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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: "MasterCard® UEFA Promotions" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agentmail0022@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:02:00 +0100
Subject: Serial Number: 889-207

MasterCard® UEFA PROMOTIONS.
Airport Hale Rd Halebarns
Altrincham Cheshire WA15 8XW UK

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 17 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: MR. Carlo Ronchetti
E-mail: agentmail0022@gmail.com

Sincerely,

Melvin Patch.

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