419 scam: "Ms. Maria Rosa Domingo"<rosamaria9101@aim.com> WINNING 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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "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)
- "million 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)
- ",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)
- "00,000.00" (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 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.
- +34672946557 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- philipsanthony@breakthru.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Maria Rosa Domingo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rosadomingos@mail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 05:09:07 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

SILVER LOTTO SYSTEM
6943 Coach Dr
Niagara Falls, ON L2G 2J2
ON, Canada, K7M 9E3
Canada
WEBSITE: http://www.lottolore.com/on490309.html
Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/08
Batch: Ontario 49
WINNING NOTIFICATION
Dear winner,

SILVER LOTTO SYSTEM COMPANY happily announces to you the draw of the Special Latest Ontario 49 Draws Promotional Draw held on Sat, May 22, 2010 in Essex United Kingdom and Ontario Canada.
Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number: 2794243, with Serial Number 46563760 drew the winning numbers
1 4 7 10 22 37 Bonus 9
With a bonus Number 9 for Ontario 49 Lotto under the choice of the lottery in the 1st category of bi- weekly six.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars) in cash credited to file EAAL/851OYHI/09. This is from a total cash prize of US $110,000,000.00 Million dollars, shared amongst the first One Hundred and ten (110) lucky winners in this category Worldwide.

Please note that you're lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Spain as indicated in your electronic play coupon, because this particular draw was selected to promote the 2010 World Cup to be hosted in South Africa hence your winning information must be kept to enable you participate in our subsequent draws which will see 500 participants traveling on an all expense paid trip to South Africa for the Soccer World Cup 2010. In view of this, your US$1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars) will be released to you by an accredited commercial Bank in Spain Europe.
Our Spain agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact our credited Agent's office. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,000 companies and personal e-mails. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous elements. Please be warned!
To confirm that you have the winning number for the
Sat May 22, 2010: winning number
1 4 7 10 22 37 Bonus 9
With a bonus Number 9. You can confirm your winning on this site above.
These lottery Draws are commemorative and as such special. Please be informed by this winning notification to make contact with our claims/verification agent with the details below who shall by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release of your winnings accordingly.
To file for your claims; contact;
Mr. Philips Anthony.
TELL: +34 672 946 557
EMAIL: philipsanthony@breakthru.com
these numbers fall within your Location file, you are requested to contact the events manager, send your winning identification numbers to him, to enable him verify your claims. However you will have to fill and submit this form to the events manager for verification & direction on how you can claim your winning fund.
1. Full name..............
2. Contact Address........
3. Age....................
4. Telephone Number.......
5. Marital Status........
6. Sex....................
7. Zip Code...............
8. Occupation...........
9. Company................
11.State...
12.Country................
13.Nationality............
14. Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this mail:
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference numbers in any correspondences with our designated agents.
Congratulations! Once more from all members and staff of this program.
Thank you for being part of our Promotional Lottery program.
Yours Sincerely,
Ms. Maria Rosa Domingo

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