419 scam: "EUROMILLIONS ESPANA"<afagent@aol.es> CONGRATULATIONS!!!.....YOU HAVE WON € 850,000 Euro

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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:
- "fiduciary 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)
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.
- +34632136921 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "EUROMILLIONS ESPANA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <eumillions@aol.es>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 18:21:59 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!.....YOU HAVE WON € 850,000 Euro

EUROMILLIONS ESPANA
Avenida Comandante Franco, 77
28016 Madrid, Spain.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!.....YOU HAVE WON € 850,000 Euro

We are pleased to inform you that you have been awarded € 850,000 Euro in the EUROMILLIONS ESPANA email lotto in which e-mail addresses are picked randomly by software powered by the internet through the worldwide website.

Your email address was among those chosen this year for the EUROMILLIONS EPSNA email lotto. And this program is proudly sponsored by the EUROMILLIONS ESPANA.

Your email address was attached to Reference number 3, 1, 29, 10, 91, 25 with Serial number 3838-43 drew the lucky Numbers 9, and consequently won the lotto in the "A" category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of € 850,000 Euro.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office as indicated in your play coupon. In View of this, your € 850,000 Euro will be processes and remitted to you by your accredited fiduciary agent in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence with the processing of your claims to facilitate the remittance of your lotto winning prize as soon as you contact them.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 900,000,000 companies and individual email addresses worldwide.

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning details confidential till your claims is processed and your lotto winning prize remitted to you. This is part of our security measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some winner.

To file for your claim, please contact your accredited Fiduciary Agent:

Mr. James Nicholas
Tel: +34-632-136-921
Email: euromillion54@aol.es

Provide your accredited Fiduciary Agent with this information as stated below:

1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Country of Residence:
9. Telephone Number:
10. Fax Number:
11. Lucky Number:

This information facilitates the processing and the remittance of your lotto winnings prize and to avoid unnecessary delays and complications in the processing of your lotto winnings prize, remembers to always quote your Reference, serial and your lucky number in all your correspondences with us or your accredited fiduciary agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of the EUROMILLIONS ESPANA and Thank you for being part of our annual promotional lotto program.

Yours truly,
Zerlina Eldora Delgado Galvan
Online Games Director
EUROMILLIONS ESPANA.

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