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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.
• 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.
  • +2348037747486 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • cocacolaworldpromo2006@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: cocacola company <cocacolaworldpromo2006@company5.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:30:08 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?COCACOLA_=C2=A0WORLD_PROMO_2006_!!?=



COCACOLA WORLD PROMO 2006
REGISTERED
(Registration Z720633X).
The COCACOLA PROMO
12 Park street
New cross
West Africa.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59

We are pleased to announce to you the draw of the COCACOLA PROMO LOTTERY
online Sweepstakes International Program held on Saturday 14th SEPTEMBER, 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/05drew the lucky number: 22 which subsequently won the LOTTO PLUS 1 prize.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 350,000.00 Dollars (Three hundred and fifty Thousand Dollars) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/05 of Cocacola promo.2006
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from theWorld Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over100,000unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.This promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our UK booklet representative office in Europeas indicated in your playcoupon. In view of this, your (350,000.00 Dollars) would be released to you by any of our payment offices! in (West Africa).
To file for your claim:
You are to provide us with the information below,via-Email cocacolaworldpromo2006@yahoo.com
Phone number +2348037747486

1. Full Names:
2. Date of birth:
3. Sex:
4. Martial status:
5. Nationality:
6. Contact Address:
7. Telephone Number:
8. Occupation:
9. Ref Number:
10:Batch numbers:
11.Next of kin:.

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.

Have it in mind that your won prize cannot be deducted from , this is because the total amount has been insured to the real value . This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the national gambling act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD July 1996 by the constitutional assembly.
This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds. Its is imperative that you add your BATCH:number (R3/A312-59) as the subject of any correspondence with the delivery department to ensure they respond in a timely manner.



Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Colen Van Ken.

Co-ordinator
International.
Online Co-ordinator for COCACOLA LOTTERY PROGRAMME 2006

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