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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.

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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million 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)
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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: lotteria award <italia.lotteria19@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <enrico_mancini512@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 05:54:49 -0400
Subject: Congratulations!!! You have won



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Dear Sir/Madam,
Lotteria Italia is happy to inform you that today is your lucky day!Lotteria Italia is required to disburse the award of $1.000.000.00 (One Million United States Dollars) to the correct recipient, but we must verify that you are the owner of the selected email address before we can send this money to you. This cash prize must be claimed not later than the 25thof July 2007. After this date all unclaimed prizes will be declared void. Claimants must be over 20 years of age. All claims must abide by the claim rules stated in our official page. Click here to view rules: or copy
and paste it in your browser.You must read the rules and understand them before responding.
http://claimrules4linktncitalianolotterie1asax.biz.ly/index1.htm

Name........Address......Ref.Number.....Telephone Number....
To submit your claim for verification, contact your claim agent.Contact person:Enrico ManciniEmail: enrico_mancini512@yahoo.itYour Claim Ref Nr. OCH-60/HOA/2007 in conjunction with your email address
is yours and yours alone, and has not been issued to any other person. Quote it when replying.You must act before the deadline date stated above or your claim will be void.You have received this message from Lotteria Italia prize disbursement
department because you have visited one of our sponsored sites and havevoluntarily given your email address to receive mails from their sponsors.There is no cost to submit your claim, and no further obligation on your part to Lotteria Italia.
Sincerely,Prize Disbursement DepartmentLotteria Italia.We want to make sure that any user who wants to be removed from the mailing list is removed from our system immediately.To stop receiving mail, visit our unsubscribe page for immediateremoval. 2000-2007 Copyright. Lotteriaitalia- Tutti i diritti riservati - E' vietata la copia.. We respect your right to privacy.

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