419 scam: "ALLIANZ FINANCE SECURITY"<agenciaministerio@gmail.com> ATTENTION BENEFICIARY RE: OFFICIAL AWARD FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION: YOU WON TH

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery 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")
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.
- +34631312655 (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.
- agencia@europe.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ALLIANZ FINANCE SECURITY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <micro2015@outlook.es>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 23:53:29 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION BENEFICIARY RE: OFFICIAL AWARD FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION: YOU WON THE SUM (€ 1,747,430.92).CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION/ PRICE AWARD
Oficina Info:Avd.C/Tango 25 C.P 29008 Madrid - Spania.
Email: agencia@europe.com
ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY
Ref .Nr CATA: ESP /137/525/15886/2009 / 2012. 2015
Batch, Nr: UK-XXESP2009/2012-5663-2015.OK,
C.I.F-L- NO: 0881510615 00/ 11

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY

RE: OFFICIAL AWARD FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION: YOU ARE IN GROUP LIST OF (€ 1,747,430.92).

(A) WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU OF THIS YEAR 2015 RELEASE OF THE CATALAN LOTERIAS PRIMITIVA INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM (CLPIP) HELD ON
24TH JULY 2015, BUT, DUE TO MIX UP OF NUMBERS AND ADDRESS, FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES THE RESULTS WERE RELEASED ON THE 28TH AUGUST ,2015 AND YOUR NAME AND HOME ADDRESS WAS ENTERED AS AN ALTERNATIVE NUMBER ATTACHED TO FILED CATA:ESP /137/525/15886/2009 / 2012-2015, BATCH NUMBER: UK-XXESP2009/2012-5663-2015,OK, DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS WITH 02-16-17-29-44-47, WHICH THESE NUMBERS WON THE LOTTERY IN THE 2ND CATEGORY.
(B)YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED A LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF (€1,747,430.92) ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND AND FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY EUROS AND NINETY TWO CENT ONLY. IN CASH CREDITED TO YOUR FILE REF. NO: ESP/137/525/15886-2009/2012, BATCH NUMBER: US-XXESP2009/2012-5663-2013.OK.THIS IS FROM A TOTAL OF (€82,217,310.12) EIGHTYTWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED AND TEN EUROS AND TWELVE CENTS SHARED AMONG THE (11) INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN THIS CATEGORY. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
(C)YOUR FUND HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN A SPANISH BANK, BANCO BANCAJA CENTRAL HISPANO AND INSURED IN YOUR NAME. BUT DUE TO FALSE PRACTICES, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR AWARD INFORMATION STRICTLY FROM PUBLIC NOTICE, UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND MONEY REMITTED TO YOUR POSSESSION AS THIS IS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING OR UNWARRANTED ABUSE OF THIS PROGRAM BY UNSCRUPULOUS INDIVIDUALS. ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM (SIX MILLION) NAMES FROM ASIA, AMERICA, AFRICA, EUROPE, AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AS PART OF OUR YEAR 2015 INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION PROGRAM (LPP). WE HOPE YOUR LUCKY NAME WILL DRAW A BIGGER CASH PRIZE IN THE SUBSEQUENT PROGRAMS AHEAD.
(D)TO BEGIN YOUR LOTTERY CLAIM PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT, DR. WALTER BEYELER , FOREIGN OPERATIONS MANAGER OF ALLIANZ CONSULTANT & SECURITY SEGUROS S.A, ON TEL: +34 631 312 655, FAX: +34 917 903 712. FOR THE PROCESSING AND REMITTANCE OF YOUR PRIZE WINNING MONEY TO A DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE. REMEMBER, ALL PRIZES WINNING MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED NOT LATER THAN 24TH OCTOBER. 2015. ANY CLAIM, NOT MADE BEFORE THIS DATE WILL RETURN TO THE MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA AS UNCLAIMED FUND. AND ALSO BE INFORMED THAT 10% OF YOUR WINNING BELONGS TO (ACASS.) BECAUSE THEY ARE YOUR CLAIM AGENT /SECURITY COMPANY THAT PLAYED YOUR WINNING LOTTERY TICKET ON YOUR NAME, THIS TEN PERCENT WILL BE PAID ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR AWARD WINNING PRIZE (MONEY) IN YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE, THREE (3) CERTIFICATES ARE TO BE ISSUED FROM TO YOU BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TAX AUTHORITY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, TO BACK UP YOUR WINNING. YOU
R AGENT FROM ALLIANZ WILL DIRECT
(E) NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS IN EVERY CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR AGENT COMPANY. FURTHERMORE, SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS, DO INFORM YOUR CLAIMS AGENT COMPANY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE NOTE THAT ORIGINAL COPY OF YOUR LETTER HAS BEEN SENT TO YOUR AGENT. CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN!!!
(F) OPEN THE ABOVE ATTACHMENT,PRINT THE FORM,FILL THE FORM AND FAX IT BACK THROUGH OUR FAX NUMBER : +34 917 903 712 EMAIL US agencia@europe.com

With kind regards, Sincerely, Ruiz Garcia

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