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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million united states dollars" (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.
  • en_bonino@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Superenalotto <superena.loto@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:57:49 GMT
Subject: You won!



"RUOTA DI ROMA" (WHEEL OF ROME)



SUPERENALOTTO

YOU HAVE WON,

WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW TYPES OF GAMES, WITH THE USHERING IN OF ON-LINE TECHNOLOGY AND WITH THE PERMITS ISSUED UNDER EU LAW TO EU COUNTRIES TO COMPETE FOR CONCESSION TO RUN GAMES IN ITALY AND ON THE INTERNET and with the permits issued under EU law to EU countries to compete for concessions to run games in Italy and on the internet, we are launching our first international program:

“Ruota di Roma” (Wheel of Rome)

We are running a program where instead of bought tickets and numbers in the ballots we use email addresses. All contestants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from email addresses taken from all over the world. You have received this message from SuperenaLotto prize dept. because you have visited one of our sponsored sites and have voluntarily given your email address to receive mails from their sponsors.

>From the results of the Wheel of Rome draw that took place on the 15TH of August 2006. Your E-mail address has come up as one of the winners; you have therefore won the sum of One Million United States Dollars
(US $1,000,000, 00). This is from a total cash prize of Ten Million United States Dollars (USD$10,000,000.00) shared amongst Ten Lucky Winners in the Category A+.


This cash prize must be claimed not later than the 5th of September 2006. After this date all unclaimed prizes will be declared void. Claimants must be over 20 years of age. All entries must adhere to the “Ruota di Roma” (Wheel of Rome) Terms and conditions stated in our official page. To view the terms click on this link: http://terms.50webs.com/index.html or paste it in your browser.



You must read the terms and conditions and understand them before responding. After reading the terms and conditions, contact your processing agent to file for your claim under reference number:
AMR/08-IL1131/06.
Mr. Ernesto Bonino.
Email: en_bonino@excite.com

You are to quote your winning reference number when responding.
NEVER SEND SPAM. IT IS BAD.

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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam