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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Please note about this email:

• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB" <chelsea100anniversary@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 08:51:07 +0000
Subject: CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB 100TH ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA!!

 

 

                            CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB
                            PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
                            CHELSEA AVENUE                                                              
                            STAMFORD BRIDGE

                            LONDON. SW1V 3DW
                            UNITED KINGDOM

 

                 CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB 100TH ANNIVERSARY

 

This is to inform you of the release of email balloting held on the
26TH OCTOBER, 2005 ,by CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB on it's 100th
anniversery.For the first time ever  CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB have
decided to celebrate it's 100th anniversery by  awarding £1,000,000.00
 (ONE MILLION POUND STERLING)
each to   20 lucky winners who were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from only Microsoft users from over 30,000.00 companies
and 5,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
  However, the results were released on  1ST NOVEMBER,2005 and your
email  was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £1,000,000.00 each on
the 100th anniversery of the  CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB, and your email
was attached to ticket number  RR38844240 and ballot number  00147.
  In other to claim your £1,000,000.00  prize winning, which has been
deposited in a designated bank. However,you will have to fill the form
below and send it to the Promotion manager of this football club for
verification and then you will be directed to the bank where a cheque of
£1,000,000.00 has already been deposited in your favour.

 

NAME:.................................
AGE:..................................
SEX:..................................
ADDRESS:..............................
EMAIL:................................
PHONE:................................
OCCUPATION:...........................
COMPANY:..............................
COUNTRY:..............................

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it  immediately
to our Promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your
fund from the designated bank.
     CONTACT NAME: MRS PHAIR CAROLE (PROMOTIONS MANAGER)
     CITY/ COUNTRY:London, United Kingdom.
                EMAIL:promomanager_chelseafc@yahoo.co.uk

Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners
will result to disqualification.
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,                          

Mr Gusto Anderson

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