419 scam: UEFA Champions League Promo <info@uefa.com> WINNING PRIZE NOTIFICATION

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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")
- "million pounds" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mcuefadpt@mail2europe.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UEFA Champions League Promo <info@uefa.com>
Reply-To: mcuefadpt@mail2europe.com
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 20:01:43 +0800
Subject: WINNING PRIZE NOTIFICATION

MasterCard UEFA PROMOTIONS.
Airport Hale Rd Halebarns
Altrincham Cheshire WA15 8XW
United Kingdom
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 18 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: CARLO RONCHETTI
EMAIL ADDRESS: mcuefadpt@mail2Europe.com
Sincerely,
Etheridge Knight.
Message-ID: <AB67C0EAC1F1469D9795C8970986453B.MAI@home>

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