419 scam: "Euro Millones Award Espana."<prom@euromillones.es> Confirmation Email Serial N. D0210-280

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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:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "eurocashsl@luckymail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +34672803260 (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.
- eurocashsl@terra.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Euro Millones Award Espana." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Do-not-reply@euromillones.es>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 05:15:57 +0100
Subject: Confirmation Email Serial N. D0210-280

Euro Millones Award Espana.
Winning Ref Number: M/201/ESP,
Ticket Number: TD/873-52.

Dear Email ID Owner/ Beneficiary!!!

The Board of Directors and the International Promotion Department of Euro Millions Espana wishes to congratulate you on your success for being one of our lucky prize winners of 953,678.44 (Euros) in our NEWYEAR CRISIS SOLUTION PROMO. This notice will come to you as a surprise, the results of the 2010 electronic online email sweepstakes is out, and your email address won 953,678.44 in category 2A, attached to Winning Reference No: M/201/ESP, Ticket No: TD/873-52.

This is a program aimed to help families with the current Global crisis and aimed also at encouraging Internet users, hence no ticket sold. We request you pay attention to this notice and follow, the Steps and conditions below to claim your prize. To file for your claim contact the appointed paying finance agent on the telephone number and email given below within 24 hours:

Mr. Miro David William
Tel: +34-67-2803-260
Madrid Spain
Email to: eurocashsl@luckymail.com and eurocashsl@terra.es

STEPS & CONDITIONS TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE:
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(1). Indicate your full names and address, Country, Contact telephone numbers, mobile, fax number, occupation and your Ticket Number and Reference number to your claim/paying agent above.

(2). Please be informed that due to mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask you to keep your winning Information confidential until your winning prize of (953,678.44 Euro) has been processed and transferred to your designated account of your choice; this is to avoid double claim and unwarranted abuse of the programme by some participants.

We wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Maria Antonio Perez.
Online co-ordinator.

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