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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.

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:

• 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)
• 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.
  • +447031895876 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448709743115 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +27731065642 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +27866620577 (South Africa, 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.
  • nokiaservices@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: nokia coporation <nokia-connect-service9@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 17:25:21 +0200
Subject: nokia winnings notification



NOKIA COMMUNICATIONS1O4 NOKIA DRIVESTAMFORD SW1V 3DWLONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.Tel: +44 703 189 5876Fax: +44 870 974 3115

THE NOKIA 2007 ONLINE LOTTERY PROMO

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 National Lottery. Your email address is among the (30) Thirty Lucky winners who won £320,000.00(Three Hundred and Twenty Thousand British Pound Sterling) each on the NOKIA CONNECTING PEOPLE PROMOTION PROGRAMM.
You were entered as an independent candidate and your email was attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2006) and ballot number (BT12052006/20). The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 100,000,000 E-mail addresses of individuals and mobile phone users 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.

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 African booklet representative (Nokia office) in South Africa. This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also licensed by The International Association of Gaming Regulations (IAGR).

To file for your claim, please contact your Claims Agent. Call him immediately you receive this notification and 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:

Ticket Number:Ballot Number:

WINNERS INFORMATIONS
1. FULL NAMES: .........................................2. ADDRESS: ...............................................3. SEX: .........................................................4. AGE: .........................................................5. MARITAL STATUS:................................... 6.OCCUPATION: ...........................................7. TELEPHONE NUMBER:.............................8. FAX NUMBER: ..........................................9. E-MAIL ADDRESS:....................................10. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:............................11. AMOUNT TO BE CLAIMED......................

Mr. Eric Smith Claims/Customer Service DepartmentEmail: nokiaservices@hotmail.com(or) NokiaClaimDepartment@gmail.comTel: +27 7310 65642
Fax: +27-86-662-0577

You are to keep all Nokia lottery information away from the general public especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is very important, as double claiming will not be entertained and will result to disqualification). This is in accordance with section 13(1) (n) of the National Gambling Act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3rd July 1996 by the constitutional assembly.

*Staffs of Nokia Communications Worldwide are not to partake in this Lottery.

Accept our heartily congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Grace Anderson.(Online Coordinator)

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