419 scam: "APUESTAS DE ESTADO" Ref:EU/2284/MAD

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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:
- "part of our security protocols" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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!
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- +34665442070 (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.
- abg.pedroblanco@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- on tel:0034-665-442-070, fax:0034-919-010-525.email:abg.pedroblanco@consultant.com/abg.pedroblanco@gmail.com and request for the form to (Consultant; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From:
Reply-To: <abg.pedroblanco@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2018 23:55:43 +0200
Subject: "APUESTAS DE ESTADO" Ref:EU/2284/MAD

APUESTAS DE ESTADO
Avd. Juan XIV, 28002 Madrid, Spagna.

Da: la scrivania di vice-presidente.
PROMOCION INTERNACIONAL / APUESTAS ESPAÑA

Attention; Lucky Winner,
E-mail:lripak@ripak.com

N.Rif:EU/2284/MAD
N.Lotto:85547 01/08/2018
NOTOFICA FINAL

We are pleased to officially inform you today 01/07/2018 from the Spanish ministry of foreign affairs, about the release of the "Apuestas International Prize Award" held on the 27/08/2018, and the results were released on the 28/07/2018. Your name and email entered as a dependent client with reference number: EU/2284/MAD and the batch number: 85547.

Your ticket number: 317.2 with serial number: 53401-64 drew these lucky numbers: 01-04-09-11-18-28, and this subsequently won the lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved for a lump payment of (Euros 19, 600,000.00) NINETEEN MILLION, SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND, EUROS ONLY credited to file claim number; 01028/MAD/2018. This is from a total cash prize of Euros 210, 000,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND TEN MILLION EUROS ONLY) shared among eleven international winners in the same category.
Congratulations!!!!!!!

All participants were selected through an email ballot system drawn from 31,000,000 (Thirty one million) names from, Asia, Europe, South and North America as part of our International promotions program which we do conduct once every year as part of efforts instituted by the United Nations to help alleviate poverty around the world. We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the subsequent programs ahead.

Your fund is temporary deposited and protected under an insurance bond policy coverage on your behalf in a Spanish bank in Spain, but due to irregular practices of some unscrupulous elements, we have decided to retain the payment processing form until you contact your claim's representing lawyer who's in position to issue you the payment processing form that you are going to fill and resend back to your representing lawyer in Spain, with which will be used to confirm and determine your identity and subsequently approve your payment by the "APUESTAS INTERNATIONAL MADRID SPAIN" prize winner's information processing center before approval for payment. We recommend that you keep this award strictly away from public awareness until your prize has been processed and your fund remitted to you through any means of your choice as this is part of our security protocols to avoid double claiming.

To claim your fund, quickly Contact your claim's representative, Barrister; Don. Pedro Blanco, the foreign operations Lawyer of BUFETE ABOGADO CALATAYUD, MADRID, SPAIN on Tel:0034-665-442-070, Fax:0034-919-010-525.Email:abg.pedroblanco@consultant.com/abg.pedroblanco@gmail.com and request for the form to process and claim your prize immediately. Your prize must be claimed before 30/08/2018, after which every unclaimed funds will be returned to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, as unclaimed funds and keep this information away from the public until you have received your money because this is part of the security protocols placed just to avoid unscrupulous elements who might take undue advantage of this program and it might lead to instant cancellation of this prize once there's any form of doubt from our office regarding the claimer.

Also be informed that the original copy of this letter remains with your claim lawyer in Spain which will be remitted to you once your prize has been processed. And 14% (Fourteen percent) of your total winning fund has to paid to BUFETE ABOGADO CALATAYUD, for representing you in Spain, and you will pay the 14% (Fourteen percent) only after you have received your prize money, because the fund is insured in your name and as such, no amount of money can be deducted from it until you have received your money in any designated bank of your choice all over the world.

Congratulations once again on behalf of our staffs.
APUESTAS ESPANA
Franco Hernandez Bernal
(Vicepresidente)

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