Ericsson giveaway.Hoax

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Ericsson giveaway.Hoax Destructivity: Spreading: Overall risk:
  
• Detected by virus detection files published: 12/5/2000 • Type: Hoax
• Virus characteristics first published: 12/5/2000 • Spreading mechanism: Email
• Virus characteristics latest update: 12/17/2003 • Overall risk: None

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descriptions 		Detection
and removal
This is not a malicious program but a hoax.

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Description of the hoax


This hoax claimes that Ericsson is offering free mobile phones to everyone forwarding the hoax to at least 8 people as well as a copy to Anna Swelund at Ericsson. According to Ericsson, this person is not an Ericsson employe. Ericsson has an article about this hoax at their web site.

It seems to be two different variants of this hoax. One that says you have to send it to 8 people and one that claims that you have to send it to 20 people to get a free mobile phone.

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 great World-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 toMailto:anna.swelund@ericsson.com
Mailto:Anna.Swelund@ericsson.com
That is the only way we could see that you
forwarded the message.


Best of luck
Anna Swelund
Executive Promotion Manager for Ericsson


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