419 scam: EUROMILLION <pillhuw42@gmail.com> ATTN: STAKE WINNER CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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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: EUROMILLION <pillhuw42@gmail.com>
Reply-To: deskeuromilion@europe.com
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2022 05:12:34 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: ATTN: STAKE WINNER CONGRATULATIONS!!!

AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE We are pleased to inform you again of the result of the EURO MILLIONES FOTUNE AWARD INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONAL program held on September 9th, 2019. We try to reach you again on this same address, as our previous notification to you returned undelivered. This is part of our bi annual international promotions program “EURO MILLIONES FORTUNE AWARD”. Due to mix up of names and addresses, undelivered mails were released again for final notification on the October 15th, 2019. Your name attached to Ticket Nº: 12Q-79, Batch Nº: EL-1097/2017, Ref Nº: EU/0147-MAD-17/ESP drew the lucky numbers: 913-56-7-09-341-4017, which consequently won the fortune award in the 2nd category. All Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 75, 000,000 "Online Identification Protocol" (OIP) from Asia, Australia, Africa, New Zealand, Europe, South America and North America as part of Our international promotions program which we conduct once every year. We hope you draw a bigger cash prize in our next year’s program. CONGRATULATIONS!!! You have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay-out of €1, 550,000.00 (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS ONLY) in cash credited to file with REF. NO. EU/0147-MAD-17/ESP, BATCH: EL-1097/2017, this is from a total cash prize of: THIRTEEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND AND FIFTY U.S DOLLAR’S / ZERO CENTS ($13, 770,050.00) shared among the seventeen (17) international lucky winners in their respective categories In compliance to the terms and conditions of the E.U. Lotteries and Gaming Authority we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your winning prize claim has been processed and money remitted to you as this is part of our security protocol to avoid the public taking undue advantage of the lottery program like it has happened in the past. Best Regard

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