419 scam: "PRIME SEGUROS COMPANY S.A..."<consultant_office@mail.com> RE: PRIZE AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION.

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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:
- ",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!

Fraud email example:

From: "PRIME SEGUROS COMPANY S.A..." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <office_consultant@mail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:33:35 +0200
Subject: RE: PRIZE AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION.

ATTENTION : BENEFICIARY, 10th of July 2016
RE: PRIZE AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION.
We are pleased to inform you the long awaited Results of the LOTERIA NACIONAL SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY/
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME held on 22nd December 2015, and the results were released on 6th July
2016 by 11.45am. Your “NAME” attached to e-Ticket Number: 92845 with Serial Number: 6047305001-0 drew the Lucky
Numbers: 92845 which consequently won the lottery in the 2nd International Jackpot Category. All Participants were selected
through a computer ballot system drawn from 75,000,000 "Online Identification Protocol" (OIP) from Asia, Australia, Africa, New
Zealand, Europe, South America and North America as part of our international promotions program which we conduct once every
year. We hope you draw a bigger cash prize in our next year’s program.

Please download the attached file to view the original notification

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