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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:

Fraud email example:

From: Dra. Rosa I. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ant=F3n?= <rosa.anton@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nokia_dept@live.com
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:26:18 -0300 (ARGSL-ST)
Subject: Verification No. NK-934-R274 !!!




FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTION OFFICER,
NOKIA MOBILE SWEEPSTAKES PROMO.
2ND FLOOR BERKLEY SQUARE HOUSE.
BERKLEY SQUARE LONDON W1J 6BD,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.

Congratulations! Congratulations!! Congratulations!!!

Dear Lucky Winner,

This is to inform you that your E-mail I.D was selected and you have
therefore been awarded the sum of £750,000.00 Great British pounds (GBP)
in the ongoing ONLINE NOKIA MOBILE COMPANY WEB PROMOTION ©2009. However
the results were released on the 24th October 2009. Your E-mail was
attached to Ballot Number BT: 88010:0:009:0025.

The selection process was carried out through a Random Computerized Ballot
System (TOPAZ) from Microsoft data base of 25,000 companies E-mail
addresses drawn from all the continents.

For Claims Information’s
You are to contact Nokia corporate office:
Nokia Mobile Company Promotion Office.
Information and payment Bureau Centre:
London Representative Office.
Nokia Corporation, London United Kingdom.
Tel: (+44) 703-592-0409.
Fax: (+44) 700-600-1141.
E-mail:[nokia_dept@live.com]

Best Regard.

Barrister Michael Hudson Esq.
[barr.michaelhudson@yahoo.com]
(ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR).

PLEASE NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET LOTTERY SCAMS,YOU MUST QUOTE YOUR
SECURITY CODE (ZA-184/08) SO THAT THE SCAMMERS WILL NOT BE ABLE
TO GET YOUR WINNING INFORMATION. NOTE : ALL LUCKY WINNERS ARE TO ENSURE TO
CALL THECORPORATE OFFICE TO CONFIRM WINNINGS.

Please do not reply on this email instead contact your claim officer with
details above.

Microsoft respects your privacy. To learn more, read our privacy
statement. Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052


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