419 scam: "COCA-COLA WINNING NOTIFICATION." <post2@Jackson043.onmicrosoft.com> COCA-COLA WINNING NOTIFICATION, LAST EDITION FOR THE YEAR,2013.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "22 garden close, stamford" (address often used in fake lottery scams)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
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 free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- cocacolaint.drawunitedkingdom@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "COCA-COLA WINNING NOTIFICATION." <post2@Jackson043.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <cocacolaint.drawunitedkingdom@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 23:55:45 +0530
Subject: COCA-COLA WINNING NOTIFICATION, LAST EDITION FOR THE YEAR,2013.

COCA COLA NATIONAL LOTTERY INT'L Draws, 2013
HEAD OFFICE
Coca cola Avenu, 22 Garden Close, Stamford, Lincs , PE9 2YP
UNITED KINGDOM

The Coca-Cola Promotion award committee United Kingdom
are pleased to congratulate you for being a lucky WINNER
for the final concluded draws,last edition for the year
which was organised at our international co-operate office
complex here in London-UK by coca-cola in conjunction with
the Ipod worldwide promotion and acculotto.com group
international,(www.acculotto.com)

ATTENTION: WINNER,
COCA-COLA COMPANY AND 2013 OLYMPIC OFFICIAL AWARD
NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the draw result held on the
1stSeptember, 2013 by Coca-Cola Company in conjunction with
the Olympic Organizing Promotion committee London, United Kingdom,
your email was among the 10 Lucky winners who won 150,000GBP
(Great Britain Pounds) each on COCA-COLA promo exercise.

PRIZE COLLECTION
Winners shall be contacted from our pay point office
(finance department) here in United Kingdom.
FILL YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS AND SUBMMITTE BACK FOR
VERIFICATION AND PROCESSING OF YOUR WINNING CASH PRIZE.

Full Name: ________
AGE, ______________
SEX, ______________
ADDRESS,___________
E-MAIL, ___________
MOBILE NUMBER______
CITY,______________
STATE ____________
COUNTRY.___________
To Finance and Award Prize Collection Centre:
cocacolaint.drawunitedkingdom@yahoo.com
WE PROMISE TO SERVE YOU BETTER.

Muhtar Kent
Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer,
Coca-cola Company,
UK.

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