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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: NOKIA END OF YEAR PROMO <chrisweber@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <weberchris689@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 05:18:55 -0800
Subject: File No: NOKIA/UK/507/PROMO/2012 (Contact Chris Weber)

NOKIA UK PROMOTION
42 Park Avenue,
Barbourne, Worcester, United Kingdom.
Congratulation,

File No: NOKIA/UK/507/PROMO/2012

Attn:Beneficiary,

We are marking our 145nd anniversary/End of year promo,we rolled out over
Ј16,000.000.00(Sixteen Million Great Britain Pounds) for our 145nd
Anniversary Draws. All participants were selected through computer ballot
system drawn from 25,000 company e-mail addresses, and 30,000,00
individual e-mail addresses from over 40 networks from Australia,New
Zealand, North
America,South America,Europe,Asia and Africa as part of International
Promotions programs held in Queen Elizabeth Park United Kingdom.

I want to officially announce to you that your Email address has just won
you the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling along with a Nokia
Lumia
900 ,to begin the verification process of your prize,you are required to
provide us with your details bellow for verification and please remember
to quote your file number in every correspondence to us,to enable us guard
you on the claim process

Also ensure you provide us with your details as stated below:

1. Full Name:
2. Contact Address:
3. Direct Telephone Number:
4. Age:

Mr. Chris Weber
AWARD ADVISER
NOKIA NEW YEAR PROMO
Email:weberchris689@yahoo.com.hk
Phone Number: +447024025784

Once again Congratulation.
Elizabeth Ford (Mrs)
PROMO Coordinator
NOKIA END OF YEAR PROMO



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