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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348034481687 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • nokia.verificationdepartment@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: nokiapromo208@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:26:53 GMT
Subject: {Spam!}




THE NOKIA COMMUNICATION COMPANY
PLOT 4, BLOCK 24B
ALLI CREASENT ABUJA.

Congratulation You Have Been Selected in the on-going NOKIA COMMUNICATION COMPANY award 2008.
you have been awarded for a lump sum of $1,300,000.00 USD. (One Million
three thousand United States Dollars)
Note that this promotion is mainly aimed at alleviating poverty,
it is also
aimed at encouraging internet Users worldwide. This email is randomly sent
to five
people worldwide. If you did receive this email, it means you are one of
the five(5) lucky winners.
Your email address was attached to grant number(N231,E101) with S/N-12678


CONTACT NOKIA AWARD PROCESSING OFFICER:
Mr. HECTOR JUDE McCloer
EMAIL: nokia.verificationdepartment@gmail.com
Phone: +2348034481687
You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information as soon
as possible:
NAME IN FULL:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
AGE:
NATIONALITY:
OCCUPATION:
PHONE:
FAX:
MOBILE:
SEX (M/F):
ANNUAL INCOME:
REMARKS ABOUT NOKIA PRODUCTS:

We are glad to have you as one of our luckly winners.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Jassica Stephen.
Promotion Award Co-Coordinator.
Online Co-ordinator...

Co-sponsors of this online promotion are listed herein: Shell Oil Company,
Pepsi Corporation, and the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam