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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: nokiapromo208@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:26:53 GMT
Subject: {Spam!}




THE NOKIA COMMUNICATION COMPANY
PLOT 4, BLOCK 24B
ALLI CREASENT ABUJA.

Congratulation You Have Been Selected in the on-going NOKIA COMMUNICATION COMPANY award 2008.
you have been awarded for a lump sum of $1,300,000.00 USD. (One Million
three thousand United States Dollars)
Note that this promotion is mainly aimed at alleviating poverty,
it is also
aimed at encouraging internet Users worldwide. This email is randomly sent
to five
people worldwide. If you did receive this email, it means you are one of
the five(5) lucky winners.
Your email address was attached to grant number(N231,E101) with S/N-12678


CONTACT NOKIA AWARD PROCESSING OFFICER:
Mr. HECTOR JUDE McCloer
EMAIL: nokia.verificationdepartment@gmail.com
Phone: +2348034481687
You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information as soon
as possible:
NAME IN FULL:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
AGE:
NATIONALITY:
OCCUPATION:
PHONE:
FAX:
MOBILE:
SEX (M/F):
ANNUAL INCOME:
REMARKS ABOUT NOKIA PRODUCTS:

We are glad to have you as one of our luckly winners.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Jassica Stephen.
Promotion Award Co-Coordinator.
Online Co-ordinator...

Co-sponsors of this online promotion are listed herein: Shell Oil Company,
Pepsi Corporation, and the Federal Government of Nigeria.

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