419 scam: "LOTTERY"<docflow@gioc.kiev.ua> NOTIFICATION 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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims 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)
- "00,000.00" (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.
- giuilianopecorari@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTTERY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pecorarigiuiliano@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 14:25:55 -0700
Subject: NOTIFICATION PRIZE

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MEGA NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION
Via Benedetto Croce
00142 Roma RM
Reference Number: IT 010105AUG
Batch: AUG/1051/06
Sir / Madam
We happily announce to you the draw (#954) of the MEGA NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
013-2316-2002-577 with Serial Number: A025-09, Drew lucky numbers: (13)-(43)-(06)-(15)-
(02)-(40) bonus # (09). Which consequently won in the 2nd category. You have therefore been
Approved to claim a total sum of 1,400,000.00 (One Million four hundred thousand Euro ) shared among
the first ten (10) lucky winners in this category.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 300,000
Companies and 40,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your Winning information
Confidential until your claims have been processed and your money paid out to you. This is
Part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program
by some participants.
To file for your claims, please contact our CLAIM AGENT and do not forget to
Summit the following to our Claim Agent.
(1) Your Full Names:
(2) Telephone Number:
(3) Reference Number:
(4) Contact Adresss
CLAIMS AGENT
MR.GIULIANO PECORARI
Tel .+ 39 35 126 158 46
Email: giuilianopecorari@aol.com
Please, be aware that our Paying Bank will remit Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory
Report , Verifications and validations provided by our processing Agent that would be
designated to your file. Remember, all winning must be CLAIMED not later than 24th of
AUGUST 2020. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.
Please note that in other to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote
your reference information in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any eventual
change of information please inform our Agent as quickly as possible. Congratulations once
more from our members of staff and thanks for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 16 is automatically disqualified. Members of the affiliate
Agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Catherine Jones.
Games / Lottery Coordinator.
Central Europe Zone

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