419 scam: EURO-MILLIONS LOTTERY <info@smartsignals.in> [Info] CONGRATULATION Thu Aug 18

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "00,000.00" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: EURO-MILLIONS LOTTERY <info@smartsignals.in>
Reply-To: info@stcbk.com
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 19:49:02 -0700
Subject: [Info] CONGRATULATION Thu Aug 18

Attn: Email Account Holder,

Congratulations
We happily announce to you the draw (#1526) of the Euro-Millions, online
Sweepstakes promotion held in United States. Your active e-mail address
attached to the World Wide Web computer generated ticket number:
B7607545 4139 with reference number EAAL/JA2C110P7 and Serial number
USA5365/3, Batch number ZA87-2PY, drew the Lucky Numbers: 03 08 18 24 40
Lucky Stars 03 18. This subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st
category i.e. matches 6 lucky numbers as jackpot prize. You have
therefore been allocated to claim a total sum of $11,691,315 (Eleven
Million, Six hundred and ninety one thousand, three hundred and fifteen
dollars). This is from A total cash prize of $39,900,000.00 Shared
amongst the (6) lucky winners in "1st" category.

Additional information Jackpot winner(s) Lucky Dip winners Machine used
for draw Ball set used 14 SAPPHIRE 21 This promotion was drawn based on
email address as the key identification for setting up online accounts.
All valid email addresses in the World Wide Web Draw used/participants
for the online email promotion version were selected randomly via
computer balloting from a global website collaboration with internet
companies like eBay, pay pal, liberty reserve, and Google whom also
built their systems and based their membership registration identity on
email addresses supporting this computer draw system done by extracted
email addresses from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate
bodies and affiliated members to the National Lottery website and their
advertisers listed online. This Online promotion takes place via virtual
ticket balloting and it is done Bi-annually. Please note that you're
lucky winning ticket file and number falls within our booklet
representative office in USA, as indicated

Contact our Fiduciary agents immediately to commence release of your
lottery prize by providing details below.

1. Full Name:

2. Age:

3. Sex:
4. Address:

5. Occupation:

6. Email Address:

7. Country of origin:
8. Country of resident:
9. Telephone:

10. Fax Numbers:

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you
in whatever choice you want to claim your prize. Precautionary measure
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program are in
place. Please be warned To file for your claim, please contact our
fiduciary agent and provide her with your winning email and details.

Euro-Million Lottery Fiduciary Agents:(Mrs Kersy Guevara)

E-mail: info@stcbk.com

"Please do not reply back to the senders address or the source email
address, this notification is sent automatically via computer virtual
notification to winning email addresses and a response will not be
attended by Human but computer" contact the fiduciary agents above "

Yours Faithfully,

Mrs. Brenda S Riley,
Online co-coordinator
EURO-MILLIONS LOTTERY

Copyright (C) 1994-2022 The USA Lottery International Promotion Inc.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. TERMS OF SERVICE -GUIDELINE.

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