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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "22 garden close, stamford" (address often used in fake lottery scams)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million pounds" (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)
  • "million british pounds" (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)
  • ",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.
  • +447045799019 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +2348025518472 (Nigeria, 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.
  • agentrobertnail@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?NOKIA_LOTTERY_INC_LONDON?=" <zz.qq2@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:38:05 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONGRATULATIONS_YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS_HAS_WON_1,000,000,
_00_POUNDS_FROM_NOKIA?=



GROUP PROMOTION

PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT, NOKIA Mobiles
22 Garden Close, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 2YP, London
United Kingdom.
Telephone:+447045799019


Date:18-07-2008 Payment No.M30911

Attention:Winner

Nokia gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly selected as one of the 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us.We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of (ONE MILLION BRITISH POUNDS (GBP 1,000,000,00.POUNDS) for the Month of JuLY , 2008 lottery win promotion which is organized by Nokia every Year.


The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world which you were selected.

The NOKIA e-Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This promotional lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

The NOKIA e-lottery 2008 is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation,Nokia,IBM,the Intel Group, Toyota ,Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh .And mostly by the UNITED KINGDOM Government.The NOKIA free lottery draw is held once a year.And is so organized to encourage the use of NOKIA,MOSTLY INTRODUCING NEW NOKIA N810 INTERNET TABLET TALK.

We are proud to say that over 14 Million pounds are won annually in more than 150 countries world wide. Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of £300,000 000.00 (GBP 1,000,000,00.POUNDSPOUNDS) only.its it a promo to encourage the use of Nokia world wide.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our African representative office in West Africa, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of (GBP 1,000,000,00.POUNDS) will be released to you from this regional branch office in African.

The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
(i).winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
(ii). email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iii). lotto code number: FL09622UK
(iv). the file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/UK
(vii).Notification code : 34.78UY/U/Nokia

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NOKIA LotteryClaim Department :
NAME:MR ROBERT NAIL BY EMAIL :
Private Email : agentrobertnail@yahoo.com
Telephone: +234-80-25518472
Website:www.nokia.com
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Contact him by providing him with your secret pin code X7PYWM2007 and your Reference Number NOKIA:2551256003/23.You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information's as soon as possible:

1.Name in full.---------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.Address.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.Nationality.--------------------------------------------------
4.Age.-------------------------------
5.Occupation.--------------------------------------------------
6.Telephone Number.---------------------------------------------------
7.Present Country.-----------------------------------------------
8.Short comment on our products. [optional]. - -----------------------------------------------------------------------
9.Fax [optional].------------------------------------------------
10.secret pin code X7PYWM2007
11.Ref Number: NOKIA:2551256003/23
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Note:This is a free lottery program meaning all participated e-mail address do not purchased/buy a ticket for the e-lottery.

Protocol to all winners(BANK TRANSFER fee commission should be made to the by all winners, the payment is nessary before transfer of fund,to avoid double claim/abouse of the lottery program).

Please your are to provide him with the above listed details as soon as possible so he can begin with the processing of your prize winnings.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

CONGRATULATION!!!!!!!!!
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS
NOKIA PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
MR.JEFFERY ANDERSON.


UNITED KINGDOM

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INTRODUCING NEW NOKIA N810 INTERNET TABLET TALK


---------------------- ALICE N°1 de la RELATION CLIENT 2008*--------------------
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