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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "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)
• 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.
  • +447035954359 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • promotionofficenokiagrant101@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "NOKIA COMMUNICATIONS" <info@nokia.com>
Reply-To: promotionofficenokiagrant101@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:29:42 -0400
Subject: NOKIA CONNECTING PEOPLE PROMOTION PROGRAMME

NOKIA COMMUNICATIONS
1O4 NOKIA DRIVE
STAMFORD SW1V 3DW
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
NOKIA CONNECTING PEOPLE PROMOTION PROGRAMME.

We are pleased to inform you, the result of the first online promotion
program conducted by United Kingdom Nokia Communications in collaboration with the
United Kingdom CHARITY DONATION .Your email address is among the (3) Three Lucky
winners who won £1,000,000.00 (One Million Great British Pound Sterling) And a brand
New BMW 550i 2009 Model each on the NOKIA CONNECTING PEOPLE PROMOTION PROGRAMME.

You were entered as an independent candidate and your email was attached to ticket
number (NOK-1000) and ballot number (NORBA-1Q).The online draws was conducted by a
random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 100,000,000 E-mail
addresses picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the
internet.However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to
different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.Lottery Prize must be claimed
no later than 10 days from date
of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed
within this period will be forfeited.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over
250,000,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents
of the world. Please note that your lucky ticket and ballot numbers falls
within our European booklet representative (Nokia office) in The United
Kingdom. This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and
licensed by The International Association of Gaming Regulations (IAGR).

To file for your claim, please contact your Claims Agent.Furnish him with
your winners Information's as stated
below via his email address and also send to him any of your
identification copy, either your international
passport or National identity card for the processing:

WINNERS INFORMATIONS
1. FULL NAMES:
2. ADDRESS:
3. SEX:
4. AGE:
5. MARITAL STATUS:
6.OCCUPATION:
7. TELEPHONE NO :
8. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
9. AMOUNT TO BE CLAIMED:
10.NATIONALITY.

Dr Mark Barry
Claims/Customer Service Department
United Kingdon Nokia Office
Telephone Number:+44-703-5954-359
Email:promotionofficenokiagrant101@gmail.com

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Francesca Humphrey.
(Online Coordinator)

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam