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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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 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.
  • kelvinbest47@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "coca cola company" <coca_cola_c4@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:50:33 +0100
Subject: COCA-COLA PROMOTIONS:CONGRATULATIONS!!!

 

 

                              

                                        

                                    Coca-Cola Enterprises Limited
                                          Charter Place, Uxbridge,
                                           Middlesex UB8 1EZ,
                                              United Kingdom.

 

 

Coca-Cola Enterprises Limited
Customer Service
Charter Place, Uxbridge,
Middlesex UB8 1EZ,
United Kingdom.

Ref: CCP/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304

 

      COCA-COLA PROMOTIONS

  We happily announce to you the draw of the coca
 cola  International promotion programs held on the 16th of
 May 2006 in The United Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached
 to ticket number: 564 75600545-188 with serial number
 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7,which
 subsequently won you the Promotion in the 2nd category.

 You have therefore been approved to claim a total
 sum of US$2,500,000.00 (Two million, five hundred thousand,
 United States Dollars) in cash credited to file
 RPC/9080118308/04 made available from a total cash prize
 of US $125 Million dollars, shared amongst the first Fifty
 (50) lucky winners in this category.
All participants were selected randomly from world
 wide web sites through a computer drawn system and
 extracted from over 100,000 companies. This promotion
 takes place annually.

 Please note that your lucky winning number falls
 within our booklet representative office in Europe as
 indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your
 US$2,500,000.00 (Two million, five hundred
 thousand, United States Dollars) would be released to
 you by our affiliate bank in London as soon as you
 establish contact.Please be warned. To file for your claim,  contact
our
 fiduciary agent with the below details;

 AGENT: Mr.kelvin white
 Email:kelvinbest47@yahoo.com

 NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are
 to contact your fiduciary/claims officer.kelvin white with the
 following details below:

 1. Your full names, telephone numbers, Contact address, sex,Occupation
and Age

 2. Quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or
our designated agent.

 Furthermore, should there be any change of your
 address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
 Congratulations once again from our team of staff and thank you for
being
 part of our promotional Program.

 Regards,
 Michael Moore,
 Coca Cola Promotion.
 Zonal Co-ordinator.

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