Is there such a thing as free? Free Phone Hoax?15-Apr-2000
Recently, we received an email claiming that if forwarded to a number of people, a free phone will be sent to you. We believe that the general public has long been immune to this sort of hoax and would discard the email without any reservations. That email is a hoax, and it is reproduced here for your reference.
Appropriate measures have been taken by the affected companies to denounce the email to their customers.
"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 especially 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 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."
The follow up by Ericcson is posted at the following web site: http://www.ericsson.net/infocenter/news/Fake_chainletter_hits_Ericsson.html
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