419 scam: NOKIA E SERIES PROMO <nokia_claim_dept1@live.com> CONFIRMATORY LETTER FROM THE LOTTERY BOARD

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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:

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)
- "nokia_claim_dept1@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +2348064115253 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: NOKIA E SERIES PROMO <nokia_claim_dept1@live.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:40:06 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONFIRMATORY LETTER FROM THE LOTTERY BOARD

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

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 30TH of March,2010. from the NOKIA 'E' SERIES PROMOTION. 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 Monthly to promote the use of mobile phones with the world as a global village.
NOKIA collects all the E MAIL 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 last 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 Jeffery Anderson.
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order
Department,CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT.
TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON , UNITED KINGDOM
Email:nokia_claim_dept1@live.com
Tel +2348064115253

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,
Mrs Venter Marvin
NOKIA! 2010 Lottery program

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