419 scam: Nokia'N'Series Program <info@nokia.co.uk> Prize Released

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "fiduciary 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)
- "mrterrysteven2@w.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +447045754118 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Nokia'N'Series Program <info@nokia.co.uk>
Reply-To: mrterrysteven2@w.cn
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:02:02 +0800
Subject: Prize Released

--
FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGER
NOKIA N'SERIES PROMOTION
TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM.

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the
21/11/2009,from the
NOKIA 'N' SERIES PROGRAM. Your e-mail was attached to ticket number
1110008342,
serial number 6028808. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
4-13-7-37-1 bonus number 10, which consequently won the lottery in the First
category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum of GBP £2,000,000.00(TWO
MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS) in cash credit file ref NKN/UK 110241/01
from the
total cash prize of GBP £20,000,000.00 (TWENTY MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS)
shared amongst 10 (TEN) lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected through a sorting and filtering program designed
by NOKIA TECHNICAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT from 50,000,000 (Fifty Million) e-mail
addresses from the web in a bid to promote reliance on the telecommunication
industry as a global and convenient means of communication. This is
part of our
international promotions program which is conducted yearly to promote the use
of mobile phones with the world as a global village. NOKIA collects all the E
MAIL I D of the people that subscribes to yahoomail, msn, hotmail, aol,
altavista, and others online, among the billions that subscribe to us only
Twenty people will be merge for winnings.

we only select Twenty people every Month as our winners through electronic
balloting System without the winner applying, we are congratulating you for
having been one of the lucky people that won for this last month..

Your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative
office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.

In view of this, your £2,000,000.00 GBP(TWO MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS) will
be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. To file for your
claim,Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for VALIDATION.

Mr.Terry Steven. Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order
Department,CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT.

TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

Email:mrterrysteven2@w.cn

Tel: +44-704-575-4118

CLAIM PROCESSING FORM:

1. full Name:.............................
2. Address:...............................
3. Nationality:...........................
4. Date of Birth:.........................
5. Occupation:............................
6. Phone:.................................
7. Mobile:................................
8. Fax:...................................
9. State of Origin:.......................
10.Country:...............................
11.Sex:...................................
12.E-mail Address:......................

The above requirements are needed to enable the immediate release of your won
prize.

Note that all claims process must be duly completed early to avoid
impersonation or double claim. Also to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please quote your Reference/Ticket Numbers in any
correspondences with our designated agent.For security reasons, we advice all
winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim
is processed and your prize released to you.

Thank you for being part of this promotional email lottery program.

Regards,
Mr.Frances Wessel
NOKIA!2009 Lottery Program

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