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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: "Heineken UEFA Promo 2012" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hupdept2012@gmx.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 18:49:56 -0500
Subject: Congratulations**From**Heineken!!!

Prize Redemption Center
THE HEINEKEN UEFA PROMOTIONAL GROUP,
United Kingdom, SE1 7NA

!!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER!

The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness
Promotion Department of the Heineken Company, wishes to congratulate you on
your success as the STAR PRIZE WINNER in this years' Heineken Uefa
International Awareness Promotion (IAP) in United Kingdom. This makes you the
proud owner of a cash prize of £1,000,000.00 GBP.Your E-Mail has won you
£1,000,000.00 GBP in the 2012 Heineken Uefa Seasonal Promo Live International
E-Mail Draw in United Kingdom. To claim, Email; hupdept2012@gmx.co.uk

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
Computerized Email Selection System (C.E.S.S.) from a database of over a
million email addresses from the World Wide Web. Each email address was
attached to a ticket number and your email address with ticket number:
5647600545188 and serial number: was randomly selected as the star prize winner
amongst other consolation prize winners.

For you to collect your prizes, kindly fill the verification form below and send
it to the Claims Manager,Mr. Frank Owen of our claims department through email,
stating your receipt of this notification. He has been mandated to offer you
assistance and facilitate the urgent delivery of your prizes.

VERIFICATION FORM:

1.) FULL NAME:
2.) AGE:
3.) SEX:
4.) ADDRESS:
5.) ZIP/POSTAL CODE:
6.) STATE/PROVINCE:
7.) COUNTRY:
8.) PHONE:
9.) OCCUPATION/POSITION:
10.) DO YOU DRINK HEINEKEN:
11.) EMAIL ADDRESS:
12.) TICKET NUMBER:

Congratulations once more, and keep trusting on Heineken.
Claims Manager: Mr. Frank Owen
THE HEINEKEN UEFA PROMOTIONAL GROUP
Phone: (44) 702-403-8320
Fax: (44) 7006-077-271
Email: hupdept2012@gmx.co.uk


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