419 scam: "INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY COMMISSION"<freeblessing@terra.es> CONGRATULATIONS!!! THIS IS FINAL NOTIFICATION, CALL TEL: +3460,312,5674 TO CLAI

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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:
- "grupocatalan@luckymail.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!

Fraud email example:

From: "INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY COMMISSION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infogrupocatalan@aim.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:02:07 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! THIS IS FINAL NOTIFICATION, CALL TEL: +3460,312,5674 TO CLAIM YOUR END OF THE YEAR INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY WINNING PRIZE

INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY COMMISSION
Plaza Romano N9 Planta 5,
28011, MADRID, SPAIN

Attention Lucky Winner,

Your email address has won you the sum of 615,810 Euros
(Six Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten Euros)
in SPANISH INTERNATIONAL END OF THE YEAR E-MAIL AWARD
PROMOTION PROGRAM 2011 held By INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY COMMISSION in Spain.
To claim your winning prize Contact Mr. Jonathan Ferdnando Gomez of GRUPO CATALANA OCCIDENTE S.A.
On Email:grupocataLan@LuckymaiL.com / TEL: +3460-312-5674 / FAX: +3491-769-3011/

Fill the form below and Send your details to Mr. Jonathan Ferdnando Gomez

Section A
**Personal
Prefix (Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., etc.):____________________________________
First name:____________________________________________________________
Last name:_____________________________________________________________
Date of birth (yyyy-mm-dd):____________________________________________
Gender: Male )( Female:______________________________________________
Occupation:____________________________________________________________
Address:_______________________________________________________________
City/State/Province:___________________________________________________
Country:_______________________________________________________________
Telephone:__________________________ Mobile Phone__________________________
Fax:______________________________________________________________________

Section B
**Winning Information
Winning email address:__________________________________________________
Network Name:___________________________________________________________
Amount won (in figure):_________________________________________________
Amount won (in words):__________________________________________________

Section C
**Internet
Contact email address(s):______________________________________________
Internet connection Home, Work, Public, __________________________

Congratulations once again from all our staff.

Mrs. Patricia Douet (co-ordinator )
Internation Lottery commission Board.
Madrid, 16th December 2011

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