419 scam: "EURO MILLION"<oteroperezjose2010@gmail.com> REGARDS

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

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: <oteroperezjose2011@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:47:04 +0100
Subject: REGARDS

Attn: Global Net User ((((R)))))

FROM SPANISH EURO MILLION AWARDS

Your name appears in 2010 conclusion of Spanish Euro Million Awards Winning Fund on this week edition. Through our Computer Ballot, you have been approved to be paid the sum of $2, Million Euros (Two Million Euros only).

Now below information is needed, and also indicate how you want your payment to get to you from Spanish Government. Please re-confirm inline as followings, because we have tow days to release your fund to you.

1) Your full name and address
2) Phones, fax and mobile #.
3) Company's name, position and address.
4) Profession, sex, age and marital status.
5) Working I’d/Int'l passport.
6) Beneficiary Name.
7) Bank details

Regards
Dr.Otero perez jose

Claim Agent
Telephone Contact: +34634141120 fax +34917903684

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam