419 scam: EURO MILLION LOTTERY <feyomi@netscape.net> YOUR EMAIL ID HAS US$1 MILLION AWARD

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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:
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- "million dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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!
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.
- financialtrus@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: EURO MILLION LOTTERY <feyomi@netscape.net>
Reply-To: financialtrus@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:30:15 -0500
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ID HAS US$1 MILLION AWARD

US$1 MILLION WON PRICE NOTIFICATION
Ref Number: EMFL/351/499
Batch Number: EMFL-263-715
DRAWS FOR CATEGORY "B"

Lucky Winner,

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the
second Category EURO MILLION LOTTERY DRAW, the draws were officially
released on the 30th of October, 2009.

Your email ID was selected by Electronic Random Selection System
(ERSS) from the internet around the globe, your e-mail with the
following: Ticket number 5486623, with a Serial number 47550023 and
Lucky number 10-17-21-23-34-39 consequently won in the Second
Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of US$1,
000,000. 00 (One Million United States Dollars), which is the winning
payout for Category B winners from a total cash prize of US$
9,000,000.00 (Nine Million Dollars) shared amongst the first Eight (8)
lucky winners.

The Euro Million Free Lotto Awards is organized to encourage the use
of the internet and promote computer literacy worldwide as part of our
International Promotions Program, so therefore no ticket was sold.
Your prize awards will be paid to you upon endorsement of the WINNERS
CERTIFICATE & ALL OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS relating to your won prize as a
precautionary measure to ensure that payment are been paid to the
rightful winner.

Please contact our accredited processing agency (FINANCIAL TRUST
CONSULTANCY) on the following contact details below: Pls note, as all
unclaimed prize are nullified and cancelled after 10 days from the
date of this notice:

**************************************************************************************************
Contact person: Mr. Francis E. Schuster.
Tel/Fax: +34847378622
Email: financialtrus@netscape.net

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Note: As part of our security measure in your best interest to avoid
mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the
entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the
processing of your claims has been completed preventing people
applying for your winning fund as we have had cases like this before,
because no ticket was sold.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Gloria Van Hayden.
(Lottery Coordinator).

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