419 scam: Generosa Erichsen <evalftorws@hotmail.es> Your Lottery Prize

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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:

The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "yahoo/msn lottery inc" (no such lottery exists)
- "yahoo/msn lottery" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "manuelborr@hotmail.es" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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!

Fraud email example:

From: Generosa Erichsen <evalftorws@hotmail.es>
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 17:24:38 +0200
Subject: Your Lottery Prize

We are pleased to inform you today 18TH of MAY 2010,in respect of the=
just conducted lottery draw, a lump sum pay out of =A31,500,000.00 (=
One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) has been awarded t=
o your email ID, by the YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE PROMO PR=
OGRAMME, held on the 1st of MAY 2010.You have there fore been approve=
d of =A31,500,000.00 in cash credited to file YML/26510460037/10. To=
file for your claim, please contact our claims agent;

Name : Manuel Borreria
Email : manuelborr@hotmail.es

Provide him with the information below:

Serial number..................... YML099876
Lucky number......................YM9-21-17-39-23-13(20)
Ticket number......................YM0098876

1.Full Name:
2.Full Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.State:
10.Telephone Number:

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Generosa Erichsen
Online Co-ordinator

N/B. Please do send your response to manuelborr@hotmail.es.Mails to e=
valftorws@hotmail.es will be unattended.

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