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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 office" (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.
  • +447031979815 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Ahmed Ghallab <Ahmed.Ghallab@bibalex.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:34:58 +0200
Subject: Winning Notification !!!!

[http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:J1nnSuMvW9B57M:http://www.gadgetreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/nokia_logo.jpg]<http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gadgetreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/nokia_logo.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.gadgetreview.com/2007/12&h=234&w=630&sz=21&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=J1nnSuMvW9B57M:&tbnh=51&tbnw=137&prev=/images?q%3Dnokia%2Blogo%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den>

Dear Lucky Winner,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Your Email address has just won you 750,000 GBpounds in the ongoing NOKIA UK PROMO. Please call your claims officer, Adams Crawford on Tel :+44-703-197-9815 and Email:adams_crawforddesk@live.com with your details.

In line with the commemorating event marking our 142nd anniversary we rolled out over £16,000.000.00 (Sixteen Million Great Britain Pounds). All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form 25,000 companies email addresses, and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from over 250,000.00 email domains in Australia, New Zealand, North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually in Britain, London. Your e-mail address was attached to Reference number: NOKIA/2008-26937564-75600545-188 and Serial number 76091/02 which drew the lucky numbers: 19-6-26-13-2-7.

This promo is approved by the British Gaming Board and also licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This promo is the 1st of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. To begin the verification process of your prize, you are required to fill and submit the below verification worksheet.

**Personal


First name:


Middle name:


Last name:


Date of birth (yyyy-mm-dd):


Attach any form of identification:


Address:


City:


State/province:


Country:


**Winning Information


Reference number


Serial number and lucky numbers


**Employment and business


Occupation:


Work address:


I wish to on behalf of all members and staff of NOKIA congratulate you on your win and wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune.

Thank you for being part of our commemorative 142nd Anniversary Draws.

Yours faithfully,
Mr Ahmed Ghallab

Claims Processor

NOKIA 2008 TEAM

Copyright ©2008 Nokia. All rights reserved.

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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam