419 scam: "INTERNATIONAL PROMO OFFICE"<infoeuromillionsoffice@gmail.com> TICKET NUMBER: 653-908-321-675

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "microsoft lottery" (no such lottery exists)
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)
- "claimsdeptts20111@live.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: "INTERNATIONAL PROMO OFFICE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <claimsdeptts20111@live.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 07:59:31 +0200
Subject: TICKET NUMBER: 653-908-321-675

MICROSOFT LOTTERY AWARD
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATIONS
MADRID SPAIN
TICKET NUMBER: 653-908-321-675
LUCKY NUMBER: 34-32-90-43-32
CONGRATULATION!!!!

We are pleased to inform you that you are one of our lucky winners of the Microsoft Lottery Award International promotion held in Madrid Spain,Your email address is attached to ticket number 653-908-321-675, Lucky number 34-32-90-43-32.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of €1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros)only.

Note: ALL participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 Companies and 30,000,000 individual Names, email addresses from all search engines and web sites. This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates of Microsoft, Multi Choice, Echina site and other corporate organizations.

In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until your funds get into your personal account you shall indicate to the management to received your winning funds.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants who take advantage of our name and this program to reap our winners.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Yours faithfully,
David Brown
Lottery Coordinator.
INTERNATIONAL PROMO OFFICE

NOTE: YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FILL THE FORM BELOW FOR NOTIFICATION OF YOUR PAYMENT AND ALSO SEND IT TO THE PAYMENT OFFICE IMMEDIATELY, FOR THE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT, SO THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THIS TRANSACTION CAN BE CARRIED OUT FOR YOUR PAYMENT.

(1) Full Names:.
(2) Address:.
(3) Country of Origin:.
(4) Date of Birth:.
(5) Sex:.
(6) Marital Status:.
(7) Telephone and fax number:.
(8) Occupation:.
(9) Scan your international passport /or valid driving license,
(10) Ticket number and serial number:.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION'S CONTACT PAYMENT OFFICE
Director Of Operations:Dr Leonard Torres
Telephone Number: 0034632351488
Email: claimsdeptt20111@live.com
Email: claimsdeptts20111@live.com

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