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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand 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.
  • chrissirocco@mail.com

Fraud email example:

From: SUPERENALOTTOITALIA.COM <online_superenalotto@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: online_superenalottoclaims@gawab.com
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:11:08 +0100
Subject: URGENT FOR YOUR WINNINGS


ONLINE SUPERENALOTTO LOTTO COMMISSION
FROM: THE DESK OF LOTTERY DIRECTOR
REFERENCE NUMBER: SE/203/1200023
BATCH NUMBER: 5620032
ATTN: LUCKY WINNER,
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE
This is to inform you of the release of the Online superenalotto
Lottery International sweepstake lottery-promotion held on the
12th OF OCTOBER 2006, this result was initially delayed due to mix up of numbers
and addresses, the results were finally released on the 24TH OF OCTOBER
2006, and your name attached to ticket number BL-06-0021
with Serial number 02104-06, which drew the lucky numbers
of 67-31-25-05-75-07, which consequently won the lottery
in the 3rd category. You are therefore approved for a lump
sum payout of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS ONLY ( US$ 500 , 000 .00 ) in cash
accredited to file reference number: OBL/203/1200023,
This is from a total cash prize of TWELVE MILLION,
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS ONLY ( US$ 12, 500 , 000.00 ) Shared among the
Twenty-Five international winners in this category. TO CONFIRM
YOUR WINNING VERY WELL VISIT OUR WEBSITES
,www.superenalottoitalia.com and mladenmalik,www1.50megs.com/superenalotto.html
CONGRATULATIONS !
Your fund is now deposited in one of our accredited finance house
here in Italy insured in your favor. Due to mix up of some numbers
and names, we ask that you keep this award from public notice
until your claim has been processed and money remitted to your
account as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unwarranted abuse of this program by participants
as it has happened in the past.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot systems /
shopping ticket-foils and traveling ticket-foils and e-mail addresses
drawn from 45,000 Company names and individual names from Asia,
Australia, New Zealand, Europe, America, Africa and North America
as part of our annual-international promotional programs.
We hope that with this winning , you will be able to
participate in our next high stake promotion
of EURO 58,680,000.00
(FIFTY-EIGHT MILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND EUROS )
To begin your lottery claim, please contact your claims agent
, CHRIS SIROCCO on
chrissirocco@mail.com
. Remember all prize money must be claimed not later than
30TH OF SEPTEMBER 2006. After this date
, this fund will be returned to the next draws as unclaimed fund.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complication,
please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers
in every correspondence with your agent or us. Furthermore,
should there be any change of your address, do inform your
claim agent as soon as possible. Congratulation once agai
n from all members of our staff and thank you for being
part of our International promotion program.
Yours Sincerely
SANDRO MARINI
***************************************
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CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail communication
and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged
information for the use of the
designated recipients named above. If you are not
the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that
you have received this communication in error and
that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution
or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. If you have
received this communication in error, please notify the
Gaming Control Board immediately by e-mail at superenalottospa@chaseteam.com
and destroy all copies of this communication and any attachments

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