419 scam: "la primitiva"<laprimitivadip01@contractor.net> " Congratulation " contact for immediate claims

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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:
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "goldseguros@gmx.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!
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.
- +34632015870 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "la primitiva" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <goldseguros@gmx.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 23:00:38 +0200
Subject: " Congratulation " contact for immediate claims

CONGRATULATIONS!!
LOTERIAS Y APUESTAS DEL ESTADO
Piso 36, calle Carlos Ortega
28002, Madrid, Spain.
www.statelotto.com

REF NUMBER: EGR/417331247/14
BATCH NUMBER: 72/50685/MMH

LA PRIMITIVA AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the LA PRIMITIVA LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL PROMOTIONS PROGRAMME held on the 28th of March
2014.Your email
address was entered with Reference Number:EGR/417331247/14 and Batch
Number:72/50685/MMH.

All email addresses entered in the program were presented by our
international
marketing department in conjunction with world residential white pages,
humanitarian
organizations, and the help of Embassies and chambers of commerce of
countries in
Europe, Australia, North and South America, The Pacific, Asia, Africa and
the Middle
East. Your reference attached to ticket number: 0016-359142-07, with
serial number:
52201-61 drew the lucky winning numbers: 3-11-24-37-47-4. This
subsequently won in
the Third category.

You have been approved for a winning payment of Euros €615,810.00 (Six
Hundred And
Fifteen Thousand, Eight Hundred And Ten Euros only) in cash credited to
file REF.NO:
EGR/417331247/14.This from a total cash prize of €13,871,320.00 (Thirteen
Million,
Eight Hundred And Seventy One Thousand, Three Hundred And Twenty Euros)
shared among
the
Seventeen international winners in this category. CONGRATULATIONS!!

We ask that you keep this award away from public notice until your claim
has been
processed and your fund remitted to you. As this is part of our security
measures to
avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by
other
participants.

To begin your claim, please contact Snr Roy christopher perez, of GOLD
SEGUROS S.A
on Tel: +34 632015870, goldseguros@gmx.com for the processing and
remittance of your
fund.

NOTE: All prize money must be claimed not later than 28th of Nov 2014
after this
date, the fund will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as
unclaimed.

We congratulate you and thank you for being a part of our international
promotional
programmed.

Sincerely,

DR.ROY CHRISTOPHER PEREZ.
VICE PRESIDENT

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