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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand united states 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!
• 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.
  • agentwilliam06@netscape.net
  • sizallotto@zwallet.com
  • postmaster_sizal@virgilio.it

Fraud email example:

From: SIZAL LOTTO <sizallotto@zwallet.com>
Reply-To: sizalclaims@zwallet.com
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 04:17:57 +0100
Subject: Congratulations, You Have Won US$500,000.00


FROM: THE DIRECTOR,
E-MAIL COMPUTER GENERATED DRAWS
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
SIZAL LOTTO INTERNATIONAL
REFERENCE NUMBER :SIZAL/SL-000234/34/SZL-06
BATCH NUMBER : SIZAL/234167 /SZL/05-10
***************************************************************************************************************
Congratulations as we bring to your notice, the results of the first ever
e-mail computer generated draws, conducted by SIZAL INTERNATIOANAL LOTTERY
( Electronic Division of Sisal Lotto ). We are happy to inform you that you
have emerged a 2nd Category winner under the first ever e-mail computer
generated draws held in Italy on the 28th day of January 2006 and results
released on the 30th January, 2006 which is part of our promotional draws.
The draws were held prior to your notification as your e-mail address was
among the e-mail addresses generated by the computer. Participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 4,000,000
names/email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America,
Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our
2006 International Promotions Program.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 25751105 with serial number
018798 drew the lucky numbers 31-40-25-67-41,75(04), and consequently won in
the 2nd Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars( US$500,000.00 ) This is from the
total prize money of Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand united States
Dollars ( $7,500,000.00 ) shared among the fifteen ( 15 ) international
winners in this category.
***************************************************************************************************************
CONGRATULATIONS!
We also wish to bring to your notice that you stand a chance of winning up
to $12Million in our end of year promotional mega million ticket draws. we
hope that with a part of your prize, you will participate as you are
automatically drawn by in the end of year sweep stake as a winner in first
ever e-mail computer generated draws.
You are hereby advised to contact your claims agent as soon as possible for
speedy processing and remittance of your prize money . Remember, you must
contact your agent not later the 31st of March, 2006.
CLAIMS AGENT:
MR. KEN WILLIAMS
agentwilliam06@netscape.net
NOTE: For easy reference and identification you are to state your reference
and batch identification numbers in all your correspondence to your claims
agent.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our program.
Sincerely,
MICHELLE DORTHEY
THE DIRECTOR,
FROM: THE DIRECTOR,
E-MAIL COMPUTER GENERATED DRAWS
SIZAL LOTTO INTERNATIONAL
sizallotto@zwallet.com
VIALE GORBO DORA 20, 50100 FIRENZE, ITALY.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the Winners will result to
disqualification.
**** PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL **** FOR ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING
YOUR WINNING STATUS, ENQUIRY AND PROCEDURES, SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO YOUR
CLAIMS AGENT.
(TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY) SISAL INTERNATIONAL, SBN: (20080109217) is
licensed as a ITALIAN Gaming and lottery Financial Service Company, Licensed
under the Corporations Act 2001. The ITALIAN Securities and Investments
Commission (ISIC) administer this License according to the Corporations Law
and the Financial Services Reform legislation.
***************************************************************************************************************
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail communication and any attachments may
contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the
designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient,
you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error
and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of
it or its contents is prohibited. If you have received this communication in
error, please notify the Gaming Control Board immediately by e-mail at
postmaster_sizal@virgilio.it and destroy all copies of this communication
and any attachments

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