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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: "HEINEKEN UEFA PROMO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <georgecole05@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:16:10 -0700
Subject: Good News***Congratulations You Emerge A Winner.



Prize Redemption Center
THE HEINEKEN UEFA PROMOTIONAL GROUP,
United Kingdom, SE1 7NA

!!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER!


The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness Promotion Department of the Heineken Company, wishes to congratulate you on your success as the STAR PRIZE WINNER in this years' Heineken Uefa International Awareness Promotion (IAP) in United Kingdom.
This makes you the proud owner of a cash prize of GB £1,000,000.00.Your E-Mail has won you GB £1,000,000.00 in the 2010 Heineken Uefa Seasonal Promo Live International E-Mail Draw in United Kingdom. To claim, Email; georgecole05@yahoo.com.hk

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our Computerized Email Selection System (C.E.S.S.) from a database of over a million email addresses from the World Wide Web. Each email address was attached to a ticket number and your email address with ticket number: 5647600545188 and serial number: was randomly selected as the star prize winner amongst other consolation prize winners.
For you to collect your prizes, kindly fill the verification form below and send it to the Claims Manager,Mr. Cole of our claims department through email, stating your receipt of this notification. He has been mandated to offer you assistance and facilitate the urgent delivery of your prizes.



VERIFICATION FORM:

1.) FULL NAME:
2.) AGE:
3.) SEX:
4.) ADDRESS:
5.) ZIP/POSTAL CODE:
6.) STATE/PROVINCE:
7.) COUNTRY:
8.) PHONE:
9.) OCCUPATION/POSITION:
10.) COMPANY:
11.) EMAIL ADDRESS:
12.) TICKET NUMBER:

Congratulations once more, and keep trusting on Heineken.
Claims Manager: Mr. George Cole,
THE HEINEKEN UEFA PROMOTIONAL GROUP
Phone: (44) 7031 920 881
Fax: (44) 7006-077-271
Email: georgecole05@yahoo.com.hk

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