419 scam: "EURO MILLIONES"<intereuromillionpromo@spainmail.com> ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

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.
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.
- +34654706313 (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.
- drantoniogarcia@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "EURO MILLIONES" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drantoniogarcia@consultant.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:50:51 +0200
Subject: ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!

THE NETHERLANDS AND SPANISH ONLINE LOTTERY
2010 LOTTO WINNERS OF €935,470 EUROS
REF. NUMBER: NL/BC7765468/WW15
COUPON NUMBER: NT/847341/WOT
AWARD NUMBERS: NL 56/7766
EMAIL TICKET NUMBERS: EAASL-130877
BATCH NUMBERS: MC11/834/8PDH /EU
THE FILE REFERENCE NUMBERS: HL/5574/41/09/MICS
SERIAL NUMBERS: NLLO/006/NL46560

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT AND THE WORLD GAMING BOARD ARE THE SPONSORS OF THIS ONLINE EMAIL LOTTERY FOR COMPENSATION AND GRANT FOR BOTH PAST LOTTERY WINNERS AND THE ENTIRE WORLD
PUBLIC FOR PURPOSE OF INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT AS AN ONLINE
COMPENSATION FOR ALL INTERNET USERS.
THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR A CASH PRIZE OF NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY EUROS(935,470.00) FROM INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM HELD ON SATURDAY THE 10TH OF JULY 2010 IN THE NETHERLANDS AND SPAIN .

YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED TO CLAIM A TOTAL SUM OF 935,470 EURO IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE EAAL/9080118308/10. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR LUCKY WINNING NUMBERS FALL WITHIN MADRID IN SPAIN BOOKLET REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN MADRID AS INDICATED IN YOUR COUPON. IN VIEW OF THIS, YOUR 935,470 EUROS WOULD BE RELEASED TO YOU BY AN ACCREDITED SPANISH BANK IN SPAIN.

OUR AGENT IN SPAIN WILL IMMEDIATELY COMMENCE THE PROCESS TO FACILITATE THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS AS SOON AS YOU CONTACT THEIR OFFICE. TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM, PLEASE CONTACT OUR CORRESPONDING AGENT IN SPAIN IMMEDIATELY YOU READ THIS MESSAGE SO THAT THE WILL GUIDE YOU ON HOW TO APPLY FOR YOUR CLAIM: -

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE, CONTACT OUR CLAIMS DEPARTMENT:

DR. ANTONIO GARCIA:
CONTACT EMAIL: drantoniogarcia@consultant.com
PHONE NUMBER: +34 654 706 313
FAX NUMBER: +34 911 820 350

KINDLY FILL THE CLAIMS VERIFICATION/PROCESSING FORM BELOW EMAIL IT TO HIM!

FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
CITY/STATE:
COUNTRY:
NATIONALITY:
SEX:
AGE:
MARITAL STATUS:
TEL NO:
FAX:
OCCUPATION:
AMOUNT WON:
EMAIL:
REF. NUMBER:
COUPON NUMBER:

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE MORE FROM ALL MEMBERS AND STAFF OF THIS PROGRAM TO ALL THAT HAVE SUCCESSFULLY WON THIS LOTTERY AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM.

SINCERELY,
WALTERS GERVAAS. A (JR)
CUSTOMER SERVICE: 680 NCA 859148
THE NETHERLANDS ONLINE LOTTERY
HTTP://WWW.LOTTO.NL/

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam