419 scam: "David jose" <libertyseguros4@aol.com> Congratulations

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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:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (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)
- ",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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- +34688231894 (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.
- libertyseguros2@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "David jose" <libertyseguros4@aol.com>
Reply-To: libertyseguros2@aol.com
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:19:50 +0800 (WST)
Subject: Congratulations

GOOGLE INTERNET AWARD
CONGRATULATIONS! !

Google hereby announces you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing
12 Years Google lottery Award of the Year 20011.
All 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of
50,000,000 international emails each from Canada . Australia . United
State, Asia . Europe . Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted annually,
consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of EIGHT HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ( $800.000 .00)
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies and the WORLD BANK as part of their social
responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have
operational base.

Furthermore your details (e-mail address) falls within our Spanish
representative office in Madrid Spain as indicated ($800.000.00) will be
released to you from this regional branch office in Madrid .

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

these are your identification numbers.
BATCH NUMBER........................ .....12115-04/SZ
LUCKY NUMBER:.......... RN/0999/171ESP
LOTTO NUMBER................... 9-13-21-30-31-44,
Google Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual
property infringement
can be reached as follows:
As part of our security protocol you are to quote this security code to
your claim agent. This to prevent scam YLAW/AUG/XX0
libertyseguros2@aol.com
Contact Person: Mr .David jose
Telephone number: 0034-688-231-894
Telephone lines are open between the hours of
8:00am-20:30pm.Monday–Saturday
You are to send the completed verification form below to the Agent in the
Madrid Spain whose email address is given above so that you will be
advised on what to do to get your prize money.
Congratulations once more!!
1. FULL NAME…………………………………………………….
2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN……………………………………….
3. PRESENT ADDRESS…………………………………………
4. DATE OF BIRTH………………………………………………
5. OCCUPATION……………………………………………….. .
6. TELEPHONE NUMBER……………………………………...
6. FAX NUMBER…………………………………………………
7. MARITAL STATUS……………………………………………
8. SECURITY CODE……………………………………………..
9. LUCKY NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
released to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-selected winner or
unofficial personnel.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Caleb brown
(Coordinator)

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