419 scam: "Summerset Lottery Promoters"<david.ephraim@live.com> Summerset Award Winning Notification-Congratulations

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "foreign service manager" (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)
- "fortuna.seguridad@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!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +34675236110 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Summerset Lottery Promoters" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fortuna.seguridad@live.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:42:29 +0100
Subject: Summerset Award Winning Notification-Congratulations

SUMMERSET INTERNATIONAL LOTTO S.A
FROM:GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS.
CALLE ANTONIO 4B 12001,MADRID-SPAIN.

FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.

REF/LG/DEX56750/09
BATCH/90162-01-11/GAFK

RE:BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded final draws of SUMMERSET INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD held on the 20th August, 2007. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 35,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet in appreciation of our annual summer visitors to Spain. No tickets were sold.

Your name attached to the ticket number 910-22-414-892-390 with serial number 11993-11078 drew the lucky numbers 1144-221-493-124-781 which consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the category "B" with the following:You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of 800,809:00 (Eight Hundred Thousand, Eight Hundred And Nine Euros Only) each from the total payout prize.Your prize awards has been insured with your e-mail address pending when your full names and address will be known to us, and thereafter,your winning fund will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements,verifications and satisfactory report.

To begin your claim, please contact below your claim agent the foreign service manager of FORTUNA TRUST SEGURIDAD S.A
TEL: +34 675 236 110
FAX: +34 912 919 680
Email: fortuna.seguridad@live.com
CONTACT PERSON: Sr. Anthony Jones.

And also be informed that 10% of your lottery winning belongs to (FIERRO GROUP PROMOTION COMPANY S,A) Because they are the company that bought your ticket and played the lottery on your name, NOTE this 10% will be remitted after you have received your winnings prize because the money is insured in your name already. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Bill Gates, President of Microsoft, the world's largest software company in order to enhance and promote the use of Internet Explorer Users and Microsoft-wares around the globe. This promotional program takes place every three years. We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our end of year 50 million Euro International lottery

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than the 30th December, 2009. After this date, all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondences. You are to keep all lottery informations away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained.

Congratulations on be half of our managements.
Raul Jose Oscar.
INTL.LOTTO COMMISSION

N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of any of our winners will result to disqualification.
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may constitute as attorney work product. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender and delete this message immediately.

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