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UEFA EURO 2012 Poland-Urkraine Winning Notification Scam

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, also known as Euro 2012, is hosted by Poland and Ukraine between June 8 and July 1, 2012. Scammers are using this event to carry out their dirty work of robbing people. Anti-virus company Symantec (symantec.com), has detected an e-mail scam, which claims a winning prize of four million British Pounds for the month of December prize promotion which is organized by FIFA.

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The e-mail message contains the following:

Subject: Online Active Email Notification Euro2012 Award

Please DO NOT reply to this e-mail message and take precautionary measures when you receive an e-mail message stating that you have won a prize.

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