Today I received one of those chain emails that say you can get your free Ericsson T18 or R320 laptop. First of all, T18 and R320 are not laptops, they are celphones! The message instructed that you have to send a copy to anna.swelung@ericsson.com, as you can see, the email address belongs to ericsson.com. However if you try sending an email to it, it will return a Mailer Daemon Failure notice. I checked the Ericsson website regarding this issue, and they said the following:
"About the "Free Phone" Email Hoax
Ericsson is not giving away free phones. The chain mail you have received is a fraud and there is no person with the name of Anna Swelund working at Ericsson. At Ericsson, we are constantly looking at new innovative ways to market ourselves, chain e-mails are not one of them. We kindly ask you not to forward the chain mail further.
Thank you." Source: http://www.ericsson.com/ca/hoax.shtml
So there you have it. If you receive an email like that, don't pass it on.
"About the "Free Phone" Email Hoax
Ericsson is not giving away free phones. The chain mail you have received is a fraud and there is no person with the name of Anna Swelund working at Ericsson. At Ericsson, we are constantly looking at new innovative ways to market ourselves, chain e-mails are not one of them. We kindly ask you not to forward the chain mail further.
Thank you." Source: http://www.ericsson.com/ca/hoax.shtml
So there you have it. If you receive an email like that, don't pass it on.