Hoax Email
“Hi, everyone:
The Ericsson Company is distributing free computer lap-tops in an attempt to match Nokia that has already done so. Ericsson hopes to increase its popularity this way. For this reason, they are giving away the new WAP laptops. All you need to qualify is to send this mail to 8 people you know.
Within 2 Weeks, you will receive Ericsson T18. But if you can send this to 20 people or more, you will receive Ericsson R320
Make sure to send a copy to: anna.swelung@ericcson.com”
If you have received this email, PLEASE do NOT forward it. It is a hoax email. It is a chain email that does not do anything other than cause email congestion and irritate people. I cannot bear to receive another one of these emails. I will ban anyone who sends me this email again, so that I never receive trash from that person again.
I would like to prove my point to you:-
- If you have any common sense, you would verify the email address and the offer before forwarding.
- This email has been circulating since the beginning of the millennium - can you imagine how many times I have received this email or a similar version to it!
- People do not give away things for nothing - why would they give you a laptop?
- More importantly why would they give you a laptop when they don’t make laptops but phones?
- The Ericsson’s mentioned are actually phones and not laptops!
- They are discontinued models, so why would they have a stock of them at all?
- Even if it were true… are you so desperate for a discontinued phone?
- The email address is not valid!
- Nor is the variation of anna.swelund@ericsson.com valid!
- I am irritated that I have received yet another chain email!
- Nobody has ever received a phone or a laptop. I always ask the people who send me the chain if they received anything. I would only forward if the actually did. (In other words I never forward it!)
If you feel you really need to forward something - return the email, perhaps in the same way and with a link to this post. It may help stop both you and me from receiving so much junk email. Here’s to hoping!