419 scam: "EURO MILLION LOTTO"<barrmariosanchez@gmail.com> CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "euro million lotto" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "fiduciary 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!
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.
- eurosclaimsplc@yahoo.com.hk (Yahoo, Hong Kong; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- name: mr. carlos blanco tel:+34602807893 e-mail: eurosclaimsplc@yahoo.com.hk complete the below form and summit it to: (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "EURO MILLION LOTTO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <eurosclaimsdpt@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:09:49 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

EUROPE LOTTERY AWARDS HEADQUARTERS

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGEMENT
EURO MILLION SPAIN
PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF Nº: EUM1011077/03
BATCH Nº: AD/84092/MCF

Dear Prize Winner
RE-AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
LOTTERY: YOU WON €950.000.00 WRITE BACK NOW!!!

We are please to inform you the draw of the EURO MILLION Microsoft email international promotion
programme.This is online sweepstakes international program held on 10th Oct. 2013.You have won the l
ottery in the JACKPOT Bonus. The amount you luckily won is yet to be claimed and you are getting the
FINAL notification as regards to this Email. Your e-mail address was attached to the winning numbers
12, 17, 32, 37, 43. By our computer draw system, this subsequently won you the lottery in the JACKPOT
Bonus Category B. And you have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of €950.000.00 (Nine
Hundred And Fifty Thousand Euros) in CASH credited to file number; EUM1011077/03 and Draw Number:
2171. The total cash prize was shared amongst (5) lucky winners in this category ¨B¨ JACKPOT bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites (w.w.w.) through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions associations and corporate bodies that
are listed online. Your email address is your free online stake access to this programme so you are not
required to purchase a stake ticket for the entre.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is
processed and your money remitted to you in your country. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

To file for your claim,kindly contact our fiduciary agent with the information below:

FIDUCIARY AGENT
Name: Mr. CARLOS BLANCO
Tel:+34602807893
E-mail: eurosclaimsplc@yahoo.com.hk

Complete the below form and summit it to: eurosclaimsdpt@yahoo.com.hk

( 1 ) YOUR FULL NAMES: .................
( 2 ) YOUR WINNING NUMBERS:.............
( 3 ) YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS: .............
( 4 ) TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS:............
( 5 ) YOUR AGE:.........................
( 6 ) YOUR COUNTRY: ....................
( 7 ) LANGUAGE: ........................
( 8 ) YOUR OCCUPATION: .................
( 9 ) HAVE YOU EVER WON A LOTTERY BEFORE:......
( 10 ) HOW DO YOU FEEL TO BE A WINNER:.........
(11) YOUR GENDER (SEX)........................

MODE OF PAYMENT (BANK TO BANK TRANSFER)
BANK NAME:.............................
ACCOUNT NAAME:.........................
BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER:...................
IBAN NUMBER:...........................
ROUTING NUMBER.........................
SOFT CODE:.............................
BANK ADDRESS:..........................
Congratulations from all the members and staff of THE EURO MILLION LOTTO®.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Maria Antonio Lopez
THE EURO MILLION LOTTO®

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