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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "cashier's check" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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 free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • european_champs_league@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Gordon Sparks <european_champs_league@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:07:34 -0400
Subject: PRIZE NOTIFICATION


Dear Winner,

The Local Organising Committee of the European Champions League is glad to announce to the world the
giving away of the sum of FIFTY MILLION POUNDS to 100 lucky email addresses all over the world. This
promotion is in Appreciation of our InternationalSupport for the past Soccer 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 winner of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS among the Hundred
email addressess chosen. In other to claim your 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 the sum
which has already been deposited with your email contact.
We use this opportunity to thank all our Sponsors/Contributors of this program:
AIR EMIRATES,ADIDAS,NIKE,MCDONALDS,COCA-COLA,UNITED AIRLINES,BMW,PEPSI,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.:............................................................
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 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. PLease Note That all response Should be sent
to: european_champs_league@yahoo.com

Sincerely,

Gordon Sparks.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam