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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:

• 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.
  • +447031906135 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448700684569 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "awardscocacola@terra.es" <awardscocacola@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:05:03 +0100 (MET)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Congratulations!:_Your_Email_Has_Won_You_=C2=A3500,000.00?=



C4c\ Don Parker I nº91 2-6º
90.004
WORLD WIDE E-Tickets No: 7804468845
Batch No: 0252393053

Dear Lucky Winner,
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY SEASONAL PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION.
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded Annual final draws of the Coca-Cola World Zone A3, Europe Annual Promo.
The Online Coca-Cola World Zone A3, European Annual Promo draws was conducted by a random selection of e-mail 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 issued for sale, all email addresses were assigned different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of twelve winners in the fourth category for the second prize with the following data:
E-Ticket No: 7804468845. Batch No: 0252393053
You as well as the other winners are therefore to receive a cash prize of £500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) each.Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.
Due to mix up of some emails, numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential till your claim has been processed and your winning remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this Lottery program.
You are required upon receipt of this email notification to contact the interim account officer for the remittance of your winnings to your nominated local / existing account or, modalities if you should choose to maintain an account with the Institution:
Bank Name: Copper Field Charter Bank.
Officer Name: Tim Howard
Email: copperfields@walla.com
Telephone: +44 703 190 6135
+44 702 409 9996
Fax Number: +44 870 068 4569
To enable interim account officer file your claims with the gaming board and to obtain the necessary approval and endorsement for payment, you are to immediately furnish your interim account officer with the following information below:
1. Full Names..........2. Sex..........3. Date of Birth..........4. Contact Phone and Fax Numbers..........5. Residential Address..........6. Bank Address/Bank Name..........7. Occupation..........8. Nationality..........9. Next of Kin........... 10. Country of residence...........
Your interim account officer shall verify your information and further instruction's shall be sent to you prior the release / transfer of your award prize. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your interim account officer as soon as possible. Endeavour to furnish your claims officer with the information listed above and also make sure that you give constant attention to your email messages so a steady correspondence could be made.
*NOTE*: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, do remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with the above department / office. Congratulations once again and thanks for being part of THE COCA-COLA COMPANY SEASONAL PROMOTION.
Yours faithfully,
Michele Baker.
Coca-Cola Games/Lottery Coordinator.





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