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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: " Mrs.Marike Werker " <automailer@thebrewer.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:34:09 -0800
Subject: THE COCA COLA BV

THE COCA COLA BV
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
KLEIBURG 345,1106EA AMSTERDAM
NETHERLANDS.
TEL: +31-643637427
FAX: +31-847-286-069
E:MAIL:enquiry@thebrewer.com


THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws held on the (2nd August , 2006) by Coca-Cola in conjunction
with the Netherlands American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion, your email was
among the 20 Lucky winners who won £1,000,000.00 each on the THE COCA\'COLA
COMPANY PROMOTION.
However the results were released on the 18th Aug, 2006, and your email was
attached to ticket number (9LGYZ4006) and ballot number (MT: 16040806/20)
The online 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.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000
email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.
This Lottery is approved by the Netherlands Gaming Board and also Licensed
by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This
lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. 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 THE COCA COLA COMPANY for verification and then
you will be directed on how you can claim your winning funds.

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

Please you are advised to complete the form and send it immediately to our
Promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your fund

(CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER)
Name: Mr. Robert J. Fischer
E MAIL: robertfischer@thebrewer.com
Alter: mail: fischerroberjts@hotmail.com

You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public
especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is important as a
case of double claims will not be entertained).
Accept our hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,

Mrs.Marike Werker


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