419 scam: "Euro Millions" <award@euromillions.co.uk> Winning Notice!!!

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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.
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: "Euro Millions" <award@euromillions.co.uk>
Reply-To: info@euromilliononline.eu
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 03:23:53 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Winning Notice!!!

Euro-Millions Online Promotions
Building 3 Microsoft Campus
Thames Valley Park
Reading, Berkshire RG6 1WG
United Kingdom.

"You have won GBP354,000.00 from Euro Millions Online Promotions".

The 619th Euro-Millions draw took place on Friday 7th February, 2013 at
10am CET (9pm UK time) and Your Email Address was attached to Millionaire
Raffle: HDS11782 and Drew the Lucky No: 01 02 05 13 21 48 27
This represents a second category online draw, making you the winner of
Three Hundred and Fifty Four Thousand Pounds (GBP354,000.00).

Your Winning Details are as follows;

Reference No: R2GHD/YTC/2013
Batch No: 4-3/97/YTC/2013
Amount Won: GBP354,000.00

To claim your prize, You are advised to provide the following details
accurately to facilitate the prize release process.

1) Full Names
2) Sex
3) Contact Address
4) Tel, Mobile, and Fax Nos.
5) Email
6) Age
7) Occupation
8) Nationality

Send an email, confirming your Winning Email Address and the above winning
details to:

Mr. Amarula Richardson (Claims Fiduciary Desk)
E-mails: info@euromilliononline.eu

Congratulations once again from the members of Staff of our Promotions
Program.

Yours Truly,
Claudia Barry
Programme Co-ordinator
Euro-Millions Online Promotions

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