419 scam: "E.U AWARD"<rsjy@ciecc.com.cn> CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON!!!

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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.
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.
- +34603155650 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "E.U AWARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <claimdepartment@lugargroupseguros.com>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 12:18:56 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON!!!

Congratulations!! Your e-mail address was selected as winner of Euro million Lotteria Organised by E.U held on 05th May 2011.
You have won the sum of ?850,281.00 Euros (Eight hundred and Fifty thousand Two hundred and Eighty One euros only)
in cash credited to file with Reference number: ESP/1245/114L/LOP Ticket No:WRNM/SMI/5910, Winning Number: 12 ,24, 26, 36 ,42 ,49 )
This is from a total cash prize of ?28,000.000.00million Euros) Shared among the international winners in the Second category.
To file for your claim, Please Contact the appointed paying bank Agent in Spain With your Infomation
Full Name:............................
Full Telephone: ......................
Occupation:...........................
Date of Birth:........................
Country:..............................

NOTE: (YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR WINNING DISCREET AND PERSONAL IN ORDER TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIM)
Contact person;
KELVIN OSCAR
claimdepartment@lugargroupseguros.com
LUGAR GROUP SEguros & FINANCE S.L.
Tel: +34 603 155 650
Fax: +34 917 692 828

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