419 scam: "EURO MILLION"<group-002@xstakers.es> Special Notification.

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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:
- "claim 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "EURO MILLION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agenciaroyal@mixmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 23:11:43 +0200
Subject: Special Notification.

Special Notification.
Dear Internet User,
We are happy to inform you that your email address have emerged winner of (€750,550.00 ) in Europe Lottery Award.

The online cyber draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 500,000 email addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random online selection from the web. No tickets were sold.

Your email address is attached to Ref No: ESM/WIN/008/05/10/MA & Batch No:EULO/2907/444/ 908/06; Serial No: 45407; and PROMOTION DATE: 15th June 2009,Bear in mind that prizes will strictly be remitted to winners that officially file in for their claim within the given time frame.

To begin your claim, you are to forward this message to our accredited claim agent including your fulnames and telephone numbers.

ROYAL ACCESS AGENCIA S.A
Address: PLAZA DE SOL,
28921. (Madrid) Spain
Tel/fax: 0034-672.589.443
Email:royeragencia@teleoperadores.es
Your prize award has been insured with your email address and will be transferred to you upon meeting the requirement of the gaming board authority which includes your statutory obligations.

Hernández Francisco Adrián
Europe Organizing Committee
Spain Claim Central Office
(Lottery co-ordinator).
Madrid, 7th July 2009

Note: All Won Prize must Be claimed/ Cleared not later than 30th of July.2009. After this date, all other winnings will considered as UNCLAIMED and returned to ministerio de Economia Y Hacienda.

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