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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: "MR. LILE WOO" <lilewoo@excite.com>
Reply-To: cocacola.onlinepromo2006@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:26:14 -0500 (EST)
Subject: THE UK COCA COLA COMPANY AWARD WINNING LOTTERY.


THE COCA COLA COMPANYPROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPTCOCA COLA AVENUESTANFORD BRIDGE LONDONSW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM

THE UK COCA COLA COMPANY AWARD WINNING LOTTERY. We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on the 10th Of October 2006 by The UK Coca-Cola in conjunction with the. British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion, your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won a lump sum of Two Hundred Thousands Pound stwerling (£200.000.00) each on THE UK COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTIONS.

However the results were released on the 21th of October 2006 and your email was attached to ticket number (025-114699-750), ballot number (12/25/0034) and Reference No (EAASL/SL/9410YI/02/SHYN) 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 Liecensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This lottery and it is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

In other to claim your prize winning which has been deposited to customised Courier and Security Company who has been to deliver it to your designated contact address. Above all,you are required to fill out the Claims Verification form be low and send it to the Fiduciary Agent Of THE COCA COLA COMPANY for verification and processing who is going to refer you on how to claims your winning.

1.Name............................2.Address.........................3.Age...............................4.Sex...............................5.Occupation....................6.Country Of Resident.......7.Nationality......................8.Tel/Fax...........................

Please you are adviced to complete the information's and send it immediately to our Fudiciary Agent via email for Verification and Remittance Of your Winning To your designated Address.

Fiduciary Agent: Frankly AlexTel: +44 701 113 6543E-mail: cocacola.onlinepromo2006@yahoo.co.uk

Your claims agent will assist you in processing and remittance of your prize funds.

Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than One month. After this date all funds will be returned to the LOTTERIE TREASURY as unclaimed

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please endeavor to quote your Reference Number: ticket number (025-114699-750), ballot number (12/25/0034) and Reference Number (EAASL/SL/9410YI/02/SHYN) in every correspondence with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

Best Wishes,Mr. Lile WooProcessing Manager.UK Coca Cola Lotto Promotion.

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