419 scam: "INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY"<lotto@internationallottery.com> WINNER NOTIFICATION

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "foreign service manager" (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.
- +34617833863 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- philipanderson1964@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <philipanderson1964@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 00:09:32 -0700
Subject: WINNER NOTIFICATION

FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.
INTERNATIONAL LOTTO PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
AVDA CABALLERO MOTE nº 21
08830 BARCELONA SPAIN
Reference Nº: EZO-042/444088/13
Batch Nº: GA/04415/031ES

ATTENTION:

We are happy to inform you of the release of our yearly LOTERIAS Y APUESTAS SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM, held on the 15th January, 2015. Due to the mix up of numbers and names, the results were later released on the 23th February, 2015. Your name was entered as an alternative number attached to Reference Number: EZO -042/444088/13 with
Batch number: GA/04415/031ES drew the lucky numbers 4-13-21-27-36-38-45, which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved a lump sum payment of €825.000.31 (EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND, THIRTY ONE CENT EUROS ONLY) in cash credited to file Reference Number: EZO-042/444088/13. This is from a Total Cash Prize of $44,440.000.00 (FORTY FOUR MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS ONLY) Shared Among seventeen International winners in this Category.

Your fund is now deposited with a finance/security company insured to its real value in line with the Spanish financial Parliamentary Act: hence the payment should not be reprogrammed nor should any money be deducted from your winning. Due to false practices, we ask that you keep your award information strictly from public notice, until your claim has been
processed and money remitted to your possession as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals. All participants were selected through
a computer ballot system drawn from (Six Million) names from Asia, America, Africa, Gulf Region, Europe, and South Pacific, as part of our Yearly International promotion program. We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger
cash prize in the subsequent programs ahead.

To begin your claims, contact your fiduciary agent immediately Mr. PHILLIP ANDERSON, FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER OF EUROZONE SEGUROS S.A. ON TEL Nº: +34 617 833 863, Email: ( philipanderson1964@yahoo.com ) for the processing and remittance of your
funds. Remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.
Finally all winning must be claimed not later than 24Th APRIL, 2015. After this date, the entire Fund will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed. Furthermore should there be any change of your personal details or address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once again!!!

Yours Sincerely

MICHAEL GUSTAVO

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