No you did not, and that is not possible, in that order. (... as I later see Not Michael beat me to saying)
Please note the actual name and URL of this website. You are not in direct contact with any business here.
It is unwise to publish your contact data in an open forum where any data harvester and scammer can find it. I have reported your comment so that Admin can redact it.
You don't even tell us which corporate name has been invoked this time, but it does not matter. I will take one guess you think Nokia wants to give you a big pile of money.
YET AGAIN, this is from the most recent Nokia advisory in March 2012:
"We have evidence the lottery scammers are at it again, after a reader posted a question about winnings. Worryingly they also published their email and phone number in the comment field. We strongly advise that you don’t post such personal details on the web here or on any other site.
.... if you’ve not entered a lottery then there’s no chance you would have won a windfall. Absolutely no chance. We’d like to clear up, again, that the Nokia Lottery doesn’t exist and you certainly haven’t won it. It’s a scam. ....
And just so we’re making ourselves absolutely clear. THERE IS NO NOKIA LOTTERY. Please don’t fall for it.
Why have you received an email or SMS telling you you’ve won the Nokia Lottery? Because callous scammers are randomly targeting people to try to steal their bank details or money. Don’t give it to them. In fact don’t give out ANY personal details to anyone, unless you know them."
http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/03/08/the ... nt-fall-for-it/. . . . . . . . . . . .
Guardian News of Nigeria later would publish this cautionary article:
Nokia warns Nigerians against scam promos
Wednesday, 01 August 2012
MOBILE phone manufacturer, Nokia, has warned Nigerians against responding to emails and text messages claiming that they had won huge sums of money in alleged Nokia promotions. This has come in light of the growing number of reported incidents of Nigerians receiving text messages and emails from unscrupulous senders.
The Managing Director of Nokia, West Africa, James Rutherfoord, said that the number of such scams had become worrisome. Most of the scam mails, he said, lured unsuspecting victims with the promise of huge sums of money usually in foreign currency.
“Upon response, people are usually asked to pay a token amount as a processing fee or deposit before they can claim the money purportedly won. After the deposits are paid, the victims usually lose touch with the scammers as the phone numbers and email addresses used for the scam are usually discarded,” he said.
According to him, Nokia as an organisation organised promotional activities for the purpose of rewarding consumers for loyalty and encouraging consumers to patronise the brand. However, some people have taken advantage of this in order to lure unsuspecting consumers into parting with their money. These messages usually come in when the person in question hasn’t entered for any competition or promo.
Rutherfoord maintained that Nokia did not ask for any form of payment in any of its promotions. He called on Nigerians to disregard any such mails or text messages, especially when they had not put in for a Nokia promo.
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?opti ... rticle&id=94027. . . . . . . . . . . .
Did you see that part where you are told what should be obvious? You CANNOT WIN a contest which YOU DO NOT ENTER! You should NEVER PAY TO COLLECT if you really, truly do win an honest prize!
Recipients of these trashy text messages are urged to forward them to a database managed by security firm Cloudmark and referenced by major wireless carriers. The idea is to study the scammers' patterns and improve countermeasures.
Forward to: 7726
Cloudmark explains the service here:
http://www.cloudmark.com/en/products/gsma-spam-reporting-service/index
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