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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447024053222 (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.
  • james_owen1947@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • coca_cola_verification_center@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jamesowen1947" <jamesowen1947@canada.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:39:10 -0800
Subject: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY SEASONAL PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION.




WINNERS ONLY:
C\ Don Jaime I nÃ
50.003 Zaragoza
WORLD WIDE
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch: 12/25/0034
04TH July 2006

Dear Lucky Winner,



THE COCA-COLA COMPANY SEASONAL PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS
WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just
concluded annual final draws of Coca-Cola Manchester Zone
A3, UK Annual Promo.
The online Coca-Cola Manchester Zone A3, UK Annual Promo
draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses
from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of
individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced
automated random computer search from the internet. However,
no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned
to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address
emerged as one of twelve winners in the fourth category for
the second prize with the following data:
Ref Number: EAASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch Number: 12/25/0034
Ticket Number: 025-11464992-750
You as well as the other winners are therefore to receive a
cash prize of £85,000 (EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND BRITISH
POUNDS) each from the total payout.
Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address
and will be transferred to you upon meeting the
requirements, statutory obligations, verifications,
validations and satisfactory report.
To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you
are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims
agent/security company
for SECOND category winners with the information below: You
are also advised to give the following informations to the
claim's agent via email
1. Full name and address:
2. Country:
3. Tel and fax number:
4.Occupation:
5. Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this mail:
6.You are to send a scanned copy of your idetification to
us.(either international passport or drivers licence)
YOU ARE TO CONTACT THE CLAIMS AGENT BELOW VIA THE
EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW:
Mr.James Owen,
COCA COLA PROMO CLAIMS AGENT
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release Order Dept.
Atlantico Sistemas de Informático
Email: james_owen1947@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:+447024053222

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed within 20 days from
today. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included
in the next stake.
Remember to quote your reference information in all
correspondence with your claims agent.
You are to keep all lotto information away from the general
public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This
is important as a case of double claims will not be
entertained).
Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not
allowed to participate in this program.

Please be Warned!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that
appear to be using National Lottery addresses, but are not
from The National Lottery.
PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO :
coca_cola_verification_center@yahoo.co.uk

Congratulations!!!
Yours faithfully,
Linda Peterson.
COCA COLA Games/Lottery Coordinator.


Copyright © 1994-2006 Coca-Cola.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

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