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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: xmas_promo@mail.bg
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 11:47:55 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!Your Email Has Won
=?windows-1251?b?ozEwMDAsMDAwLjAw?= In The Coca-Cola 2006 Christmas Promo
{contact your fiduciary agent immediately}





THE COCA COLA COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPT:COCA COLA AVENUE
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON.
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM

THE COCA COLA OFFICIAL CHRISTMAS PROMOTION
PRIZE NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just
concluded annual christmas promotion
final draws held on (13th of November, 2006) by Coca-Cola
in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide
Promotion.Your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who
won =A31000,000.00{One Million Great Britain Pounds} each in
the THE COCACOLA COMPANY 2006 PROMO.
However the results were released 19th November, 2006 and=20
your email was attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2006) and
ballot number (BT:12052006/20) The online draws was
conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an
exclusive list of 29,031,643 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) .
This 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.
To begin the claim processing of your prize you are to
contact the fiduciary agent as stated below:
Mr WILLY ANDERSON
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs,PE9 2YP,London
United Kingdom
Email:cocacola_claimsagent_willy103@yahoo.co.uk
Due to possible mix up of some numbers and email contacts,
we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice
until your claim has been processed and your money remitted.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by some participants of this
program.

*Staff of Coca-Cola and the British American Tobacco Company
are not to partake in this PROMOTION.

Accept our hearty congratulations once again!


Yours Faithfully,
Management.
</br>-----------------------------</br>
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