419 scam: "AWARD"<cliffmoorelines@yahoo.es> The Euromillion Lottery Promotion International

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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 office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "deadline" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
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 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.
- continnentalines@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "AWARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cliffmoore2000@aim.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:08:46 +0200
Subject: The Euromillion Lottery Promotion International

PRIME CATEGORY CONGRATULATION !!!!! BENEFICIARY
FROM THE EUROMILLION INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
Torre Espacio Paseo de la
Castellana 250D 28046
Madrid Spain
Hotline:00(34)-672-940-538
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Attention: Lucky Winner,
We The Euromillion Email Lottery wishes to congratulate you and formally inform you that your email address have won the sum of (€1,200000)(One Million Two Hundred Thousand Euro Only).in the last lottery draw, organized by The Euro million Lottery . We have confirmed The said sum is now deposited in our suspense account in your favor waiting for the immediate remittance to you. be informed that your winning prize has a hardcover insurance policy that makes it impossible to make any deduction of any kind, until the sum is finally credited into your designated account.

Our firm on behalf of the The Euromillion Lottery Promotion will issue an Irrevocable Guarantee of Payment Bond (IGPB) in your favor, thereby securing the above prize money. a copy of the IGPB will be forwarded to our paying bank for immediate action. However, (The Euro million Lottery Inc) has notified the paying bank of this development and the status of your claim.
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Following the above, you are expected to send us your full names telephone numbers and address to to your agent along with a copy of your international passport or driver’s license via email attachment or by fax for vetting process which is a standard practice just to ensure that we are dealing with the right individual.
This process is vital and urgent following the instruction from (The Euro million Lottery Promotion ) that all prize money should be claimed on or before the DEADLINE on your notice which is 14(days) after our first notification
Email:cliffandersonline@gmx.es and Hotline:+(34)-672-940-538
****************************** ******************************
Once again accept our congratulations and we look forward to hearing from you soon.
Best Regards,
Mr Clff Anderson
Email;cliffanderson@ozu.es
Claims Officer Euromillion Lottery Promotion International
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Dr Mrs Sopoia Bonissi
Email:continnentalines@aim.com
Public Relation Officer
The Euromillion Lottery Promotion International

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