419 scam: "=?iso-8859-1?b?TG90ZXLtYXM=?= y Apuestas del Estado" <officina@onlae.es> Loteria Nacional

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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:
- "2010 promotional draw" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",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)
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 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.
- claimweboffice@aol.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?b?TG90ZXLtYXM=?= y Apuestas del Estado" <officina@onlae.es>
Reply-To: officina@loterianacionalweb.com
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:58:24 +0100
Subject: Loteria Nacional

Attn:Beneficiary,

We happily announce to you the draw of the Loteria Nacional Special
Global 2010 Promotional Draw held in Madrid Spain.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,000
companies and personal e-mails. So your email is your online automatic
ticket that qualified you for
this draw. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
1,520.000,00 Euros (One Million Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand Euro)

In view of this, your total fund (One Million Five Hundred & Twenty
Thousand Euro) would be released to you by following the directives of
our Barcelona payment officer.

He will immediately commence the processing of your payment to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
Therefore, you are required to forward the following details to him to
help facilitate the processing of your
claims.

REF No: BCOMD/File-14229

Information's required from you as part of our precautionary measure
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. To
claim your won prize, please contact our Foreign Transfer Manager Mr.
Dick Cruz neatly filling the verification and fund release form below.

Payment Processing Form:

1.Full names:____________________
2.Address:_______________________
3.Sex:___________________________
4.Age:___________________________
5.Occupation:____________________
6.E-mail address:________________
7.Telephone number:_________Fax__
8.Nationality________________________

Sincerely,
DICK CRUZ
Tel:34-672 526 644
Fax:34-912 919 517
Email:claimfundservice@postino.net
Email:claimweboffice@aol.com

NOTE: Please be warned, your winning and its entire information are to
be kept strictly confidential, this is to avoid previous bad
experience this program has suffered, such as abuse of this program by
other Internet user who use the name of this company for unscrupulous
activities and double claiming of winning entitlement because of
insecurity of winning information on the part of beneficiaries. Always
call to ensure you are dealing with the right office.

Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the Spanish Lottery Board
Commission.

Yours Sincerely,
MRS.Sanchez Azul Belinda.
Loteria Nacional COORDINATOR

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