419 scam: NOKIA N'SERIES PROMOTION 2009 <ibague@lamega.com.co> NOKIA N'SERIES PROMOTION 2009

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "fiduciary 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)
- "00,000.00" (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.
- +447733768719

Fraud email example:

From: NOKIA N'SERIES PROMOTION 2009 <ibague@lamega.com.co>
Reply-To: keeganmorris08@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:32:17 -0500
Subject: NOKIA N'SERIES PROMOTION 2009

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FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGER
NOKIA N'SERIES PROMOTION
TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 21th
july,2009 from
the NOKIA 'N' SERIES NEW YEAR PROGRAM. Your e-mail was attached to
ticket number
1110008342, serial number 6028808. This batch draws the lucky numbers
as follows
4-13-7-37-1 bonus number 20, which consequently won the lottery in the First
category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum of GBP £1,000,000.00(ONE
MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS) in cash credit file ref NKN/UK 110241/01
from the
total cash prize of GBP £50,000,000.00(FIFTY MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS)
shared amongst 50 (Fifty) lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected through a sorting and filtering program designed
by NOKIA TECHNICAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT from 50,000,000 (Fifty Million) e-mail
addresses from the web in a bid to promote reliance on the telecommunication
industry as a global and convenient means of communication. This is
part of our
international promotions program which is conducted yearly to promote
the use of
mobile phones with the world as a global village.

NOKIA collects all the EMAIL I D of the people that subscribes to yahoomail,
msn, hotmail, aol, altavista, and others online, among the billions that
subscribe to us only Fifty people will be merge for winnings. we only select
fifty people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System
without the winner applying, we are congratulating you for having been one of
the lucky people that won for this month..

Your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative
office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your GBP
£1,000,000.00(ONE MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS) will be released to you by any
of our payment offices in Europe.

To file for your claim,Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for VALIDATION.

Mr Keegan Morris.
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order
Department,CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT.
TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Email:nokia092000@live.com
Tel: +44 773 376 8719

Note that all claims process must be duly completed early to avoid
impersonation
or double claim. Also to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your Reference/Ticket Numbers in any correspondences with our designated
agent.

SECURITY

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Thank you for being part of this promotional email lottery program.

Regards,
Dr Thomas Hadfield,
NOKIA! 2009 Lottery program.

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