419 scam: "LOTTO COMPANY"<alvarofred@gmx.com> NOTIFICATIONS

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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")
- "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)
- "fredalvaro@gmx.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.
- +34631943071 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTTO COMPANY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fredalvaro@gmx.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 10:58:29 +0100
Subject: NOTIFICATIONS

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 06 of Febuary 2015.

Your e-mail address id attach to ticket number AGS306 with reference number ES/AGS/306/EM/2015/2 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 €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. Fred Alvaro) the Foreign Service manager of CRYSTAL LINE SECURITY NETWORK, S.L via e-mail: fredalvaro@gmx.com , Tel: +34-631-943-071 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,
Natalia Paco
VICE PRESIDENT

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