419 scam: "e-Promo@uefa.com" <webinfo1211@btopenworld.com> Union of European Football Associations(UEFA)

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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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million united states 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)
- "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "uefa.c@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +447035927985 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- +448704900689 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "e-Promo@uefa.com" <webinfo1211@btopenworld.com>
Reply-To: uefa.c@live.com
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:32:01 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Union of European Football Associations(UEFA)

Uefa Online Promo
125 Shaftesbury Av
City of London WC2H 8AD,
United Kingdom.
REG NO: Y!/090/102/4

Dear Lucky Winner,

We Uefa (Union of European Football Associations) staff congratulate you once again,that one of the best things that can happen to any Internet user and sport lover is to be rewarded for spending money and time watching football. You may not have known that over one hundred billion people monthly on regular basis watch football. These football or sports lovers including yourself, pay fees to various stadiums to watch sports on the Internet or live on stadiums all over the world who in turn remit surplus funds to the numerous World Wide stadiums or Football bodies like FIFA,UEFA for the development and advancement of football.

So much money is generated from people like you all over the World for watching sports without your being aware the enormous sum that go to the stake holders (UEFA)Union of European Football Associations. Without your patronage, this would not have been possible. After we conducted a research on the issue, we concluded that football/sports lovers should be compensated. As a result, we embarked on a worldwide lottery promotion with a sophisticated automated database to randomly select E-mail accounts that frequently surf the Internet on sports sites. Consequent upon this, your E-mail address was picked for Category "C" Winners.

After the automated computer ballot, your E-mail address emerged as a winner in the category "C" with the following numbers attached
(i). Winning numbers: 08 16 20 24 25 40
(ii). Email ticket number: 172-02-88-89
(iii) Fund Pin Code: c/67788/900

You and other category C winners are therefore to receive a cash prize of $1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars) from the total payout of One Billion US Dollars embarked in the lottery for category c winners. Your prize award has been insured with your E-mail address, which qualified you for the lottery and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory Affidavit proof of E-mail address ownership.This lottery is done to reduce poverty and help you in your financial dreams.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our REGIONAL representative office in London as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of ($1,000,000.00) will be released to you from this regional branch office.

To file your claim,please contact our fiduciary agent with your details:

CONTACT: Mr. DONALD CLEARK
E-MAIL : uefa.c@live.com
Telephone: +44-703-592-798-5

Send Your Details: NAME , ADDRESS, OCCUPATION , MOBILE , SEX , TICKET NUMBER .

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WARNING!!!
You are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim your prize money,for many people will discourage you about this fund and latter contact us here for your fund.And also part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

Please be warned!!!!.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Blaine .H .Johnson,
Uefa (Co-ordinator).
EUROPE.
Tel: +44-7045771375
Tel: +44-7045773224
Fax:+44-870-4900-68978

**Please do not respond to this message as no one will receive it contact you Claim agent.

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