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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.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?European=20Winning=20Lottery?= <e_winninglottery@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: uknewyearwinning@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:49:41 +0530 (IST)
Subject: YOU ARE A WINNER
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: e_winninglottery@yahoo.co.in
Dear Winner,
The Local Organising Committee of the European Champions League is glad to announce to the world
the giving away of the sum of FIFTY MILLION POUNDS to 100 lucky email addresses all over the
world. This promotion is in Appreciation of our InternationalSupport for the past Soccer 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 winner of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS among the
Hundred email addressess chosen. In other to claim your prize, you will have to fill the form below and
send it back to us for verification and then you will be informed on how your Cashier's Check for the
sum which has already been deposited with your email contact.
We use this opportunity to thank all our Sponsors/Contributors of this program: AIR
EMIRATES,ADIDAS,NIKE,MCDONALDS,COCA-COLA,UNITED AIRLINES,BMW,PEPSI,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.:............................................................
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 18 yearsof 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 isprivileged, 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. PLease Note That all response Should be sent to:
ukwinningagent01@netscape.net
Sincerely,
Susan Brown.
- European Winning Lottery
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