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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.
• 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.
  • +447045726458 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • davethomas.nokia.promo08@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: davethomas.nokia.promo08@gmail.com (DAVE THOMAS)
Reply-To: davethomas.nokia.promo08@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 23:21:21 +0700
Subject: MAIL FROM NOKIA

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NOKIA PROMOTIONS
CLAIMS/
REF NO: NGS/2251256003/09
BATCH: 521FTG.
UNITED KINGDOM

The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness Promotion Department of NOKIA, wishes to congratulate you on your success as the STAR PRIZE WINNER in the 2009 Promotional draws organized by NOKIA. It was held on the 23rd of February, 2009 in central city hall of London in the United Kingdom.

This makes you the proud owner of a brand new NOKIA N80 SERIES MOBILE PHONE and a cash prize of 750,000.00GBP(seven hundred and fifty thousand Great British pounds).

For you to collect your prizes kindly send a mail or call the Nokia agent with the following details:
1.Full names 2.Age 3.Occupation 4. Tel. 5. Country

Contact person Mr:Dave Thomas
(Email: davethomas.nokia.promo08@gmail.com
customercare.nokiatx@officeliveusers.com
Tel:+447045726458
He has been mandated to offer you assistance on how to get your prize

Congratulations once more, and keep trusting Nokia

Yours sincerely
Engr.Dave Thomas
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS
NOKIA(CONNECTING PEOPLE)

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