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419 Scam Example: "EURO MILLIONS LOTTO / Mrs.Alonso Perez Antonia"
"EURO MILLIONS LOTTO" and variations thereof are labels used by a gang for a fake lottery fraud (advance fee fraud, "419").
Example of "EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY" scam email:
EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF: OGS/2211777009/01
BATCH: 12/024/IPD /SL
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE
Sir/Madam
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euro millions Lottery
Winners International E-mail programs held on the 25th of August 2004.
Your E-mail address attached to ticket number 30001415966-629 with
lucky main number 20 27 41 43 50 drew lucky star numbers 05 08, which
consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved
for a lump sum pay out of 1.000.000.00 Euro. (One Million Euro)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we a sk that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims has been processed
and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and
names from all over the world.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Bill Gates, President of
Microsoft, the world's largest software company inorder to enhance and
promote the use of Internet Explorer Users and microsoft-wares around
the globe. This promotional program takes place every three year. We
hope with part of your winning you will take part in our end of year 50
million Euro International lottery
..
To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial agent:
DR.LIUS ANTHONY
(ALEXANDER CONSULTANT & SECURITIES)
TEL:618-394-066.Email: [email protected]
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 26th of November
2004. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next
stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch
numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change
of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs.Alonso Perez Antonia
Lottery Coordinator
Here is another version using a different claims agent email address but the same company name and mobile phone number.
These two winning notifications list the same "lucky numbers" but for drawings on different dates. We found that "20 27 41 43 50" were the actual winning numbers in the UK National Lottery (the real one!) on August 13, 2004. The following email even gives that date for the drawing, while the previous one claims the numbers were drawn on August 25. In any case, the UK National Lottery does not award prizes to people who didn't buy tickets and it doesn't ask winners to call a cell phone number or to contact a free webmail email address to claim their prize.
From: "EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL." <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 2:18 PM
Subject: FINAL NOTIFICATION(CONGRATULATION ON YOUR WINNING IN EURO MILLIONS
LOTTERY EMAIL PROGRAMME AWARD)
EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF: OGS/2211777009/01
BATCH: 12/024/IPD /SL
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE
Sir/Madam
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euro millions Lottery
Winners International E-mail programs held on the 13th of August 2004. Your
E-mail address attached to ticket number 30001415966-629 with lucky main
number 20 27 41 43 50 drew lucky star numbers 05 08, which consequently won
in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out
of 1.000.000.00 Euro. (One Million Euro)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money
remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over
100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all
over the world.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Bill Gates, President of
Microsoft, the world's largest software company inorder to enhance and
promote the use of Internet Explorer Users and microsoft-wares around the
globe. This promotional program takes place every three year. We hope with
part of your winning you will take part in our end of year 50 million Euro
International lottery .
To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial agent:
DR.LIUS ANTHONY
(ALEXANDER CONSULTANT & SECURITIES)
TEL:618-394-066.Email: [email protected]
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 17th of December 2004.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please
remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform
our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs.Alonso Perez Antonia
Lottery Coordinator
From: "EURO MILLION LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL" <[email protected]>
To: <emailaddress>
Sent: Friday, 11 March, 2005 8:20
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!YOU ARE ONE OF OUR TEN LUCKY WINNERS
EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REFERENCE: 67/80/IPD
BATCH: EGGS-541-623-782:
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euro millions Lottery Winners,an International E-mail program held on the 2nd of Dec. 2004. Your E-mail address fall to the ticket number 653-908-321-675 with serial main number 345-790-241-671 drew lucky star numbers 34-32-90-43-32 which consequently won in the 2nd category of this program, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1.000.000.00 Euro.(One Million Euros)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning informations confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Bill Gates,President of Microsoft, the world's largest software company in order to enhance and promote the use of Internet Explorer Users and microsoft-wares around the globe.
This promotional program takes place every three years.We hope that, with part of your winning, you will take part in our end of year 50 million Euro International lottery.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial agent:
MR.CHRISTOPHER IAN HUNT
(COFIDIS CONSULTANTS & SECURITY)
Email:[email protected] or [email protected]
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 30th April 2005.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Sincerely yours,
MRS.ANA MARIA LOPEZ
Lottery Coordinator.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified
Message headers:
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From: EURO MILLION LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL <[email protected]>
To: emailaddress
Reply-To: [email protected]
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!YOU ARE ONE OF OUR TEN LUCKY WINNERS
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 00:20:07 +0100
WHOIS details for sending network (IP 62.175.9.92):
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address: Avenida Diagonal, 579
address: Barcelona 08014
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