419 scam: "chris kennedy" <loteriavueling@europe.com> International Vueling Promotional Lottery Winner

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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.
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 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.
- loteria.vueling@europe.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "chris kennedy" <loteriavueling@europe.com>
Reply-To: lottovueling@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 23:50:38 +0200
Subject: International Vueling Promotional Lottery Winner

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONAL CODE GEWINNZUTLG 21/04/2014

REFERENCE NUMBER: IGM-25456009-ES
PROCESSING NUMBER: IGM/25456009/ES

ATTENTION:

Dear Sir/ Madam.

NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to announce the draw (# 471) of the international Vueling lottery held on April 21, 2014. Your name and e-mail is attached to winning number: EN1616627320EU with the serial code 5368/02 series. Therefore, you are the beneficiary of the total sum of € 795.850.00 EUR (Seven Hundred and Ninety Five thousand, Eight Hundred and Fifty Euros).

All participants for the online version were selected from directories worldwide through random drawing system, which have been extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations and limited liability companies.

This promotion is valid until the day (26/04/2014)

To file your claim, please fill out the attached form and contact our agent with the following information:

East Vault Security
Calle Juan Bravo, 2

28006 Madrid

(España)

Mr. Sergio Moran
Email: loteria.vueling@europe.com
Tel: 0034 611 301 075

Monday - Thursday de 09:00 a 18:00
Friday from 08:00 a 16:00

Find attached the form which will have to be filled and sent forward to our head agent.

CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF VUELING!

Sincerely,
Mr. Chris Kennedy

Name and Surname: ________________________________________

Date of birth:                     ________________________________________

Address:   ________________________________________

Province:   ________________________________________

Country: ________________________________________

Phone Number:    ________________________________________

Email Address: ________________________________________

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