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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.
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: "ECOMERCE FOUNDATION" <eurocoodinator7@voila.nl>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:12:37 +0200
Subject: E COMERCE NEWS
E-Commerce Foundation International.
Regional Office: Heidelberglaan 2
3481 CS,
Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Attention: Your email was successful in our recent Email Sweepstake
We are using this avenue to notify you of your success in our recently
conducted international email ballot draw which was in collaboration
with Euro Million International Lottery where e-ticket and batch numbers
were assigned to the over 350,000 email addresses randomly selected through
an electronic random selection system (ERSS) from all countries around the
world and used for the sweepstake (no ticket was sold). Your email won in
the first category draw and therefore entitled to a payout of $3,200,000.00
(Three million two hundred thousand U.S Dollars) Only. Your E-ticket number
is 03 1 092 900
ECF, Batch Number: EU-LW027541 and winning numbers are 22-30-34-35-44*4*5.
You are therefore required to SEND the following details:
FULL NAMES; ADDRESS (not P.O. Box);
TELEPHONE NUMBER;
WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS to the Claims Processing Coordinator,
PROFESSOR MANDER BOUW, representing E-commerce Foundation
International/Euro
million International Lottery.
Telephone number: +31 619 317 420
Email: ecommercefoundation@yahoo.de
NOTE: We will payout money strictly to winners who officially file in for
their
prize claims .You are also to keep all winning information away from the
general
public especially your E-ticket number and winning numbers. (This is
important as
cases of double claims will not be entertained).
Persons under 18 years and members of affiliate agencies are not eligible
to
participate in this programme
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
Yours faithfully
Marijm Vancosky.
Executive secretary E-Commerce Foundation International
"The information in this email contains confidential information and is
intended solely for the attention
and use of the named addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you
are not authorized to and
must not disclose copy, distribute or retain this message or any part of
it."
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