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NAME:Nokia phone promotion hoax
ALIAS:Free nokia giveaway hoax

NOTE: This is a typical variant of giveaway chain letter Typical for these hoaxes is that the hoax claims that some company is using email tracking system and is asking recipient to forward the message to several persons for reward.

Nokia Group confirms that no such promotion exists, so the following message is a hoax.

Please ignore this hoax and don't pass it on.

---Begin Hoax Text ------------------------------------------- 

  Subject: NOKIA PHONE PROMOTION


  Free Nokia Phone giveaway.  Word of mouth advertising is a great way
  to introduce a product, and to receive your free phone all you need to
  do is send this email out to 8 people (for a free Nokia 6210) or to 20
  people (for a free Nokia WAP) and within 2 weeks you will receive a
  free phone.  (they contact you via your email address).


  You must send a copy to XXX.YYY@nokia.com
  <mailto:XXX.YYY@nokia.com>
  mailto:XXX.YYY@nokia.com <mailto:XXX.YYY@nokia.com>

---End Hoax Text -------------------------------------------

Swedish Translation of the hoax

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  Nokia ger bort gratis mobiltelefoner! Nokia skall testa att marknadsföra
  sina produkter genom "mun till mun" metoden. Som tack för att du hjälper
  Nokia, får du en gratis telefon. För att erhålla en gratis telefon, måste
  du sända denna e-mail vidare till åtta personer (för att motta en Nokia
  6210) eller till 20 personer (för att motta en Nokia WAP), inom två veckor
  får du en gratis mobiltelefon. Nokia kontaktar dig via e-mailadressen. Du
  måste sända en kopia av detta meddelande till anna.swelan@nokia.se

---End Hoax Text -------------------------------------------

Finninsh Translation of the hoax

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Nokia testaa ' PUSKARADION ' TEHOKKUUTTA TUOTTEIDENSA MARKKINOINNISSA. Palkaksi vaivannäöstäsi saat ilmaisen matkapuhelimen!

Jos lähetät VIESTIN edelleen KYMMENELLE henkilölle saat NOKIA 6210 puhelimen ! Jos lähetät VIESTIN edelleen KAHDELLE KYMMENELLE henkilölle saat NOKIA WAP puhelimen ! ÄLÄ UNOHDA lähettää viestiä: anna.swelan@nokia.com Ilmainen puhelimesi lähetään sinulle parin viikon sisällä."

---End Hoax Text -------------------------------------------

[Description created: Jarno Niemela, Veli-Jussi Kesti, F-Secure Corp.; August, 2002]