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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: "NOKIA COMPANY LONDON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <MS.SARAHANDERSONNOKIAPROMOTION@linuxmail.org>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 23:09:57 +0530
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!KINDLY OPEN ATTACHMENT FOR MORE DETAILS.


YOUR EMAIL ID WAS AMONG THE LUCKY ID THAT WON THE NOKIA PRIZE AWARD.
NOKIA E-MAIL DRAW 2011
NOKIA CO-OPERATION
22 GARDEN CLOSE STAMFORD
LICE PE92YP,LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM,ENGLAND.

Ref No: 89930NKB2
Batch No: NA8645600CK91
Winning No: 0091988GSNKCK706
Bonus No:15


Dear Winner,

This is to inform you that Nokia is Celebrating (16 YEARS) Anniversary in the United Kingdom and a general award is currently conducted by draws. This is done annually to promote individuals not for NOKIA users alone and for all e-mail users worldwide. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,000 companies and personal e-mails. So your email is your online automatic ticket that qualified you for this draw, no tickets were sold. Our winning notification is sent via e-mails to all lucky e-mails winners and your e-mail address falls among the (20) lucky e-mails addresses for you to receive our winning notification e-mails as you have indicated.

Your e-mail address attached to Ref No: 89930NKB2, with Batch No: NA8645600CK91 drew the Winning No: 0091988GSNKCK706 Bonus No:15. won you Seven Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds (GBP700,000.00) Only. In ongoing NOKIA Celebrating (2011) Anniversary. You are to fill and submit the verification form below to our company in UK for release of your fund and within 48hrs you will receive an e-mail on how to proceed with your claims. Below is your contact agent address you have the option to visit his office and claim your place or fill the form below and send it to him through his Email address below.

CONTACT AGENT:
Dr. Jerry Mill
NOKIA PROCESSING AGENT
Office ADDRESS: 456/8 Oxford Street Manchester,
M60 7HA England.
EMAIL: 2011NOKIAPROCESSINGAGENT@consultant.com
PHONE: +44 70100 45978
FAX: +44 70100 45287

Kindly furnish Dr. Jerry Mill with below information's immediately.

Full name :--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Address : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Amount Won :--------------------------------------------------------------
Date of Birth :----------------------------------------------------------------------
Occupation :------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mobile Number :------------------------------------------------------------------
Citizenship :------------------------------------------------------------------------
Next Of Kin:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-mail:------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sex : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Religion : --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Congratulations!!! once again

Regards,
Prof. Dr. Henning Kagermann
Director Nokia Company London
PhD in Theoretical Physics
(Technical University of Brunswick).
Co-CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of SAP AG 2008-2009.
CEO of SAP 2003-2008.
Co-chairman of the Executive Board of SAP 1998-2003

WARNING :...
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Note: Any unclaimed prize will be returned to the treasury of nokia company. You are advised to keep your winning details strictly to yourself and not share it with any individual or firm to avoid sophistication's of your prize.








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