419 scam: "Elisa Masimo (L'ITA)"<zonal.claims@o2.pl> Reminder on Your Unclaimed 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:

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:
- "with your full names" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand us dollars" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Elisa Masimo (L'ITA)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <elisamasimo@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:08:33 +0200
Subject: Reminder on Your Unclaimed Prize

Attention,

Your email address has won you a grand prize award of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars in our
just concluded promotional draw held in Rome - Italy. However, several notification email has been sent to you
without response, you are hereby advise to reconfirm the receipt of this email by replying back to us with your
full names, telephone number, full address, nationality, occupation for more details on how to claims your prize sum.

These Information will enable us process your winning.

Note that you have 14 days to claims your prize from today.

Thanks for your co-operation,

Yours Faithfully,

Elisa Masimo.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam