419 scam: "Mrs Matilda Howey"<wining@eurolotto.com> RE- YOUR LOTTO WINNING PRIZE

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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:
- "hundred thousand great british pounds" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "keep this confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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: "Mrs Matilda Howey" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsmahoweyconsultant@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 14:17:32 -0800
Subject: RE- YOUR LOTTO WINNING PRIZE

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the EURO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM for the Year 2014\2015. Your email address drew the lucky numbers 02-3-14-22-26-44 that consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump Sum Pay of GBP 5, 800.000.00 ( Five Million Eight Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds)Only, in cash Credited to File Ref number EUR-976/8700p..

This is from A Total Cash Prize of GBP 100,000.000.00 (One Hundred Million Great British Pounds only) Shared among International winners in this category.

This is your identification numbers:Batch Number: EUR-706/4432XP

Pin Number: EUR -11 300.

Your fund is now deposited with a financial institution (Nat West Bank Plc,London) United Kingdom insured in your name. Please note that your claim and batch number are the key to your funds.

You are to keep this confidential until your claim has been processed and your money paid to you, as this is part of our protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking an advantage of this program by participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 10,000 names from Africa, Asia, Europe and America as part of our international promotion program that we conduct once in a month.

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WARNING!!!!!

Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successful handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Matilda Howey,

Zonal Consultant.

For: Euro Lotto Ltd, London.

This is a confidential message.

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