419 scam: "EUROMILLIONES."<eurollotto@aol.com> CONGRATULATIONS, YOU WON!!!

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",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!
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.
- +34634113129 (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.
- unisecc@deliveryman.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "EUROMILLIONES." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unisecc@deliveryman.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:24:21 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS, YOU WON!!!

EURO MILLION INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY COMMISSION
FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
C/ Lambllia frente 4 planta #26 ,
22476, MADRID, SPAIN.
22-03-2011.
Attn: Lucky Winner,
We happily announce to you the final result on our EURO MILLION INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL LOTTERY PROGRAM. This result was initially delayed due to mix up of email addresses, the results were finally released on 22nd March 2011, and your email address attached to TICKET NUMBERS : 21200560 with LUCKY NUMBERS : 41-6-76-13-45-8 which drew the BATCH NUMBER: EURO/1007/444/606/08 and WINNING REFERENCE NUMBER: ESP/WIN/008/05/10/MA, which consequently won you the lottery in the Second category of the year 2011. NO TICKET WAS SOLD.You are therefore approved for a lump sum
payout of €615,810.00
Euros (Six Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten Euros only) in cash. This is from a total cash prize of€4,642,290.00 Euros (Four million six hundred and forty two Thousand, two Hundred and ninety Euros Only) Shared among the nine international winners in this category.Your winning fund is now deposited in a financial security company insured in your email address.All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system.We hope your lucky email address will draw a bigger cash prize in the next high stake promotion agenda of 9,000,000 Euros (Nine Million Euros). To avoid unnecessary delays on your winning prize, you are to contact the appointed agent directly for the immediate release of your winnings fund with the below details:
TICKTET NUMBERS : 21200560LUCKY NUMBERS : 41-6-76-13-45-8 BATCH NUMBER: EURO/1007/444/606/08WINNING REFERENCE NUMBER: ESP/WIN/008/05/10/MA
1} Your Full Name:
2} Country:
3}Contact Address:
4}Age:
5}Occupation:
6}Your Telephone Number:
7}Fax Number:
Payment options: (Cheque or Bank Transfer)
UNIVERSAL SECURITY COMPANY S.A.
DON.MARTIN PEREZ.
TEL: +34 634 113 129
Fax: +34 911 817 622
Email: unisecc@deliveryman.com
Congratulations once again from all our staff.
Mrs. MARIA BORIS (Lottery co-ordinator)

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