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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "MasterCard UEFA Champions League Lottery Inc." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <uefaclaims@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:58:15 +0100
Subject: Prize Award Notice

ATTENTION: Winner

The Local Organising Committee of the MasterCard sponsors and the European Champions League is glad to announce to the world the giving away of the sum of THREE HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS to 100 lucky email addresses all over the world.

This promotion is in Appreciation of our International Support for the past Football Events and the correspondent earnings at the stock market which was far beyond our projected quarterly earnings.

Be informed that all winners in this program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 1,500,000 companies and individual e-mail addresses database. Your email address happened to be one of the lucky winners of THREE MILLION POUNDS among the One Hundred email addressess chosen. In order to claim your prize, you will have to fill out the form below and send it back to us for verification and then you will be informed on how to make claims of your Bankers Check for the sum which has already been deposited along with your email contact. It is mandatory you take note that your email address was attached to Serial Number: 889-207 and Batch Number: EU-155DB11-003/LL.

We use this opportunity to thank all our Sponsors/ Contributors of this program: MASTERCARD, AIR EMIRATES, ADIDAS, NIKE, MCDONALDS, UNITED AIRLINES, BMW, VIRGIN ATLANTIC, UMBRO-SPORTLINE, FUJIFILM, AIR-ASIA, BARCLAYS, VODAFONE, NOKIA N-SERIES, LUCOZADE SPORT, AND A HOST OF EMAIL SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR ALLOWING THE USE OF THEIR DATABASE FOR THE DRAWS AND ALSO FOR THE PROVISION OF SECURE (SSL)

EMAIL DELIVERY SYSTEMS.

NAME:..................................................
AGE:.....................................................
SEX:......................................................
ADDRESS:............................................
EMAIL:.................................................
TEL.:.....................................................
FAX:.....................................................
OCCUPATION:........................................
COUNTRY:.............................................

Please you are advised to complete the form and send back to us for prompt collection. You are automatically disqualified if you are below 17 years of age. This E-mail message (including attachments, if any)is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Information that is privileged, proprietary, confidential and exempted from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.

Congratulation once again and you are advised to send reply to your claims officer for you to be accredited for payment:CLAIMS OFFICER: MR. DOUGLAS WALKER.

Sincerely,

Etheridge Knight.

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