419 scam: "Sir Jones Benenati"<info@giga.ocn.ne.jp> Treat as Urgent !!

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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")
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.
- botteonmariarosa@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sir Jones Benenati" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <botteonmariarosa@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:02:52 +0300
Subject: Treat as Urgent !!

Veneto Internationale Sweepstakes Lottery
Headquarters:
Marcolo Scozzi way,
Viani Meido 59-66,
66 Veneto,
Italy.

We happily announce to you the draw (#91) held on Wednesday, 2nd August 2017.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564756545 188
with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 02,19,28,33,44,49,21.which subsequently won you the jackpot prize. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $1.2M (One million,Two hundred Thousand United States Dollar) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/01.
All participants of the online version were selected randomly through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place yearly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative In view of this, your $1.200,000 would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Mrs. Mariarosa Botteon
Email: botteonmariarosa@gmail.com

Provide her with the information below:

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

That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared , You would be required to show an instrument of identification i.e. Drivers License or International passport. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
Good luck from me and members of staff of the Veneto Sweepstakes.

Yours faithfully,
Sir Jones Benenati.
Online Co-ordinator for Veneto Internationale Sweepstakes Lottery.

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