419 scam: Itala Promoawar <itala.promoawar@aol.fr> Re Hello Friend!

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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 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.
- icbinfo22@googlemail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Itala Promoawar <itala.promoawar@aol.fr>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 19:44:40 -0400
Subject: Re Hello Friend!

SuperEnalotto Italia 2016
DEPARTMENT PREMIO,
EDIZIONE DEL INTERNET,
ROME,ITALY.

Ref No:/RM-SL-IT/81049-33
Batch No:IT/9816/03718

Dear: Winner,
We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our recent ITALIAN SUPERENALOTTO DRAWS held on the 1st of September 2016. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 04719472947-7401 with serial number 03811-630 drew lucky numbers 1-62-43-90-51-34 which consequently won in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of â‚¬1,500.000.00 {One Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros}.
To file your claim, you are to contact your Claims Processing Officer (Mr. Lucas Bruno ) with your information as follows:

1. Full Names:...
2. Gender:...
3. Age:...
4. Phone Number:...
5. Nationality:...
6. Occupation:...
7. Winning Email:
8. Residential Address:...

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Claims Processing Officer: Mr.Lucas Bruno
E-Mail: icbinfo22@googlemail.com
......................................

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.
Congratulations from me and members of staff of SuperEnalotto Italia Sweep-stakes Online Lottery Department

Sincerely yours,
Mrs.Letizia Marroto
Online Notification Officer
For; SuperEnalotto Italia
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You are receiving this email because your email was selected through our latest on-line ballot system from a list of email users whose email account where active at the time of the draw.If you do not wish to claim your winnings,and do not wish to receive further notice from us please inform us so that we can delete your email from our data base.
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TM. SuperEnalotto 2016Â© Copyright SISAL S.p.A
Â®Copyright SISAL S.p.A. - P.I. 93018475910

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