419 scam: "Euro Milliones Promotion Center."<oooooes@ubajoes.es> You Have Won 470,000 Euros

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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:
- "sicclaimdept@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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Euro Milliones Promotion Center." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sicclaimdept@luckymail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 02:46:48 +0200
Subject: You Have Won 470,000 Euros

Euro Million Lottery Board
Madrid - Spain.
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Dear Lucky Winner,

We are happy to inform you that your email address have emerged winner of 470,000 Euros in Euro Million Loteria.

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 computer selection from the web.

Your email address is attached to REFERENCE NUMBER: ESP/WIN/008/02/10/MA and BATCH NUMBER: EURO/1007/444/606/10.

You are to contact below claim officer for immediate processing of your claim;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 should include Your Name, Address, Sex, Age, Nationality and Phone numbers. You are to quote
your Reference and Batch numbers for verification by the company.

Mr. Antonio Guzman (Claim Officer)
Email: sicclaimdept@luckymail.com
Tel: 0034693559706

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.

Best regards,
Dr. Maria Jose Muyor.
Euro Milliones Lottery

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