419 scam: "SECRETARY, ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT"<kelly@kabul.co.kr> Dear Winner,

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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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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.
- inforealeseguros@europe.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SECRETARY, ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <henzeric1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2022 02:28:35 -0700
Subject: Dear Winner,

EUROMILLIONS INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
PARIS-FRANCE
Ref Number: CMCE/963/581-20/EU
Batch Number: LTO/2022-004 /PT

OFFICIAL

Dear Winner,

We are happy to inform you about the result of the just concluded monthly draws of the EuroMillions Lottery International Edition Jackpot in conjunction with the PCH, MEGA LOTTO and The International Lottery Commission that your email was among the 20 Lucky winners that won $ 995.850 (Nine Hundred and Ninety Five Thousand, Eight Hundred and Fifty Dollars) each in this year's Online Raffle Draw.

Following the results, your email address was attached to Ticket Number (343-221-8756), Ballot Serial Number (454-17) and Lucky Star Number (03) (06). Your have been assigned a Claim Agent located in Madrid-Spain and for security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning details private until your claim is processed and your prize money successfully transferred to you.

This online draw is the first of its kind and you won through a random selection of e-mail addresses from an exclusive list of 290,600 e-mail addresses of individuals and corporations selected by an automated computer search from the Internet and supported by Apple Inc, Amazon, Microsoft, Walmart, META and so many other multi national corporations. However, no tickets were sold in this category as all e-mail addresses were allocated to different ballot serial numbers.

To claim your prize money, kindly fill the form below and forward it to your International Fiduciary Agent/Claim Manager for final verification and immediate payment of your winnings.

NOTE: Please keep your winning details private until the claim process is complete to avoid winning claim complications.

Your full name:.....................................
Age:........................................
Gender:........................................
Address:(Resident Address Only)...............................
State, Postal Code and Country:...............................
Email:.....................................
Contact Telephone, Mobile and Fax Number:...................................
Occupation:.........................
Amount Won........................

REALE SECURITY AND FINANCE CORP
Contact Person: Mr. Rodrigo Tikki
Contact E-mail address: inforealeseguros@europe.com

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Yours faithfully,

Jessica Gilbato

SECRETARY, ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
International Lottery Commission

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