419 scam: Ref:EU/10018/ESP

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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:
- ",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)
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.
- +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.
- bufeteabogadospedro@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From:
Reply-To: <bufeteabogadospedro@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:48:01 +0200
Subject: Ref:EU/10018/ESP

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

From the vice president's desk.
APUESTAS ESTADO INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
Unclaimed Award Approval Department
R.I nor NOXISASIMIJ

Attén: Beneficiary
joewein@pobox.com
Ref:EU/10018/ESP
FINAL NOTICE.
This is to officially inform you today 25/06/2018 from the Spanish ministry of foreign affairs, about the release of the "Apuestas International" held on the 21/06/2018, and the results were released on the 22/06/2018. Your name and reference number was entered as a dependent client with reference number: EU/10018/ESP and the batch number: 80076,

Your ticket number: 317.2 with serial number: 53401-64 drew the lucky numbers: 05-08-10-13-14-22. 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; 2212/20914/2017. 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 a computer 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. We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the subsequent programs ahead.

Your fund is temporary deposited and protected with 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 agent who's in position to issue you the payment processing form under their chamber's name which will be used to confirm and determine your identity by the MINISTRY OF HACIENDA MADRID SPAIN, before approval for payment. We recommend that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your prize has been processed and your funds remitted to you through any means of your choice as this is part of our security measures to avoid double claiming.

Contact your claim's representative lawyer; Don Pedro Blanco, the foreign operations Manager of BUFETE ABOGADO CALATAYUD, Madrid, Spain on Tel:0034-665-442-070, Fax:0034-919-010-525. Email: bufeteabogadospedro@gmail.com to process and claim your prize immediately. Your prize must be claimed before 27/07/2018, after which every unclaimed funds will be returned to the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Treasury department as unclaimed fund.

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 5% (Five percent) of your total winning fund has to paid to BUFETE ABOGADO CALATAYUD, for representing you in Spain, and you will pay them the 5% (Five percent) only after you have received your prize money, because the prize fund is secured and insured in your name only as the sole beneficiary.

Congratulations once again on behalf of ourstaffs.

Vice president.
Mariana Lamia Karla

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