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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.
• 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.
  • iisetrust211@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: IISE TRUST <info@iisetrust.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 19:17:26 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: NOTE


TALY SUPER ENALOTTO
Salita della Spalliera,
4 - 38100 Trento (TN)
Italy.
Ref: IISE/05OXI/91
Batch: 12/25/0304
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to announce to you as one of the 10 lucky winners in
this year`s Italy Super Ena Lotto award draws sponsored by FERARRI
Company ITALY.
The draws was held on September 16th 2006. All 10 winning
addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000
international emails.Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a
category
"A" consulation prize winner in this year's Annual Italy Super Ena
Lotto Draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
€ 998,873.08 (Nine Hundred and Ninety Eight Thousand, Eight Hundred and
Seventy Three Euro) only in certified bank cheque. The following
particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
(i) Winning numbers: 4-11-44-52-72-82-21
(ii) Email tagnumber: IISE754/22/76
(iii) Lotto code number: IISE09622IT
(iv) File Ref number: IISE/05OXI/91
(V) Batch: 12/25/0304
Please contact the underlisted Claims Officer as soon as possible for
the
immediate release of your winnings:
Mr. Gianni Perez
The IISE Trust
Chief Claims Officer,
The Italy Super EnaLotto company
Email: iisetrust211@sify.com
N.B: Please endeavour to quote your Reference number in all
correspondence
with the Claims Officer. Winners must send their Full Names, Address,
Telephone Number and means of identification (international passport,
drivers licence or work I'D card) to Chief Claims Officer, via email to
process the immediate payment of your prize.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!Once again on behalf of all our staff,
Sincerely,
Rivero Panucci (Mr)
Promotions Manager
The Italy Super EnaLotto Company
Italy & Europe.
===========================================================
The Italy Super Ena Lotto Awards is proudly sponsored by some
interested
multinational companies yearly as a medium to promote their
products.The
Italy Super Ena Lotto internet draw is held once in a year and is so
organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers
worldwide.We
are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more
than
150 countries worldwide.
===========================================================
THE IISE TRUST

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