419 scam: "Euro-Milliones" <mark.silver5@aim.com> EURO-MILLIONES.

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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")
- "claims 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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +34632053382 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- luieraul@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Euro-Milliones" <mark.silver5@aim.com>
Reply-To: adult551@live.com
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 08:21:35 -0000
Subject: EURO-MILLIONES.

EUROMILLIONES ESPAÑOL
Admón de Loterías nº 137
Hermosilla, 85
28001 Madrid.

Ref: Nº: FYR837497.
Batch Nº: EU/0002014-ES.

We happily announce to you the beneficiary to this email address the draw
of the Euro-Millions International E-lottery Sweepstakes program held on
Monday 24th March, 2014. Your email address attached to ticket number
1-4-23-33-44 drew the lucky star number (Match 5 and 1 Star) Bonus ball,
which your email subsequently won in the 2nd category. This email
beneficiary is therefore been approved to claim a total sum of EUR
€366,735.30. (THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED AND
THIRTY FIVE EUROS. THIRTY CENTS) in cash credited to Ref: Nº: FYR837497
and Batch Nº: EU/0002014-ES.

All winning email addresses for this online version were selected randomly
from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from
over 100,000 individuals, unions, associations, and corporate bodies that
were listed in the online email web sites. In view of this, all winning
prize would be process for claim to you by our registered affiliated legal
claim agent for non-resident winners. Registered legal agent will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds
as soon as your contact is received.

For security reasons and misappropriation, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential until your claim is processed and your
money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measures to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this e-lottery program, any
bridge of confidentiality on your part as a winner will lead to immediate
disqualification, please be warn.

To file your claim, please contact our registered affiliated legal claims
agent:

Sr. Luis Raúl.
E-mail: luieraul@aim.com
Tel/Fax: +34 632 053 382

Remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondence
with your legal claim agent. Once again congratulations from all our
members and staffs of Euro-Millions.

Alvaro David Ramon.

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