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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: info.webbs04@comcast.net (Web info)
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:24:44 +0000
Subject: THE COCACOLA COMPANY

RD DEPT COCA COLA AVENUE
STANFORD BRIDGE LONDON SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM



THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

Ref: PBL/CN/6654/CP.
Coupon No.PBL2348974321


We are pl eased to inform you of the result of the just concluded
annual final draws held on the 13th Of Febuary 2007 by Coca-Cola company
in
conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion.

Your email was among the 4 Lucky winners who won a lump sum of FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLINGS (£500,000.000 ) each on THE
COCA COLA
COMPANY PROMOTIONS.However the results were released on the 2th of
Febuary 2007 and your
email was attached to ticket number (CC/7PWYZ2006) and ballot number
(CC/BT:12052006/20) 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 e mail
selection machine
(TOPAZ) fro m 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).

In other to claim your prize winning, you are required to fill out the
Claims Verification form below and send it to the Fiduciary Agent Of
THE COCA
COLA COMPANY for verification and claim processing

NAME:....................................
AGE:.......................................
SEX:......................................
ADDRESS:..............................
EMAIL:....................................
PHONE:.................................
OCCUPATION:.........................
COMPANY:..............................
COUNTRY:..............................
Prize Ref No............................

Lottery Claims Officer:
Name:Advocate james willies

E mail; advocate_willies@myway.com
Tel : +44 7031 914049

Congratulations once again On Behalf of the staff And Members Of the
COCA COLA COMPANIES and therefore advised you to keep your winning
information
confidential and restrict from third Party to avoid double or false
claims of your winning.


Wilford smith,
(Lottery Coordinator)



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