419 scam: "LUCKY DAY LOTTO"<luckdday@gmail.com> YOUR FINAL NOTIFICATION!!!

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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:
- "netherlands gaming board"
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claim 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.
- luckdday@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "LUCKY DAY LOTTO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <luckydday@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 04:05:03 +0200
Subject: YOUR FINAL NOTIFICATION!!!

LUCKY DAY LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
claim department,
Postbus 3074
2280 GB Rijswijk,
Netherlands.
www.luckyday.nl

Dear Winner,
The LUCKYDAY INTERNATIONAL B.V is approved by the Netherlands Gaming Board and also licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators I.A.G international emails.. Held on the 1st of december, 2012. All winnings must be claim not later than april 25th, 2013,
after this date, unclaimed funds will be returned to the luckyday Lotto. NL

Your email address won the lottery of our on-going end of the year programme for a total pay-out of ?850,000.00 EURO no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.
Please remember to always quote your reference number and batch numbers when applying for your winnings which are written below:

1, Batch Number: 365-4463-1233
2, Ref Number: 5117/STNL/55
3, Lucky Number: 3-4557-219-34

To file for your claim, please contact your claim agent with the below details

**************************
Name: Mr.Tod Bradley
Tel: (+31)644-010-629
E-mail: luckdday@aol.com

**************************
In other to claim your ?850,000.00 EURO prize winning, you will have to fill the form below and send it back for verification and then you will be directed how to go about your winning.

NAME:……………………………….
AGE:………………………………….
SEX:………………………………….
ADDRESS:………………………….
EMAIL:………………………………
PHONE:……………………………..
OCCUPATION:…………………….
COMPANY:…………………………
COUNTRY:………………………….

CONGRATULATIONS!
CALL NOW TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE

Yours faithfully,
Mrs Eava Van Boer
Online coordinator
Sweepstakes International Program.

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