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Received sms stating my mobile Number had won 750,000.00 GBPounds through Mozilla Firefox Phone Number draw.

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Braichjosa
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Hi received following sms today 30/09/2011 "Good News! Your ohone number hs won 750,000.00 GBPonds in the Mozilla Firefox Phone NO. draw in U.K. To claim, email us only at: mozillams@live.co.uk " Please confirm that this is a scam and be aware of it. Thanks

Hi received following sms today 30/09/2011 "Good News! Your ohone number hs won 750,000.00 GBPonds in the Mozilla Firefox Phone NO. draw in U.K. To claim, email us only at: mozillams@live.co.uk " Please confirm that this is a scam and be aware of it. Thanks

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This is known hoax/scam as a similar earlier one was mentioned in http://blog.gerv.net/2011/08/hoax_mozilla_firefox_online_promo/

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Matt N.
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This is a scam and I've reported it at https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/legal/fraud-report/ . Thanks for letting us know.

James
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This is known hoax/scam as a similar earlier one was mentioned in http://blog.gerv.net/2011/08/hoax_mozilla_firefox_online_promo/

Hasan
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Please report misuse of the Firefox trademark in websites using the Mozilla's Violating Website Report page and in emails by forwarding them to Mozilla's abuse email.