In the last three days I've received over ten emails telling me I'd won a lottery, a donation, etc... What is really scarry about some of these emails is that they use real company names and email such as chevron.com, and nokiamobile@rocketdog.com. Here is one I received a few days ago:

NOKIA MOBILE PROMO DRAW HEADQUATERS
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
Ref No: UK/9420X2/68
Batch No: 074/05/ZY369

********WINNING NOTIFICATION********

We happily announce to you the draw (#1198) of the  NOKIA MOBILE PROMO
EMAIL DRAW; online International program held 1ST AUGUST 2008.Your e-mail
address with Serial number 5368/06 drew the lucky numbers: 17/33-45. Your
email won you a NOKIA N95 & £1,500,000.00 Great British Pounds.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ). Also be informed that you
will only be chosen to receive the donation once, which means that
subsequent yearly donation will not get to you again. Take time and
thought in spending the donation wisely on something that will last you a
long time.

TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM, DO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
AT THE NOKIA MOBILE TOWER

Mr. Pule Robert
Head Winning Claims Dept
Official Email:promo_nokiamobile@rocketmail.com

You are to provide the following which are needed to process your winning
claim
To your Claims Agent for verification.

1. NAME................ 2. AGE/SEX.............
3. ADDRESS.......... 4. OCCUPATION........
5. PHONE NO........ 6. COUNTRY..............

Regards
Mike Vilasma


These scans always want your occupation. Can anyone tell me why that is? Anyway, be careful with your the information you give out to people.

   I wish I was only getting 10 a day!! My email box is full of these scams everyday.

i got a similar email from the motorolla company. like yours the rep had robert in his name and was based in england. i called up the company because i wasnt sure.

Hi, I just received one of these from ukpowerballonlinegames.com.
I don't remember entering this and they say for security reasons to keep it quiet.
They are also from the UK and using (TOPAZ) to pick the winning numbers.
It all looks legit but seems suspicious.
How do we know if it's legitimate or not???

Check out our Reported Scams forum:
http://www.sweepsadvantage.com/smf/reported-scams-b16.0/

I use OE {Outlook Express} and use the tools to check suspicious emails & to block them