419 scam: "Union"<pproomoeuro01179@hotmail.co.uk> Your Email Has won

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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:

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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447010048913 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Union" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <eurounion001@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:30:47 +0530
Subject: Your Email Has won

EUROPEAN UNION PREMIER MOBILE /EMAILDRAW PROMOTION UK.
UNDER THE COPERATION OF ICC CRICKET WORLD PROMO
Unit 4/W1 HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road
London SW1A 2HQ, United Kingdom.
FROM THE DESK OF Dr. JERRY WHITE
TELL: +44-7010048913

Dear Lucky Winner.

This E-mail is to officially inform you that your Email have been verified and pronounced as the lucky Winner Of $1,000,000.00 Usd, in the 2011 ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP PROMO/European Union Premier Draw Promotion UK) wishes to congratulate you over your Email Id success in this financial bailout plan. Your Email Id emerged as one of the ten final recipients of a Cash Grant/Donation of (One Million Dollars only) to salvage your finances and to develop your community. This cash grant is a gift you will never be required to pay it back.

This financial bailout plan is funded by , Microsoft Corporation/ICC CRICKET/Yahoo Incorporated, United Nations Agencies, Economic Development Organizations and Regional Unions which include the African Union (AU), Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), European Union (EU), Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), North American Union (NAU), etc in an effort to reduce the impact of food and financial crisis around the world. The leaders of these organizations by (EUROPEAN UNION) held in London UK, and made donations for this programme. We were engaged to carry out the task of conducting the balloting and to subsequently pay winners.

Note that all participants’ Email were selected randomly from yahoo gmail google companies from all over countries of the world through a random sampling and your Email Id is attached to file reference number (EU-P098Q/02/LTY) that emerged as one of the lucky Email that won the sum of (One Million Dollars only) $1,000,000.00 Usd.

Our method of payment is through A Demand Bank Draft that will be Issue In your favour So that you can easily en-cash it in your country. All you have to do now is to provide us with the information below to enable the Management of our company issue you the Bank Draft in your favour, you are required to fill the Verification & Funds Release Form below.

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1. Full Name's:
2. Sex:
3. Country:
4. State/City:
5. Contact Address:
6. Mobile/Tel Number:
7. Marital Status:
8. Occupation:
9. Age:
10. Next Of Kin:
11. Zip Code:
12. File Reference Number:
13. Amount Won:

As a security measure, you are asked to keep your winning information confidential until you have made your claim. This is mainly to avoid putting up double claims which will result to the cancellation of your cash grant. On behalf of myself and all staff of EUROPEAN UNION ORGANIZATION, I say congratulations once again.

Your sincerely,

Dr. Jerry White
(Asia - Coordinator Claim Department)
European Union Premier Draw Promotion.

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