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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 COPORATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nokiapromclaimsdesk@admin.in.th>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:44:59 +0100
Subject: Notification


ATTENTION WINNER...
This is to inform you that you have been
selected for a cash prize of £500,000.00 GBP
(Five hundred thousand Great British Pounds)
from the Nokia Email Online Cyber Lotto
International programs held Febuary 2013, in
London United Kingdom. The selection process
was carried out through random selection in
our computerized email selection system (ESS)
from a database of over 250,000 email
addresses drawn from all the continents of
the world which you were selected. A New
Nokia N8 is included along with the winnings,
details will be sent on process claims.

To begin the processing of your prize you are
to fill the below form details and return
back to this office.

1. Name in full. ----------------------------

2. Address. ---------------------------------

3. Nationality.------------------------------

4. Age. -------------------------------------

5. Occupation.-------------------------------

6. Telephone Number. ------------------------

7. Short comment on our products. [Optional].


Claims office Details
Name of Claims Manager:Mr.James Hulk
Email address:nokiapromclaimsdesk@admin.in.th
Monile Number:+447024045004
=============================================
===================
Congratulations again from all our staff and
thank you for being part of our promotional
program.

Mr. Leonard Jesse
NOKIA COPORATION PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
UNITED KINGDOM

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