419 scam: ".."<sawuesllto@aim.com> LOTTO BENEFICIARY

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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")
- ",000,000" (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)
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.
- audwue@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ".." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <saeseo@aim.com>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 01:43:51 +0200
Subject: LOTTO BENEFICIARY

Spanish Free Lotto
Madird, Spain

PRIZE AWARD WINNER 2010 EDITION,

We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement that you are one of our first quarter winners of the Spanish Free LOTTERY

The selection was made from the list of over 990,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the Internet, no tickets were sold.

The Spanish Free lottery 2010 is proudly sponsored by the Telefonica telecommunication, Coca Cola, Nokia, MTN, the Intel Group, Toyota, Toshiba, Dell computers.To Simply encourage the use of Internet and computers.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of three winners in the category "B" with the following winning information's: You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,000,000 Eur (One Million Euro Only).

REF No: ES/File-701934

Information's required from you as part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. To claim your won prize, please contact our Foreign Transfer Manager Mr. ALEJANDRO FELIPA neatly filling the verification and fund release form below.

Sincerely,
Fiduciary Agent,
RODRIGUEZ HENDEZ
Tel:34-602-120-034
Fax:34-911-311-879
Email: audwue@aim.com

Payment Processing Form:

1.Full names:____________________
2.Address:_______________________
3.Sex:___________________________
4.Age:___________________________
5.Occupation:____________________
6.E-mail address:________________
7.Telephone number:_________Fax__
8.Nationality________________________

NOTE: Please be warned, your winning and its entire information are to be kept strictly confidential, this is to avoid previous bad experience this program has suffered, such as abuse of this program by other Internet user who use the name of this company for unscrupulous activities and double claiming of winning entitlement because of insecurity of winning information on the part of beneficiaries. Always call to ensure you are dealing with the right office.

Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the Spanish Lottery Board Commission.

Yours Sincerely,
MRS.Elena Gomez.
Spanish Lotto COORDINATOR
Visit our website at http://www.freelotto.com

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