419 scam: "Euro Million Award"<award@euro-million.com> Congratulations!!! You have been award 3,000,000.00 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:
- "claims office" (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)
- "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)
- "euromillionclaim23@qq.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Euro Million Award" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <euromillionclaim23@qq.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:17:18 +0100
Subject: Congratulations!!! You have been award 3,000,000.00 Euro

Euro Million Award
Narciso Serra 5
28007, Madrid
Spain

Dear Euro Million Winner

This is a notification from the Euro Millions that you have been chosen by the Euro Millions Award as one of the final recipients of the Euro Millions
Awards for personal, educational, and business development.

The Euro Million, established with the objective of human growth, educational, and community development. You have been chosen by the United Nations Award as one of the final recipients of Award of 3,000,000.00 Euro (Three Million Euro).

Euro Millions Award is a transnational Award launched on 7 February 2004 by France's Française des Jeux, Spain's Loterías y Apuestas del Estado and the United Kingdom's Camelot.

You are required to contact the Claims office below for verification/processing of your Award claims. This can be done by sending the below information to the Contact email address also below:

Euro Million Award
Email: euromillionclaim23@qq.com

Note: Further information on how to claim your Award will be sent after we receive your reply with the below details:

Name:
Address:
Age:
Occupation:
Mobile Number:
Email Address:

You are advised to keep the Award confidential. We previously experienced cases of double and unqualified claim, due to beneficiaries informing third parties about the Award. Finally, Your Award should be claimed no later than 30 days after notification. Failure to do so will result in cancellation of that beneficiary award and the grant funds will be reserved for next year`s recipients.

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