419 scam: "Spanish Lottety Inc"<info@spanishlotto.com> Your email address has won 1,000,000.00 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:

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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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.
- +447024026524 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- mike_hicks3@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Spanish Lottety Inc" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mike_hicks3@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 19:43:43 +0100
Subject: Your email address has won 1,000,000.00 Euros?

Date: 16/6/2010
Ref: ESP/1245/114L/LOP
Winning no: 7 - 8 - 10 - 20 - 30 - 36

CONGRATULATION!!

We are delighted to inform you of your winning on the 16th of June,2010 from the La Primitiva Loteria España(Spanish Lottery Inc 2010) which is partially based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses without the winners applying. Your e-mail address was attached with Reference number: ESP/1245/114L/LOP Winning Number 7 - 8 - 10 - 20 - 30 - 36 which consequently won the lottery in the second category. All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base and you are entitled with a huge lump of €1,000,000.00. Euros(One Million Euros).HOW TO FILE YOUR CLAIM: Simply contact our Fiducially Clai

Agent Name: Rev Mike Hicks
Official Email: mike_hicks3@hotmail.co.uk
Phone: +447024026524
Address: LONDON - UNITED KINGDOM.

CLAIMS REQUIREMENT
Full name:
Address:
Age:
Sex:
Nationality:
Home Telephone #
Office Telephone #
Mobile Telephone #
Fax #
E-mail address:
Marital Status:
Occupation:

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel and also note that you should not reply to this email address sender simply contact Rev Mike Hicks your claims agent with the information above. Please do not respond if you are NOT the owner of this email address.

Congratulations once again on your winning!

Best Regards,
Dr. (Mr.) Evra Gomez
[Publicity Secretary]
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Confidentiality Notice

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