419 scam: "KOOLE"<mikkymorgan@yahoo.co.uk> Congratulations ! ! !

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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 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.
- nnokiapromo555@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "KOOLE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nnokiapromo555@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 03.53.32 +0100
Subject: Congratulations ! ! !

Congratulations:

Nokia is giving out Billions of Dollars despite the economic distress the company is passing through presently,in a bid to win back the confidence and trust of their valuable customers like you and to relaunch back into the world market as No1 leading mobile phone producers.

This Nokia Email Promo Draw was organised to archive this objective and to reward all our precious customers for their persistence and consistence for believing in Nokia,so your Email Address was among the lucky winning Email Addresses that was randomly selected across the world

Your email has just won the sum of $2,000,000.00(Two milliom U.S Dollars) in cash credited to a file in the just concluded Nokia Promo draw. Your e-mail address attached to: Winning numbers 12-10-31-29-15-18-32, Bonus Number. ( 13) FILE NUMBER: NWP398728. You would be provided with an online account in which the fund will be credited and then you can log on to any computer anywhere in the world and transfer the fund to your desired bank account.

Please do furnish us with the under listed informations,for verification of your identity and please state your winning numbers,file numbers and the Bonus number for authentication.(NOTE.....Please keep this informations away from the public,for case of double winners of the same numbers will be disqualified)

Send the following information below to Fiduciary Agent:
1. Full Name
2. Address:
3.Age/Gender
4. Occupation
5.Nationality
6.Phone Number

Thanks for your patronage and we wait to hear from you soon,congratulations once again.

Agent Maxwell Owen
Email: nnokiapromo555@gmail.com

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