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Hello, I received an SMS on my mobile phone to tell me that i won Mozilla online promo prize, is this true? Kindly detials below

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Hello, I received the following SMS on my mobile phone "You have won (GBP 750,000) in the Mozilla Online promo. To claim the prize contact our claims dept for confirmation: Mozillafireclaim@secretarias.com congratulation Mrs Carolyn Keffer Mozilla Firefox inc" sender phone number: +2347011812533

Hello, I received the following SMS on my mobile phone "You have won (GBP 750,000) in the Mozilla Online promo. To claim the prize contact our claims dept for confirmation: Mozillafireclaim@secretarias.com congratulation Mrs Carolyn Keffer Mozilla Firefox inc" sender phone number: +2347011812533

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This was a hoax as it was not sent by Mozilla.

See http://blog.gerv.net/2011/08/hoax_mozilla_firefox_online_promo/ as this has popped up for a few years now.

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hello NourEl-huda, you're right to be suspicious about that message. this is fraudulent and not genuine, so please don't get into contact with them. mozilla is a non-profit organization and doesn't have these amounts of money to give away - it is investing its funds into developing its great open source products and furthering the cause of the open web!

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This was a hoax as it was not sent by Mozilla.

See http://blog.gerv.net/2011/08/hoax_mozilla_firefox_online_promo/ as this has popped up for a few years now.