419 scam: "Coca-Cola Online Promotion" <bibliomonde@noos.fr> Serial Number: H78453T

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447031802722 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Coca-Cola Online Promotion" <bibliomonde@noos.fr>
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 12:33:46 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Serial Number: H78453T

Congratulations,

Attn: Electronic Mail User.

We are happy to announce to you that your email address has luckily won you the star-prize of Â£750,000.00GBP (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds) in the just concluded annual final draws held on the (27th May, 2010) by Coca-Cola Lottery Online Free Draw. Your email address was randomly selected from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extract from over 1,000,000 unions, associations that are listed online.
Reference Number: 57736825689 177
Draw (#) : 564
Serial Number: H78453T

To begin your prize claims process, it is important that you acknowledge your receipt of this correspondence.
Send your response to your claims agent with information below:

Name: James Alfred
Email: coca-colaclaims.org@w.cn
Tel: +44-703-180-2722

Do provide your claims officer with the requested data below.
1. Name: /2. Address: /3.Occupation: /4.Nationality: /5. Age:/6.Phone:7.Sex:
Congratulations to you from all members of this program.
Send response to ''coca-colaclaims.org@w.cn'' only.

Yours Truly,
Online Co-coordinator,
Dr. Wendy Baxter.
Coca-Cola Online Promotion.

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