419 scam: "mark darren" <markdarren20@live.com> EUROMILLIONS DRAWS

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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: "mark darren" <markdarren20@live.com>
Reply-To: markdarren11@luckymail.com
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:23:56 -1200
Subject: EUROMILLIONS DRAWS

EUROMILLIONS DRAWS

Dear Winner,
RE: NOTIFICATION OF WINNING.
EMAIL CODE: SLDTXVGEU

Your email address has been selected as a winner in the EuroMillions Lottery
Online Draw held on the 18th of February 2010 for a prize of Two Million,Five
Hundred Thousand Euros.

For claims, send your reply to our financial handlers, Corporate Finance &
Securities Company
Email:markdarren11@luckymail.com
You are to furnish them with the following details;
PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM
(1)Full names(2)Residential address(3)Phone
number(4)Country(5)Nationality(6)Occupation(7)Age(8)You are also required to
choose the mode which you want to collect your funds:
(i)Travel down to personally collect it(ii)Through our European agent, this
are for those who are unable to travel due to one reason or the other.
Note: You should include your email code in the subject of your email.

This Winnings are strictly administered by "EuroMillions" under delegated
powers from the Gaming Regulators European Forum (G.R.E.F.). you are by all
means hereby advised to keep this whole information confidential until you
have been able to claim your prize money, as there have been many cases of
double and unqualified claim, due to beneficiaries informing third parties
about his/her Winnings.

Congratulations,

Janny Knights
Secretary
Prize Remittance Team

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