419 scam: Public Relations Officer <info@euromillion.es> EURO MILLIONES AWARD LOTTERY

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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:
- ",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)
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.
- +34672807924 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Public Relations Officer <info@euromillion.es>
Reply-To: <winclaimsdept@dhimail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:45:12 +0200
Subject: EURO MILLIONES AWARD LOTTERY

EURO MILLIONES AWARD LOTTERY

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro Million Lottery
International Programs Held in Madrid, Spain on Thursday 21 June 2012.
Your email address attached to ticket number: 79/JKA-10 with serial
Number: 5555/05 drew the lucky number 2-19-33-37-46 )+ Star(5-8 which
subsequently won you the lottery in the first category. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,200,000.00Euro (One
Million Two Hundred Thousand Euro) in cash credited to file
wlp/23456/11. This is from a total cash prize of 30,000, 000.00 Million
Euro, shared amongst the first twenty (30) lucky winners in this
category.

In view of this, your 1,200,000.00Euro (One Million Two Hundred
Thousand Euro) would be released to you by our Redemption Centres in
Europe. Our agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

All participants were selected randomly from World wide Website through
computer ballot system extracted from over 1,000,000.00 companies and
individuals. This promotion takes place annually for security reasons
you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your
claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner
you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please
be warned.

To File Your Claim. Please Contact Our assign Below Agent

Global Capital Securities
Contact Person: Mr. Mike Patero
Email: archsecurities@dhimail.com
Telephone: +34 67 2807924
Fax: +34 92 3850034

Note: that all winning must be claimed not later than 14 days of
receiving this notification. After this date all unclaimed, funds will
be included in the next promo, and to avoid unnecessary delay and
complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any
correspondences with us or our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotional program.

Sincerely,
Ms. Nat Fernandez
Public Relations Officer

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