Venditoris: Beware of Sellers & Scams

Didn’t know they played soccer in Europe & the UK.

Could this be possibly a scam?

Is the Dalai Lama a Buddhist? Do bears live in the woods?

Here’s a recently received “Hook” Soccer Scam email sample (with a few items modified or deleted to protect the gullible). But we retained the email addresses and names etc. that the scammers chose to use so that they can be cataloged by the search engine robots that index this website regularly.

Thanks, folks for indexing.

Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION!!!
From: “UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUES”
Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 08:41:46 +0100

ATTENTION: Winner

The Local Organizing Committee of the European Champions League is glad to announce to the world the giving away of the sum of TWO HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS to 100 lucky email addresses all over the world.

This promotion is in Appreciation of our International Support 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 winners of TWO MILLION POUNDS among the One Hundred email addressess chosen. In order to claim your prize, you will have to fill the form below and send it to our fudiciary agent for verification and then you will be informed on how to make claims of your Cashier’s Check for the sum which has already been deposited along with your email contact.

We use this opportunity to thank all our Sponsors/ Contributors of this program: (ED: A WHOLE LIST OF FAMOUS COMPANY NAMES HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM THIS EMAIL TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT AND GULLIBLE)

NAME:……………………………………..
AGE:………………………………………
SEX (M/F):…………………………………
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 16 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 agent for you to be approved for payment:

CLAIMS AGENT: MR.LANGSTON WRIGHT
EMAIL: uefaclaimdept@hotmail.com
Tel: +44 nnn-nnn-nnnn

Sincerely,

Susan Hill.
Online co-ordinator,
(ED: FAMOUS DUTCH BEER COMPANY NAME DELETED TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT BEER DRINKERS OF THE WORLD) UEFA Champions League.