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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +447023058133 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704791567 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • online_petermorgan@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: cocacalapromaward <cocacalapromaward@1963chevrolet.com>
Reply-To: online_petermorgan@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 21:23:08 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS,YOU HAVE WON COCA COLA PROMOTION AWARDS!!!







 



PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
LONDON. SW1V 3DW  UNITED KINGDOM

 

The coca-cola Bottling Company

 

This is to inform you of the release of email balloting held on the
9th May, 2006 ,by THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANYon it's
anniversery.For the first time ever  THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
have decided to celebrate it's  anniversery by  awarding
£1,000,000.00  (ONE MILLION POUND STERLING) each to   20 luckywinners
who were selected through a computer ballot  system drawn from only
Microsoft users from over 30,000.00 companies and 5,000,000 individual
email addresses and names from all over the world.

 

  However, the results were released on  12th May, 2006 and your
email  was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £1,000,000.00 each on
the anniversery of the  THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, and your email
was attached to ticket number  RR38844240 and ballot number  00147.

 

 In other to claim your £1,000,000.00  prize winning, which has been
deposited in a designated bank. However,you will have to fill the form
below and send it to the Promotion manager of this Coca-cola bottling
company for verification and then you will be directed to the bank
where a cheque of £1,000,000.00 has already been deposited in your
favour.

 

NAME:....................................
AGE:........................................
SEX:.........................................
ADDRESS:................................
EMAIL:.....................................
PHONE:....................................
OCCUPATION:..........................
COMPANY:..............................
COUNTRY:..............................

 

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it  immediately
to our Promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your
fund from the designated bank.

 

CONTACT NAME:Mr Peter Morgan (PROMOTIONS MANAGER)CITY/ COUNTRY:London,
United Kingdom.

 

Name: Mr Peter Morgan .
Phone # : +44-702-305-8133
FAX # : +44-870- 479-1567
Website: www.cocacola.com
E mail: online_petermorgan@yahoo.com.hk

 

Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result
to disqualification.

 

This E-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for
the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may
contain Information that is privileged, proprietary, confidential and
exempted from disclosure.

 

If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any
dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is
strictly prohibited.

 

Yours faithfully, 
Mr Gusto Anderson

       

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