419 scam: "Jones Ramos"<claimoffice2009@Safe-mail.net> QATAR National Asia & Euro Oil Lottery Award

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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")
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
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.
- +34603193800 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Jones Ramos" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Jones@jramos.eu>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 18:44:13 +0100
Subject: QATAR National Asia & Euro Oil Lottery Award

QATAR National Asia & Euro Oil Lottery Award
Nº61 Qatar Convention Center Doha Qatar.
Ref NO: ESQA 9590 OG 0612
Batch NO: 563881545-QA/06/07/IPD

Attn: Lucky Winner,

WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER ONLY

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the last final annual draw of our Lottery International Programs.
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 35,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual
and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were
sold.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as a winner in the category "A" with the following
numbers attached Ref .Number: ESQA 9590 OG 0612, Batch Number: 563881545-QA/2011 and Ticket Number: QNLA 3502 /8707-01
You are therefore to receive a cash prize of € 915, 810,00 (NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND,EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN
EUROS, ONLY) from the total payout. CONGRATULATIONS!!!. 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.

To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to contact our Certified and Accredited claims
agent for category "A" winners with the information below: E-mail Address: { Jones@jramos.eu }

REG EURO LOTTO CLIAM SECTION-
COMPANY NAME: Axe Security SL. .
Name: Mr, Jones Ramos
Phone: +34-603-193-800
Email: { Jones@jramos.eu }

You are advice to provide your contact with the following information:

1. NAME IN FULL:
2. ADDRESS:
3. NATIONALITY:
4. AGE:
5. SEX
6. OCCUPATION:
7. PHONE/FAX:
8. COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:
9. EMAIL ADDRESS:
10.ACCOUNT NUMBER:

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 21 days, thereafter unclaimed funds would be included in the next
stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence. You are to keep all Lotto information confidential,
especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).Members
of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program. Furthermore, should there be any change
of address do inform our Agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Yours Faithfully,

.
Lottery Co-ordinator.
Thank you and congratulations!!!
QATAR National Asia & Euro Oil Lottery Award
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