419 scam: "Coca Cola Lottery®"<info@mail.com> Congratulations!!Your Email ID Selected!

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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:

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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "coca-colaprog@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447011137501 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Coca Cola Lottery®" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <coca-colaprog@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 02:25:28 +0800
Subject: Congratulations!!Your Email ID Selected!

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Coca-Cola Online season Winners International programs held on the 5th February,2015. Your E-mail address attached to ticket #:538-6064-31 with prize #:52-418-042, drew £850,000.00 GBP which was in the 2nd category of the draws. You are to receive £850,000.00 GBP (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling).This program is in conjunction with Australian, British and European Governments and the Coca-Cola bottling company International.

Because of mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your winning prize (£850,000.00 GBP) is fully remitted to you by our accredited pay-point bank. You are advised to adhere to this instruction so as to forestall the abuse of this program by other participants.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR CASH PRIZE TO YOU, CONTACT OUR PAYMENT DEPARTMENT WITH YOUR DETAILS.

Send them the following informations:
(i) Your name____________
(ii) Contact telephone_________
(iii) Contact Address___________
(iv) Your ticket and prize numbers_________
(v) Quote amount won__________
(vi) Notification date___________
(vii) Occupation____________

For your prize claim, Contact our fiduciary Agent below with your prize #:52-418-042.

Online Lottery Agency.
Mr. Cal Portman.
Director of winning claim department.
TEL:(+44) 701-113-7501
E-MAIL: coca-colaprog@outlook.com

Congratulation once again from the Coca Cola Online Award Department.

Yours in service,
Dr. Chris Martin.
Coca-cola Lottery Co-ordinator.

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