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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: <Notification@coca-cola.webevent.org>
Reply-To: coca-colawebevents@w.cn
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 05:38:11 -0600
Subject: Contact For Your Coca Cola Winning Package

COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY. 2 Bevan Avenue Conwy LL28 5AF, London.United Kingdom. Ref: XYL /26510460037/05 Batch: 24/00319/IZP Winning number:BCX-Cola454Z/OCS2010 Congratulations Email User, The International Promotion Department of Coca Cola Bottling Company in conjunction with British American Tobacco wish to gladly inform you that your email has randomly won you a prize in our 2010 Global Uplift Program to support South East Asia Global recession.These program is aimed to encourage you to continue patronizing our product and also help recover from financial recession around the Globe. Your Winning package contain a Valuable Documents of,(1).Coca-Cola Rumble Kits (2) Coca-Cola Winning Certificate (3) HSBC Bank Draft Cheque value £250,000.00 GBP(Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand British Pounds Sterling).which can be drawn in any HSBC Bank in Your Country. kindly contact the Payment Processing Office below for immediate release and delivery of your Package with your Winning code BCX-Cola454Z/OCS2010 present for verification and confirmation. on behalf of the entire management and staffs we say Congratulations once again!. Claims Processing Manager: Mr Alan Harrop Direct:+44-7024026744 Fax: +44-7024011111 E-mail: coca-colawebevents@w.cn Yours faithfully, Mrs. Vivian leighann Fiduciary Agent The Coca Cola Bottling Company 2 Bevan Avenue Conwy LL28 5AF, London.United Kingdom

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