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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:

• 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.
  • +447031872444 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448700686961 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "AGENT MARK" <webdelivery3@myway.com>
Reply-To: cocacola_processing_consultant@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:10:58 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION



THE COCA COLA COMPANYPROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT COCA COLA AVENUE STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON, SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM.
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 (20th september, 2006) by Coca-Cola in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion, your email was among the 100 Lucky winners of £1,000,000.00 each on the COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTION 2006 OFFER.However the results were released on the 21th september, 2006 and your email was attached to ticket number (TICKECT NO: 7PW0VZ2006) and ballot number (BALLOT NO: 120252006/20) The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29031 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 diff erent ticket numbers for representation and privacy. Moreover, 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 over the world. The Lottery is approved by the British 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 about it. In other to claim your winning prize £1,000,000.00, which has been deposited in a designated bank over here. However, you will need to fill the form below to show ownership. Please send it to the Promotion manager of THE COCA COLA 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. This is real and true because it is a special promo offer from the COCA COLA PLC.COMFIRM THE FOLLOWING (fill) FULL
NAME:.........................................SEX:...............................................AGE:...............................................ADDRESS:...........................................EMAIL:.............................................PHONE:.............................................OCCUPATION:........................................COMPANY:...........................................NATIONALITY:....................................NEXT OF KIN:.....................................COUNTRY:...........................................STATE:............................................. CITY:..............................................ZIPCODE:...........................................AMOUNT WON:........................................TICKECT NO:........................................BALLOT NO:........................................Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to our Promotion manager through email or fax for prompt
collection of your fund from the designated bank. [CONTACT THE PROMOTION MANAGER] Name: Mr. mark. Phone No : +44-703-187-2444Fax No: +44-8700-68-6961 E-mail cocacola_processing_consultantYou are to ke ep 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). Staff of Coca-Cola and the British American Tobacco Company are not to partake in this Lottery. Accept my hearty congratulations once again!Yours Faithfully,Mr. Winco Smith.

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