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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <darrenhulkoffice@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 08:42:00 -0700
Subject: RE: CONGRATULATIONS WINNER !!!

Dear winner,

Congratulations, Your email have been selected among the five lucky-winners of the Nokia Mobile Company Ltd United Kingdom, for 1,000.000.00 USD.(ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY)

The 2014 Prize award of Nokia Mobile Company is no doubt, a momentous achievement in the history of this Organization.

Kindly read and understand that, you are advice to complete the below required details and forward it to us through the following e-mail
address: (darrenhulkoffice@gmail.com) for the processing and remitting of your price money.

Please provide the below required information to enable us commence with the procession and payment of your won prize fund.

*******************************************************
Full Name
Country
Mobile Number
Nationality
Address
House Telephone
Age
Sex
Marital Status
**********************************************

Kind Regards,
Mr. Mr. Darren Hulk
+447418479451
(Chief Award Executive Officer Nokia Company Limited United Kingdom).

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