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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: "COCA COLA PRIZE AWARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cocacolacompanyl@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 16:58:56 +0530
Subject: You have Won prize money of Five Hundred Thousand GB Pounds {£500,000.00 GBP}

Address : Government Buildings Motley Rd Leeds West Yorkshire LS16 5PZ United Kingdom.
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THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION
CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!!

This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Five Hundred Thousand GB Pounds {£500,000.00 GBP} form E-mail Prize promotion which is Offered by Coca-Cola Company of ( UK ) England .

Coca-Cola collects all the e-mail addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo! and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers, six people are selected yearly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center . Coca-Cola Prize Award must be claimed not less than 30 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited, send your email to: cocacolacompanyl@yahoo.com.ph

Stated below are your Identification Numbers:

BATCH NUMBER: MFI/09/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2010234522.
PIN: CO/CA-1210.

These Numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to contact your Fiduciary Claims Agent in Manchester and send your Winning Identification Numbers to him with the below Application Form.
Claims Agent Name: Dr: Steve mark,
E-Mail: company.cocoa@yahoo.com.ph
Tel:+447010038995

You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to facilitate the release of your fund to you at the earliest. TO CLAIM CONTACT US AT EMAIL: company.cocoa@yahoo.com.ph
To proceed with your claims, you would be required to fill the Verification Form below completely and return back to us immediately.
Fill Out This Form (Verification Form)
1. Full Names:
2. Your Full Address
3. Your Date of Birth:
4. Your Nationality:
5. Your Country of resident:
6. Your Current City :
7. Your Occupation:
8. Sex:
9. Marital Status:
10.Winning Email Address:
11. Your Mobile Number:
DECLARATION:

I_ ______________________ HEREBY
DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE DATA ARE TRUE. THAT MY CLAIM AGENT SHALL ACT AS A FACILITATOR IN THE TRANSFER OF THE TOTAL FUND TO ME.

DATE
(YOUR FULL NAMES) _ ______________________
Congratulations once again from the entire staff of the COCA-COLA PROMO TEAM ENGLAND .


Congratulations once again on your success in this end year's prize winning
Kind Regards,

Dr: STEVE MARK
(Prize Administrator)
TEL:+447010038995
PAST WINNERS OF OUR PREVIOUS AWARD.

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