419 scam: "Luckyday Lotto"<info@luckyday.nl> Email user

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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:

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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
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: "Luckyday Lotto" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info@freelotoweb.nl>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:00:27 +0100
Subject: Email user

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of our Nederland’s Lucky Day Lottery International Internet Program that was conducted on the 25th day of March 2011, and release today the 21st of April 2011. Your electronic mail address which we attach to the program Ref No: NBL4108-11 and Serial Number: ABL52608 has been selected among the lucky recipient to apply for an approved payment claim of 950,000:00 Euros only (NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS) being the beneficiary of this email address. All participants were selected randomly through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand mail addresses from Canada, Australia, Belgium, Nederland, Arab, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery is being promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of Multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. You are hereby advice to contact our Payment department for the processing of your winning documents for the release of your winning funds, with below stated details.

We expect you to provide them with details of the information below, for the processing of your winning documents.

1). Full Names:..................
2). Residential Address: ........
3). Occupation:..................
4). Sex:.........................
5). Phone/Fax Numbers:...........
6). Country of Resident:.........
7). Nationality: ................
8). Reference Number:............
9). Serial Number:...............
10). Amount Won:.................
11). Your winning Email Address..........
12). A scan or Fax Copy of any Valid Proof of your Identification like International Passport or Driver's License:................

Sincerely,
Mr.Read Ludwig.
Tel: +31-208 932 947
Fax: +31-108 920 765
Email:info@freelottweb.nl

Congratulations once again on your winning!

Online coordinator
L.A.A. van Berkel
Visit our website at: http://www.luckyday.nl

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