419 scam: "Euro Million Promotion" <euro@euroe.com> CLAIM YOUR WON MONEY OF 470,000 EUROS

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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:
- "sicclaimdept@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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Euro Million Promotion" <euro@euroe.com>
Reply-To: sicclaimdept@luckymail.com
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:54:35 +0100 (CET)
Subject: CLAIM YOUR WON MONEY OF 470,000 EUROS

Euro Million Lottery Board
Madrid - Spain.
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Attn: Email User!!!

This is to notify you that your e-mail address was entered during the
annual Euro Milliones Lottery selection Draw and have won the sum of
470,000 euros.

You are to contact below claim officer for immediate process of your
claim; Remember to quote these numbers below for verification by the
company.

REF: ESP/WIN/008/02/10/MA
BATCH: EURO/1007/444/606/10

Mr. Antonio Guzman (Claim Officer)
Email: sicclaimdept@luckymail.com
Tel: 00 34 693 559 706

You should include Your Name, Address, Sex, Age, Nationality and Phone
numbers.

Note: that this is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet
users; therefore you do not need to buy a ticket to enter. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 500,000 Email addresses from all over the world.

Best regards,
Dr. Maria Jose Muyor.
Euro Milliones Lottery

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