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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: "Irene Davies" <colalottery@walla.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:18:58 +0100
Subject: Coca-Cola Award Notification

THE COCA COLA COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZEAWARD DEPT.
48, COCA-COLA AVENUE,
1048 D.S. AMSTERDAM,
THE NETHERLANDS.

OUR REF.CCAD/934/08/06.


THE COCA-COLA PRIZE AWARD

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws from Coca-Cola in conjunction with the Netherlands and British/
American Tobacco Worldwide Promotions. The results were released today.

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses
from an exclusive list of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an
advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, THERE
WERE NO TICKETS SOLD.

Your email was among the 20 Lucky winners in Category A, that won
€1,000,000.00 each on the COCA\'COLA COMPANY PROMOTIONS. With the
followings:
Reference Number: CARN/4066/084/06
Batch Numbers: BN48/19-32
Serial Numbers: 72-33-10-15
Lucky Numbers: 11-61-80-55-43

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 of companies /individuals were drawn from all the continents
of the world.

This Lottery is approved by the Netherlands Gaming Board and also Licensed
by 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 won-prize €1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros) which
has been deposited in a designated bank? You are advised to contact our
licensed and accredited claims agent for category "A" and then you will be
directed on how to claim your funds after verifications with the information
below:
Mr. Dennis Parker (Paying/Foreign Promotion Manager).
Email: colalottery@thebrewer.com
Email: colalottery@aol.com
Tel: +31-623-850-306 /Fax: +31-847-301-193.

Please you are advised to provide the following details below to your
claims agent:
(1) BATCHAND REFFERENCE NUMBERS
(2) FULL NAMES:
(3) OCCUPATION:
(4) AGE:
(5) PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS:
(6) EMAIL ADDRESS:
(7) MAILING ADDRESS:

You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public
especially your Reference and Batch number. (This is important as a case of
double claims will not be entertained).

All winning must be claimed not later than 20 days from the time you
receive this mail.

Note: Staffs of Coca-Cola The Netherlands and British/American Tobacco
Company are not eligible to partake in this Lottery.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. IRENE DAVIES (Promotions Coordinator).


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