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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: "UK NOKIA AWARD PROMOTION 2010" <info@nokiapromo.com>
Reply-To: james.allen2010@btinternet.com
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 00:44:59 +0800
Subject: Nokia Email Promotion 2010

We are pleased to inform you, on the result of the NOKIA AWARD email promotion
program conducted by the NOKIA HEAD OFFICE which your Email Id was selected as
one of our winners. Your email is among the 4 Lucky winners that WON £650,000,
00 Great British Pounds each on the UK NOKIA ONLINE PROMO 2010 PROGRAM.

To file for your claim, you are required to Provide us with the information
below For verification and winning processing:

Full Name:...............................
Permanent house address:.................
Country of resident:.....................
Phone Number:............................
Age:.....................................
Sex:............................... ......
Occupation:..............................

CLAIMS OFFICER CONTACT DETAILS:
Contact Person: Mr. James Allen,
Email: james.allen2010@btinternet.com

Accept our heartily congratulations once again.

online Co-ordinator,
Sir Wilson Anderson,
UK NOKIA AWARD PROMOTION.

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