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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:

Fraud email example:

From: SuperEna Lotto Italia <fasec@ceplac.gov.br>
Reply-To: <luping1@live.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:47:22 +0100
Subject: Attention:Ref No:/SL-IT/081142

SuperEna Lotto Italia 2012
PREMIO DEPARTMENT,
EDIZIONE DEL INTERNET,
Corso Potenza 98,
00281 Rome,
Italy.


Attention:Ref No:/SL-IT/081142
Batch No:SL/08/6181

We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our recent ITALIAN NATIONAL SUPERENALOTTO
DRAWS held on the 12th of February,2012. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 27511465896-6410
with serial number 4204-777 drew lucky numbers 5-21-23-34-61-72 which consequently won in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,500,000.00 {One Million Five Hundred
Thousand Euros}.

To file your claim, you are to contact your accredited claims
officer (Mrs.Giuseppina Luciano) with your information as follows:

1. Full Names..................
2. Residential Address............
3. Phone Number............
4. Fax Number...............
5. Occupation................
6. Sex........... ..............
7. Age...........................
8. Nationality..... ...........

================================================
Claims Officer: Mrs.Giuseppina Luciano
Email Address: mrsgiuseppina@hotmail.com
TELE/FAX:+39-06-6051-31591
===============================================

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs.Anita Pedro
LOTTERY COORDINATOR
For; SuperEna Lotto Italia
************************************************************

You are receiving this email because your email was selected through our
latest on-line ballot system from a list of email users whose email account
where active and the time of the draw.If you do not wish to claim your
winnings,and do not wish to receive further notice from us please inform
us so that we can delete your email from our data base.
TM.SuperEnalotto 2012 © Copyright SISAL S.p.A

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