419 scam: "Mrs. Gabriela Maria Jose"<bonobonolotto841@gmail.com> Re: Urgent Notification Letter

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "liberty seguros" (no such agent exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "asa_claimsagency@informaticos.com" (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.
- +34672914106 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Gabriela Maria Jose" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lottobono.oncelotto2@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:11:59 +0200
Subject: Re: Urgent Notification Letter

SPAINISH BONO LOTO
Plaza De Colon 28046, Madrid, Spain
YOU’RE REF: OES/3.259839603/05
BATCH NO: 297/81597/LPD.
Date: 21th August , 2010
Dear Beneficiary,
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the release today the 21th August , 2010 the esults of the SPAINISH
LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAMS held on the 11th Match, 2010.
Your email attached to the ticket number 38569 with serial number 643 drew the lucky numbers
01-35-06-41-07-56 which consequently won this lottery via the 2nd category.
You have therefore been enlisted for a payout totalling ?750,000.00 (Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand
Euro Only) credited to FILE/REF. NO: OES/3259839603/05.This is from a total cash prize of ?9,468,770:00
(NINE MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
EUROS ONLY) Shared among seven international winners from the category I, 2 & 3.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your prize money is now marked for remittance in your name, pending final pproval from the European
Lottery Guild. Due to mixed up of some vital Information, we ask that you keep this award from public notice
until your claim has been processed and your prize money remitted to your Chosen Bank Account. This is
part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted Abuse of this program by participants.
Note: You will be required to obtaining and notarizing a vetting approval from The Spanish High Court of
Justice, Madrid Spain before your prize money can be transferred and this process will be done by our
accredited claims agent.
All participants were selected through a random ballot system drawn from 250,000 Names from Europe, Asia,
North America and the Middle East as part of our International promotional program which we conduct every
year. We hope that with part of your prize money, you will take part in next year’s $1.3 billion
international Lottery. The European Lottery Guild guarantees official confirmation of your participation after
you have entered.
Furthermore, to file for your claim kindly contact our claims agent,

Name: Mr. Mark Pinto
Liberty Seguros S.A
Madrid, Spain.
Email: asa_claimsagency@informaticos.com
Telephone: +34 672 914 106

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, endeavour to quote your reference and batch
numbers in every correspondence with us or your agent.
Finally, should there be any change of address do inform your claim agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from our management and staff.
Yours in service,
Mrs. Gabriela Maria Jose,
(Director)

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