419 scam: "NOKIA INT’L’"<JMONICHETTI@aol.com> Dear Lucky Winner

joewein.net

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

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:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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.
- +447700018055

Fraud email example:

From: "NOKIA INT’L’" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lisam3@one.co.il>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 02:43:08 -0700
Subject: Dear Lucky Winner

NOKIA INT’L’ AWARD PROMOTION 2011

NOKIA CO-OPERATION UNITED KINGDOM

Nokia House. Summit Avenue South wood

Farnborough Hampshire GU14 0NAG.

United Kingdom.

Dear Lucky Winner,

NOKIA INT’L AWARD PROMO 2011

This is an e - mail notification to inform you that Your ( Email Address) has won you a cash prize of ( £590,000 British Pounds) Five Hundred and Ninety thousand British Pounds Stealing (Only ) Free Nokia Phones from selected Nokia phones with the latest Free Gift ( 6790 Surge Nokia , Nokia 5730 XpressMusic , Nokia 6730 Classic , Nokia 8800, and Nokia E71 ) On our online award Sweepstakes promotional draws 2011 in England ,Reference Number NPDC- 081511.Batch Number EUM QY-3LJ4. Ticket Number 085-MXW9.Serial Number 20910. United Kingdom. The online cyber draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25, 000, 000 email addresses of Individuals and Corporate Bodies Picked by an advanced automated random computer selection from the web. And You are one of the (10) Ten lucky winners. IN OTHER TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE WINNING, KINDLY CONTACT YOUR TRUSTED/TESTED CLAIM AGENT Dr. (Mrs.) LISA MORGAN.

Yours Sincerely.

These are your identification Claim numbers

Ref Number: Nawaprom uk-11/9765

Batch Number: pomo/4445/nokia-011

Ticket Number: 908796554100

Serial Number: 0000611

Tel: +44-770-001-8055

Nokia Co-operation,

United Kingdom

Email:lisam3@one.co.il

Your Personal information needed are these,

Full name:

Address:

Age:

Occupation:

Mobile Number:

Country Origin:

Next Of Kin:

Sex:

Name of your bank:

Account Number:

Nb: You should forward the filled form to your processing officer

Dr. (Mrs.) Lisa Morgan email:lisam3@one.co.il

For him to expedite your fund release immediately because she is the only person Nokia Company authorized to handle your claim prize for the trust we have on her and your prize winning must pay to you in full payment for your notice.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam