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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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Fraud email example:
From: "Mr Jerry Jones" <jjones@worldemail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 08:46:08 +0000
Subject: PERSONAL
The management of liverpool football club is glad to announce to the world the giving away of the sum of FIFTY MILLION UNITED KINGDOM POUNDS shared to many lucky email addresses all over the world.
This promotion is in appreciation of our International Support in the European Champions League Finals In Turkey and the correspondent capital profit in the stock market which was far beyond our projected quarterly earnings. It is also to Mark the Club's over 100 years of cooperate existence.
Part of the Funds for the draws have been contributed by our major sponsors which include Adidas, Hyundai, FujiFilm, MasterCard, Gillette, Cocacola, Emirates Air, Continental, Toshiba, Mcdonalds and a host of others.
Be informed that all winners in this program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 500,000 companies and individual e-mail addresses database.
Your email address happened to one of the lucky winner of (£700,000.00) Seven hundred thousand pounds among the many email addressess chosen. For all our international winners the value of the amount comes to ($1,284,211.94 USD) ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND ELEVEN UNITED STATES DOLLARS, NINETY FOUR CENTS. YOUR SECURITY CODE IS: LIV/EUR/2005/CHMP/EM754 and you are advised to remember to include this in your reply.
In other to claim your £700,000.00 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 £700,000.00 which has already been deposited with your email contact will be dispatched to you.
NAME:..................................................................
AGE:...................................................................
SEX:..................................................................
ADDRESS:...............................................................
EMAIL:................................................................
PHONE No.:.................................................................
OCCUPATION:..........................................................
COMPANY:...............................................................
COUNTRY:..............................................................
Please you are adviced 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.
Yours faithfully,
MrJerry Jones
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