it as well, seems to be heading back to continental Europe ( Lux).
  • 0
    Anya
    Got one too this morning. Seems like Australia is the primary target at the momement...
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    Heni Asutralia
    I just got it today.
    I googled it and found this:

    HTTP://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_310300
    When you receive a SMS message that you think might be spam, you can now forward it to 0429 999 888, the dedicated telephone number for Spam SMS. You will be billed the standard rate charged by your mobile phone provider for sending an SMS message. You can also register to use the service.
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    Arf
    Also got it today in aust.
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    sandy
    i received a text message on the 3rd of this month saying,your mobile number has won 900,000 pounds in the world mobile promo awards claimcode WMA1P.claim your prize,email to wmawards@blumail.org
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    K-Harris
    Got another one! A bit different to the one I got on  3/Nov  Won 750,000 pounds in ongoing 2011 UK World Moblie Promo. Claimcode: WMA11 then they provide the same email address. Superwoman- you are a superwoman! Reported it straight away. Thanks for the spam reporting details. Wonder if the Gov. will eventually do something about this parasite?????

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