419 scam: "ITALIAN SUPERENALOTTO 2010" <bcket2@live.com> (no subject)

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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:
- "claims office" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "bcket1@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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: "ITALIAN SUPERENALOTTO 2010" <bcket2@live.com>
Reply-To: bcket1@live.com
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:32:06 +0100 (IST)
Subject:

ITALIAN SUPERENALOTTO 2010
PREMIO DEPARTMENT,
EDIZIONE DEL INTERNET,
VIA GARIBALDI 35,
21000 ROME,
ITALY.
14th October,2011

Dear Winner,
RE: NOTIFICA DEL PREMIO:CONGRATULAZIONI!!!
We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our recent ITALIAN
NATIONAL SUPERENALOTTO DRAWS held on the 13th Sept,2011 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}.Note that all
participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly
through a computer ballot system drawn from over 200,000 companies and
30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and web
sites.
This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and
sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei, Italia
prime minister, FIAT, TAMOIL and other corporate organizations. This
is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.
For security purposes and clarity we advise that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims have been processed and
your money remitted to you.
This program is strictly for international participants ONLY!
You have to send following details in order to fascilitate the
processing and release of your winning.

Name: ...........................................
Nationality:.....................................
Contact Address..................................
Country of residence: ...........................
Tel number: .....................................
Occupation: .....................................
Sex: ............................................
Date Of Birth:...................................
Winning E-mail Address:.........................

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.You are
requested to contact your claims officer Mrs ELISABETTA CHIARA , to
assistyou with the processing of your winnings and subsequent payments. Email
address:(bcket1@live.com)
All winnings must be claimed not later than one month after the date
of this notice.Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications,endeavor to quote your serial number and lucky numbers
in all correspondence.
Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our
promotional program.
NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF
AGE.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs ELISABETTA CHIARA
LOTTERY COORDINATOR.

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