419 scam: "EURO MILLION PROMOTIONS"<wirnet@cratle.es> EURO MILLION PROMOTIONS

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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:
- "ocaso_seguros@luckymail.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.
- +34665124961 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "EURO MILLION PROMOTIONS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ocaso-seguros@comerciales.es>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:43:19 +0200
Subject: EURO MILLION PROMOTIONS

This is to notify you that this e-mail address was enters during the Euro Million Lottery Draw held on 11th September 2009 and has won a lump sum of €750,000.00.

The online cyber draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 500,000 email addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random online selection from the web. No tickets were sold.
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REFERENCE NUMBER: ESP/WIN/009/07/10/MA.
BATCH NUMBERS: EULO/1007/444/606/09.
WINNING NUMBER: 14-17-24-34-37-45-16

For claim please contact our co-operate agent below for immediate process of your claim. With the following information needed, Your Full Name, Home Address, Sex, Age, Occupation, Nationality, Telephone Number or Mobile Number, Fax Number.
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OCASO SEGUROS. S .A
Contact: Mr. Alfonso Nacho (Your Assigned Agent)
Tel: +34-665-124-961
Fax: +3 493-550-4498
Email: ocaso_seguros@luckymail.com
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Bear in mind that prizes will strictly be remitted to winners that officially file in for their claim within the given time frame of not less than 10/11/2009.

Congratulations once again from all our staff.

Dr. Jonathan A Gomez.
Euro Million Lottery Co-ordinator Madrid.
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Note: This email is confidential and is intended solely for the person or Entity that own this email address If you have received this message in error, we inform you that the content in it is reserved and unauthorized use is prohibited by law, therefore, please notify us by e-mail.
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