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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: "Prof. Alex Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cocacola91011@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 09:54:33 -0700
Subject: COCA COLA NATIONAL ONLINE E-MAIL AWARD DRAW UK /2015


22 Garden close Stamford
LicePE92Y, London
United Kingdom, England
COCA COLA NATIONAL ONLINE E-MAIL AWARD DRAW UK /2015

cocacola91011@hotmail.com




We want you to remove every skepticism from your mind because this award is legitimate from COCA-COLA COMPANY ENGLAND,

Your Email was luckily drawn by a computer balloting system as one of our winners in our Online lottery bonanza from the prestigious COCA-COLA ONLINE PROMOTION. Thus, making you the winner of the sum of 500,000.00GBP (Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling’s).

Please complete the form below with correct information and email back to us with a return email so that we can have a precise and comprehensive record of our winners and also provide you On how you will receive your winning amount.

Your prize cheque has been vaulted safely with our corresponding Bank prior to your readiness to complete your claims and would be presented to you after verification of the data requested below.


These are your identification:
Lotto number...........C.C.UK/0048/0936HP
Winning number......C.C.UK/ 0008857
Winning Amount......£500,000 GBP
Batch number..........C.C.UK/OP/00142/2015

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 Date of Birth :
3. Your Full Address :
4. Your Country :
5. Your Current City:
6. Your Occupation:
7. Sex :
8. Marital State :
9.Winning Email Address:
10. Your Mobile Number:


You are request to fill below bank information and send it back to us:-
1, Bank Name :
2, A/C Number:
3, A/C Name :
4, Swift Code :
5, Mobile number:
6, branch :


BATCH/REFERENCE NO: C.C.UK/OP/00142/2013.

Prof. Alex Williams and Dr. Mack Anthony,
Past Winner in Coca-Cola Company Online Promo England,

Sincerely yours,
DR. MACK ANTHONY,
COCA COLA COMPANY ONLINE PROMO CO-ORDINATOR.
Tel: +447010054472



>From The Coca Cola Company Promo.

kindly contact us for more details on how you can redeem your winning prize

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
NOTE : ALL MAILS REGARDING CLAIMS SHOULD BE REPLY TO EMAIL- cocacola91011@hotmail.com

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