419 scam: "Mrs Sonia Paco VICE PRESIDENT" <infoagent850@gmail.com> FROM MRS SONIA PACO V.P

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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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "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)
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.
- +34611223880 (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.
- infoisidro11@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Sonia Paco VICE PRESIDENT" <infoagent850@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infoisidro11@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 11:36:09 -0000
Subject: FROM MRS SONIA PACO V.P

INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL PROMOTION/PRICE AWARD
EUOROMILLIONES LOTTERY COMPANY
Avda De La Constitucion 48
Bloque 628080
Madrid - Spain.

Att:Beneficiary

This is to inform you of the release of the EURO MILLIONEN LOTTERY E-MAIL
ADDRESS PROGRAM held on the 4th of April, 2014

Your e-mail address id attach to ticket number ACJ306 with reference
number ES/ACJ/306/EM/2014/3 drew the lucky number 6-14-16-34-50 ,4-6 which
consequently won the lottery in the 3rd CATEGORY, you have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of EURO 1.555.000.00

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses
from an exclusive list of 30,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and
corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search
from the internet. As such no tickets were sold but all email addresses
were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation,
identification and privacy purposes.

To begin your lottery claims, please contact your claims agent immediately
(Mr. Isidro Gomez) the Foreign Service manager of EXCELLENCIA EUROPA
SEGUROS, S.L via e-mail: infoisidro11@gmail.com , Tel: +34-611 223 880
Fax. +34-917 692 719 for the processing and remittance of your prize
winning money to a designated choice of yours.

Note. That three certificate are to be obtain from the Spanish local
government tax authority, ministry of finance and ministry of interior to
backup your winning. Your agent will direct you further on the
administrative requirement to enable the bank to release your fund to the
designated choice of yours.

Carefully fill out the following information and e-mail or fax to your agent.
1. Name in full.
2. Address.
3. Nationality
4. Age
5. Occupation.
6. Telephone Number.
7. Present Country
8. Email address.
CONGRATULATION.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Sonia Paco
VICE PRESIDENT

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