419 scam: "E I Loto"<diretoria@atlanticocopacabana.com.br> Yo Are Among The Luck Winners ( Congratualtions ) .

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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:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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.
- contuseurolotopromo@mail2europe.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "E I Loto" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <contuseurolotopromo@mail2europe.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 00:57:36 -0700
Subject: Yo Are Among The Luck Winners ( Congratualtions ) .

Europe International Lottery Promo (EILP)
2nd Floor Chiltern House, St Nicholas Court
25 - 27 Castlegate, Nottingham NG1 7AR,
United Kingdom.

Dear Lucky Winner

We happily announce to you the result of the National lottery draws held on Friday August 26th 2016, Lotto
6/49 in Essex, United Kingdom. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000.00 companies and personal e-mail addresses.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9524 7560 with serial number 046530 drew the winning
numbers 1 7 14 4 17 27 Bonus 40. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$ 750,000.00
(SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED DOLLARS ONLY ) in cash credited to file
EAAL/9090118308/08.

There are Four Zonal Nominated paying centres Globally namely Nottingham in United Kingdom,
New York City In the United States, Dubai in United Arab Emirate lastily Kuala Lum[ur-Malaysia in Asia.
Your award prize shall be released / paid through the Asia paying centre in Malaysia as drawing turned out to be.
These does not mean that you mus make distance trip to Malaysia to claim your award, rather Banks has
been accredit / nominated at each zonal paying centre to pay and transfer your prize/funds accordingly.

To apply for your claim, please contact our Malaysia claim agent (Mr. C.A . Johnson )for quick and urgent
release of your awarded (US$750,000.00) funds through the below email address for actions.

Mr. C.A. Johnson
Europe Int'l Lottery Promo( EILP)
Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
Email: contuseurolotopromo@mail2europe.com

Endeavor to submit the below information’s as stated below to enable Mr. Johnson process your winning.

1.Full Name:..............................................................................................................
2.Full Address:...........................................................................................................
3 Marital Statue:.........................................................................................................
4 Occupation:.............................................................................................................
5 Age:....................................................................................................................
6 Sex:....................................................................................................................
7 Nationality:............................................................................................................
8 Tel.Number:.............................................................................................................
9 Country Of Residence...............................................................................................

Due to possible mix up of some numbers and email contacts, we ask that you keep this award strictly from
public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by some participants of
this program.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this Lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr.T. W.Williams
Europe International Lottery Promo

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