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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 COMPANY PRIZE REDEMPTION CENTR" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cocayearlyaward@126.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 19:09:30 +0800
Subject: COCA-COLA COMPANY PRIZE REDEMPTION CENTR

FROM: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY PRIZE REDEMPTION CENTRE
2013 COCA-COLA WORLD PACIFIC PROMOTION REWARDS.
WEB SITE: WWW.MYCOKEREWARDS.COM
Dear Winner,
This is to inform you that you have won the total sum of $1,000,000.00 USD One Million Thousand United States Dollars) for this 2013 International E-mail Draw which was Organized and Sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company Promotions Department (CCPD).

Your email address is among the winners in a random World Wide Web computerized draw system, extracted from over a million companies and individual email address of the world wide. Ten people are selected yearly to benefit from this award and you are one of the Selected Winners.

Prize award must be claimed not later than Two weeks from the date of Draw Notification. Any Prize not claimed within this period will be confiscate and transfer to charity organizations.
You have to contact our Regional Head Office in People Republic of China with the contact details below;

Name: Mr. Pedro Chen.
(Director, Claim Department)
Telephone: +861-3642374774
ADDRESS: Room 999, Ritan Office Bldg. A15 Guanghua Road Beijing China 100020 COCA COLA,,
E-mail: cocayearlyaward@126.com
You have to provide the following information for the processing of your winning prize (fund).
NAME
ADDRESS:
NATIONALITY:
SEX:
AGE:
PHONE / MOBILE:
FAX:
OCCUPATION:
Your Email Attached to REF: GML-S343-KKT-8811 and BAT: 56T-DTH78-ZA99
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Lucien Marius
(Organising Committee)

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