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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: Coke Company <info@coke.com>
Reply-To: johnmoor24@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 17:08:18 +0900
Subject: COKE REWARD.

THE COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPT COCA COLA AVENUE STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON.
SW11 5W UNITED KINGDOM


This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Nine Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds (£950,000.00 GBP) for 2012 Prize promotion which is organized by COCA-COLA AWARD every (2) yrs.
COCA-COLA AWARD collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo mail, Gmail and few from other e-mail providers. Six people are selected every two years 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 AWARD Prize Award must be claimed no later than 30th days, from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

Stated below are your identification numbers: Ticket Winning Number (UK/0147X4/74), Reference Lucky Number 014/070/AY7, and Serial Number. 8501-07

These numbers fall within the United Kingdom Location file, you are requested to contact our claim agent in United Kingdom and send your winning identification numbers to him:

Claim Agent Name: Dr. John Moore
Tel: +447017417083
E-mail: johnmoor24@hotmail.co,uk

You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to facilitate the release of your fund to you.
1. Names in full: _______________________
2. Address: ___________________________
3. Country: ___________________________
4. Age: _______________________________
5. Gender /Marital: _____________________
6. Mobile Number_______________________
7. Occupation: _________________________
8. You¢®¯re winning Email: _________________

Congratulations!!! Once again,

(Mrs.) Aston Edward
WARNING!
You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations of yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, kindly delete it from your mailbox and give no further correspondence to such person or body



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