419 scam: "MARIA GOMEZ"<howaedmark@yahoo.es> AWARD NOTIFICATION

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "foreign service manager" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
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.
- +34646880229 (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.
- primitiva_agent@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MARIA GOMEZ" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <primitiva_agent@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:12:40 +0200
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,LA PRIMITIVA INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS AWARD DEPARTMENT.
Calle/ Benito Perez Galdos,
Nº 18 C.P 28806 Alcala De Henares
Madrid Spain.

Date: 30/04/2012,

Ref: 474061725/06,
Batch: 7056490902/188,
Winning No: GB8701/LPRC

Dear,
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 6th of APRIL 2012, from the Spanish International Lottery program. Your name "email address" was attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002, this batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5 8 20 23 24 32 10 bonus number 5, which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of €1,189,124.37 (ONE MILLION, ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR EUROS THIRTY SEVEN CENT )only, in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of US12, 000,000.00 shared amongst Sixteen lucky winners, based on their category. All participants "email address" were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some

Please do contact:
MR. Luis Fenandez (M.D).
Email: primitiva_agent@yahoo.com
website: www.thelotter.com
Tele; +34-646-880-229

FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
La Primitiva Agent, MADRID SPAIN
Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be Found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full names, Telephone/Fax number and address to help locate your file and easily communication.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information Confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your Prize released to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note, all winnings must be claimed with a specified date; otherwise
YOUR PRIZE will be returned as unclaimed and eventually donated to Charity.
Congratulations once again on Your winnings!

Best Regards

MARIA GOMEZ.

(Co-ordinator).

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