419 scam: "Euro Millions"<info@euromillions.com> Your Prize Worth £7,550,000 Million Remains Unclaimed.

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "remittanceclaimdept@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!
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.
- +447053823643 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Euro Millions" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:15:05 +0100
Subject: Your Prize Worth £7,550,000 Million Remains Unclaimed.

Dear Winner,

Following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic On-line Sweepstakes organized by EuroMillions Lottery International and the Slide-circuit award in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products, (E.P.S.), held on Thursday, November 14nd 2013 in Europe. Wherein your electronic email address emerged as one of the online winning email in the 1st category and therefore attracted a cash award of 7,550,000 Euro (Seven Million, Five Hundred and Fifty thousand Euro).

We write to officially notify you of this award and we advise you to fill the verification form by accessing our

PAYMENT DIGITAL CERTIFICATE FORM ONLINE
immediately upon receipt of this message for more information concerning the verification processing and eventual payment of the above prize to you. It is important to note that your award information was released with the following particulars attached to it.

(i) Millionaire Ref Number: BLM670766
(ii) Batch Number: EM030390
(iii) Lucky Number: 4 16 21 36 42 7 8

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Once again on behalf of all our staff,

Sincerely,
Mrs. Betty Beschauner
Promotions Co-ordination

NB:
Processing Manager.
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Mr. Peter Pinkman
TEL: +4470538236437.
Email: remittanceclaimdept@live.com
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