Free Laptops From Sony Ericsson - Hoax

Hm.. Recieved an email from my close one today and I thought it is just too good to be true.

Here goes the content of the email:


Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:44:06 +0800
From: esther.gh.lee@bankofamerica.com
Subject: FW: Free Laptops From Sony Ericsson
CC: anna.swelung@ericsson.com

Hello everyone!

The Ericsson Company is distributing free computer lap tops in an attempt to match what Nokia has already done.

Ericsson hopes to increase its popularity this way. For this reason,they are giving away the WAP Laptops. All you need to qualify is to
send this email to 8 people you know. Within 2 weeks, you will receive Ericsson T18. But if you can send it to 20 people or more, you will receive Ericsson R320.

Make sure you send a copy to:

anna.swelung@ericsson.com

Thanks & regards,
Normi Sapuan
nsapuan@ups-scs.com

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And I still remembered vaguely months/years ago, I received a few of these emails, claiming free iPod/Mobile Phone/PSP etc which nothing happened after I followed through the requirements, spamming my dear friends' email inbox.

Therefore, this time round, I went to make a search and to my surpise~! I saw a few writers on this topic and verified my doubt, this is indeed a hoax.

Official Websites:
http://www.ericsson.com/ca/hoax.shtml
http://www.ericsson.com/ericsson/contact/faq.shtml#4

FYI: The person in the spotlight named, Anna Swelunds working as the Executive Promotion Manager for Ericsson Marketing does not exist at Ericsson.

Other sources:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/internet/a/ericsson_hoax.htm

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