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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: "shanbamgu20010cup6 shanbamgu20010cup6" <shanbamgu20010cup6@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:55:34 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON COCA-COLA COMPANY 2008


**
* [image: Coca Cola Company Red Spencerian Script]*
*THE COCA-COLA COMPANYPROMOTION*
*PRIZE AWARD PROMOTE *
*SOUTHAFRICAN 2010WORLDCUP.*
*We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded
annual First Draws held to promote South Africa 2010 World Cup.Your email
address was selected in our computer ballot system,The selection process was
carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection
machine (TOPAZ).*
* *
*Congratulations: Your email was among the 7 Lucky winners who won
$2,000,000.00{Two million United State Dollars} each in the THE COCA-COLA
COMPANY 2008 LOTTERY PROMOTION.This is from the total prize money of
US$14,000,000.00 shared among the seven lucky winners in the first category
of the year 2008. *
* **CONGRATULATIONS *
* *
*Each in the just concluded draw held to promote South African 2010 World
Cup,sponsored by South African Coca-Cola Company.To begin the
claim processing of your prize you are to contact the fiduciary agent as
stated below:*
* *
*PROCESSING DIRECTOR *
*NAMES: MR. ADAMS COKE *
*EMAIL:mr.adamscoke2@yahoo.com***
*TELE:+27 83 439 0003*
*FAX: +27 86 655 3326*
* *
*And also provide the following information Below to him immediately for the
processing of your winning Prize. *
* *
*FULL NAMES:.......................*
*ADDRESS:...................... ............*
*COUNTRY....................... ......*
*SEX:......................... *
*AGE:.......................... ...............*
*PHONE:........................ .......*
*MOBILE:....................... .. *
*FAX:.......................... ....... *
*OCCUPATION:................... .............*
*COMPANY:...................... ...........*
*TICKET NUMBER........................ ......*
*BALLOT NUMBER:....................... .............*
*OUR REF NUMBER........................ .......................*
* *
*Your Email Attached to Ticket No: (7PWYZ2008)ballot No:(12052008/20)and Our
Ref no:(CC/WC/98839/08)*
* NOTE:Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality,
and press
anonymity untill the end of proceedings and beyond where they so desire. Be
further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the
end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this programme .
*
**
*Yours Faithfully,*
*Coca-Cola *
*Management.*
*South African*
*[image: Coca Cola Company Red Spencerian Script]*

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