419 scam: lotreia la primitiva <gonzaleez@web.de> LA PRIMITIVA EMAIL AWARD 2008

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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 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.
- +34671932240 (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.
- sunwayes@aim.com
- sunwayconsult@yahoo.es

Fraud email example:

From: lotreia la primitiva <gonzaleez@web.de>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:40:57 +0100
Subject: LA PRIMITIVA EMAIL AWARD 2008

Dear Winner,
We wish to congratulate you over your email address success in our computer balloting sweepstake. You have won the sum of â‚¬ 2,500, 000:00 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros) in cash credited to file with REFERENCE NUMBERESP/1245/114L/LOPWINNING NUMBER : 5-11-13-34-35-40 BATCH NUMBERS : TRW/1290/556/WESERIAL NUMBERS : UNI001/434LUCKY NUMBERS : 01-22-34-45
To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed agent below as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings with your full below details.
1) Your Full Name: _________
2) Your Telephone Number:__________
3) Your Mobile Number:________
SUNWAY CONSULT SA
MR.PATRICK BAFI
TEL: +34 671 932 240
Email: sunwayes@aim.com [http://us.f454.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=sunwayes@aim.com]
Email: sunwayconsult@yahoo.es [http://us.f454.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=sunwayconsult@yahoo.es]
Congratulations once again from all our staff.
Mike Antoino.
Secretary

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