419 scam: Rudolf International Lotto <rudolf.internationallotto01@gmail.com

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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")
- "claims 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 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.
- rudolf.internationallotto@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Rudolf International Lotto <rudolf.internationallotto01@gmail.com >
Reply-To: rudolf.internationallotto@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:32:55 -0500
Subject: Dear Winner,

Rudolf International Lotto
124 Stockport Road,
Longsight,
Manchester M60 2DB
United Kingdom

Dear winner,

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Eight Hundred,Twenty Thousand Great Britain Pounds (£820,000,00.) for the month of February, 2015 Prize

promotion which is organized by Rudolf International Lotto.

Rudolf International Lotto collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from

other e-mail providers. Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM.

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. Rudolf International Lotto Prize Award must be claimed not later than 28days from the date of Draw

Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

Stated below are your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2006234522
PIN: 1206

Winning Number: 01-14-04-30-05-48

These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in Manchester and send your winning identification numbers to

him;

Agent Name: Mr. Louis Holmes

Email: rudolf.internationallotto@gmail.com

You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to facilitate the release of of your fund to you.

1. Full name...............................

2. Country..................................
3. Contact Address.....................
4. Telephone Number.................

5. fax Number............................
5. Marital Status.........................
6. Occupation.............................

7. My Date of birth......................
8. Sex.................................
9.Batch Number.................................
10.Reference Number.................................
11.Pin Number................................
12. Winning Number................................
13.Amount Won................................

Congratulations!! once again.

Yours in service,

Dr. (Mrs.) Barbara J. Knowles .
==========================================================================
WARNING!

Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim.

You may also receive similar e-mails from people potraying to be other Organizations or Rudolf International Lotto . This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, Kindly delete it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body. Rudolf International Lotto shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned.

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