419 scam: ABC LOTERIA DE NAVIDAD <elgodonloto@gmail.com> AWARD WINNING 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:

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.
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!

Fraud email example:

From: ABC LOTERIA DE NAVIDAD <elgodonloto@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lotointernational.elgordo@yandex.com
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2017 13:22:06 -0800
Subject: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

AUDIT Nº: P2A500
REF Nº: ABC/2020/17
BATCH Nº: P1608/ALN

FROM:VICE PRESIDENT DESK

ATTN:WINNER,
RE:AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

This is to inform you about the release of the 2016 International ABC Program LOTERIA, which was held on
22-12- 2016. Your Name and email address is attached to Pin Code: 04536 and ticket number: 2-102115 C with the serial number: 51025-06011 which drew the lucky winning number of 0-4-5-3-6 and Importer 200. and won in the Second category. Therefore, a lump sum payout of ? 1.250,000 (One Million Two hundred and fifty thousand euros) in cash is credited to REF:ABC/2020/17, BATCH Nº: P1608/ALN this is from a cash prize of ? 13.750,000.00 (Thirteen Million seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros) shared among the eleven international winners in the fourth category. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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