419 scam: Nokia Email Award Promotions <nkservices@aim.com> Nokia Email Award Promo.

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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.
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.
- +27781603853 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- derek.nicholson@execs.com (Execs; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Nokia Email Award Promotions <nkservices@aim.com>
Reply-To: nokia.promo@safrica.com
Date: Sun, 08 May 2011 21:24:30 -0500
Subject: Nokia Email Award Promo.

Nokia Mobile Tele Communications,
Email Award Notifications 2011,
Nokia Building 102 Princess Drive,
Stamford Sw1v 3Dw,
United Kingdom.
================================================================================
The prestigious Nokia Tele Communications wishes to inform you that your
e-mail address emerged as one of their online lucky Winners selected from
our private computerized lottery drawn here in London,Therefore,your email
has won R950,000,00(Nine Hundred And Fifty Thousand South Africa Rand)And
this process was carried out through a random selection in our
Computerized Email Selection System (C.E.S.S.)from a data base of over
a million email addresses from the South Africa web.This promotion was
set-up to encourage the active Nokia users.
================================================================================
For claims,you are advised to contact our South Africa designated
Consultant with the following details below.
================================================================================
Nokia South Africa Consultant,
Derek Nicholson(Mr)
Email:derek.nicholson@execs.com
Direct Tel No:+27781603853

Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence to our
consultant office.

Batch No:NK/1512/UK/SAR
Ref No:NK/MB/17//2010/UK/SA
File No:UN/SA003
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VERIFICATIONS AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM.
(1) Your Full Names:
(2) Your Tel/Mobile Number:
(3) Your Nationality:
(4) Date Of Birth:
(5) Your contact Address:
(6) Occupation:

================================================================================
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your
prize has been released to you to avoid misappropriation of claims.

Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this program.

Helen Clarks(Dr),
Online Co-coordinator.

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