Free Sony Ericsson Laptop Hoax
You may have already received a copy of the email hoax that promises a FREE Ericsson Laptop for simply forwarding the email to your friends.
This is a hoax that has been circulated over the Internet for many years. Sony Ericsson don’t give away laptops (it’s not how they make their money). And the model numbers mentioned in the email are actually that of discontinued mobile phones (as this hoax originated as a FREE mobile phone giveaway).
And to top it off there is a new version of this hoax email that now claims you can get a free Sony Vaio laptop by forwarding the email to 20 people.
The idea is to cause congestion to mail servers with all of the extra emails flying around and to waste people’s time in sending it.
Small things amuse small minds!
In response to the hoax, Sony Erricsson published the following statement on its website:
Hoax Competition Email
12 May 2009
Sony Ericsson has been made aware of an online email campaign claiming that Ericsson will give away a free laptop computer to users who forward the promotional information. The same campaign includes a photograph of the Sony Ericsson logo and mentions an Ericsson contact name and email number.
Sony Ericsson confirms that this email campaign is a hoax. In addition, Sony Ericsson confirms that the Ericsson contact name does not exist.
All competitions and promotions involving Sony Ericsson are run through official channels such as Sony Ericsson’s website or Sony Ericsson’s partners’ websites. Please be wary of any competition or promotion that appears to come from outside of Sony Ericsson or Sony Ericsson’s partners official channels. Examples of these include via spam emails or SMS.
Please do not reply to or forward the email if you receive it.
It is simply a case of “if it seems too good to be true then it probably is!”
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