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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: "kone james" <pepsi_claims5@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:41:50 -0600
Subject: Pepsi Award Notification

 
Pepsi Award Notification
THE PEPSI COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
101 CHURCHIL PLACE,
STAMFORD BRIDGE
LONDON SW1V 3DW.
UNITED KINGDOM.

   THE PEPSI COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION  

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on the 19th OCT 2006 by Pepsi Bottling Company in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion,  your email  was amongst the 20 Lucky winners who won ? 500,000.00 each on the Pepsi Bottling Company promotion award.

    The Pepsi bottling company was founded by Mr.Caleb Bradham in the  year August 28, 1898, and applied for trademark with the U.S. Patent Office, Washington D.C., and forms the first Pepsi-Cola Company in the year 1902, in the year 1905, Pepsi-Cola's first bottling franchises are established in Charlotte and Durham, North Carolina.

However the results were released on the 21th OCT 2006 and  your
email attached to ticket number (HTT726W) and ballot number (BT:5643325/30) 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 British 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.
For remittance of winning , Winners are to come over to our office here in London. And for those who cannot make the trip over to the United Kingdom in person should contact the Pepsi Promotion remittance officer as soon as possible for him to arrange an alternative for you.If you can make the trip, you are also required to contact the remittance officer.
 
PEPSI-COLA WINNING VERIFICATION DOCUMENTATION FORM
=========================================================
FULL NAMES:__________________________________
ADDRESS:(NB: P.O Box not allowed) _________________________________________________
CITY:_________________________
STATE:__________________________________ ZIP: _____________________
COUNTRY________________________________
SEX:_______________
AGE:__________________
MARITAL STATUS:_________________
OCCUPATION:________________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER_________________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
NATIONALITY_________________________
 
Accidential claims requirement:
NEXT OF KIN :____________________________________________
ADDRESS OF NEXT OF KIN : (NB: P.O Box not allowed)_______________________________
SEX OF NEXT OF KIN:__________________________________________
AGE OF NEXT OF KIN:________________________________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER OF NEXT OF KIN:______________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS OF NEXT OF KIN:___________________________________

NB: For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential until your claim 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.

   To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims
department by email for processing and remittance of your prize to you.
You are required to fill and submit the above particulars to MR.
Solomon Brickson (Overseas Claims/United Kingdom Payment Officer) with the
below email address.

Your assigned claims officer contact email is:
--------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Michael Stevens
Email:
michaelstevens@pepsicocompany.com
-------------------------------------------------
NOTE: Upon receipt of this informations, Our payment unit will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented below sending the batch and reference numbers and these informations below for quick verifications and release of funds between the hours of 8.00am - 17.30pm on Monday through Friday.

*Staff of Pepsi Bottling Company and the British American Tobacco
Company are not to partake in this Lottery.
Accept my hearty congratulations once again!
Yours faithfully,
Sir. Kone Jemes
Promotion Co-ordinator,
Pepsi International Award.
Sweepstakes International Program.
Copyright ? 1994-2006
The Pepsi-Cola Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines.
 


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