419 scam: "Maitye Buente"<bonoesp@terra.es> Relay Notice

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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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "quades@hotmail.es" (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.
- +34665064279 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Maitye Buente" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <quedes4u@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 03:03:57 +0200
Subject: Relay Notice

Bono Loteria
Plaza De Colon
Madrid, Spain.
http://bonoloto.combinacionganadora.com

Reference: AT/2009/BSZOI4
Date: 02/09/2009

CONGRATULATIONS...

Attention: Beneficiary,

The online cyber draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 988,300,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced
automated random computer search from the internet. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of seven winners in the
Spanish Bono Lotto Draw.

We wish to inform you that your total prize money of 950,000: 00 Euros Only (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros Only) has remained unpaid by our treasury
and credit office after the initial letter to your address for your payment was not successful.

You are a winner to receive a cash prize of 950,000: 00 Euros Only (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros Only). Your prize award has been insured with your
e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.

Listed below are details of this ticket, you will need to use the ticket key listed below to update the status of this ticket from web.

***********************************************************************
Winning Ticket Code N°: 6 8 14 26 37 46 C:15 R:2
***********************************************************************

VERY IMPORTANT: TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE,KINDLY CONTACT THE CLAIMS AGENT WITH THE CONTACT DETAILS BELOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH YOUR ABOVE WINNINGS TICKET INFORMATION AND YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS (FULL NAME,TELEPHONE NUMBER, FAX
NUMBER) FOR PROCESSING OF YOUR WINNINGS:

Foreign Service Claims Agent
Mr. Francis Alfred
Qualitas De Seguros S.A
Madrid, Spain
Email: quades@hotmail.es
Tel: +34 665 064 279

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 20 days. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence.

Please let us know if we can assist you any further.

Accept our felicitations!

Signed: Ms. Maitye Buente
Manager (Events, Draws and Promotion)

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