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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "fondazione di vittorio" (not involved with lotteries)
  • "vittorio fondazione" (not involved with lotteries)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Dino luciano"<dino@luciano.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:10:29 -0800
Subject: ****SPAM(6.5)**** Notification of Cash Aid of US$250,000.00


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Content preview: VITTORIO FONDAZIONE. Corso Ercole I d'Este 44, Ferrara =
44100
- Italy. Foundation's Officer, Fondazion Di Vittorio, ITALY http://www=
.fondazionedivittorio.it
Concern. The Foundazion di Vittorio, would like to notify you that you=
have
been chosen by the board of trustees as one of he final recipients of =
a cash
grant/Donation for your own personal, educational, and business develo=
pment.
The Fondazione Di Vittorio, established 1977 by the Multi-Million grou=
ps
and now supported by the Economic Community for West African States (EC=
OWAS),
United Nations Organization (UNO) and the European Union (EU) was conc=
eived
with the objective of human growth,educational, and community developm=
ent.
[...]=20

Content analysis details: (6.5 points, 5.0 required)

pts rule name description
---- ---------------------- ---------------------------------------------=
-----
0.1 RDNS_NONE Delivered to trusted network by a host with n=
o rDNS
2.1 DATE_IN_FUTURE_06_12 Date: is 6 to 12 hours after Received: date
0.0 BAYES_50 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 40 to 60%
[score: 0.5000]
1.3 MSOE_MID_WRONG_CASE MSOE_MID_WRONG_CASE
3.0 FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK Forged mail pretending to be from MS Outlook

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam