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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "22 garden close, stamford" (address often used in lottery scams)
• 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 free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • 3@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "COCACOLA ONLINE PROMO" <coke_cola_101@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: cocacolaclaimscc13@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:34:28 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your Email Has Won £750,000.00 In The Coca-Cola 2007 Promo

 

 
                  THE COCACOLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION  
 
  We are pleased to inform you of the result of the last concluded  draws held by

the  Coca-Cola in conjunction with  Ipod  Worldwide Promotion.

Your email  was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £750,000.00{Seven Hundred And

Fifty Thousand  Great Britain Pounds} each in  the Coca-Cola Company  2007 online Promo. 

This draw is being organized to enhance awareness and  publicity of  the  Coca-Cola Zero product.

 However the results were released  and  your email was attached to

ticket number (7PWYZ2007) and ballot number (BT:12052007/20) 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 Online Co-ordinator and provide her

 with the following informations   as stated below, so we can proceed with the verification and clearance

 process of your file.

 

 

1. Full Names :

...........................................
2. Residential Address :

...........................................
3. Phone Number :Mobile&Home

..........................................
4. Fax Number :

..........................................
5. Occupation :

..........................................
6. Sex :

..........................................
7. Age :

..........................................

 

8. Nationality :.....................

 

9.Ballot No. :.......................

 

10.Ticket No.:......................

 

Mrs Alice Campbell.

Online Co-ordinator.

22 Garden Close, Stamford,

Lincs,PE9 2YP,London

United Kingdom

Email:cocacolaclaimscc13@yahoo.co.uk

 

 

*You are adviced to forward these informations as soon as possible to
enable us attend to your file.  

 

This email is registered and sent only to a certified coca-cola online

promo winner. 

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 Ipod Worldwide Promotions are not to partake in this programme.
 
Accept our hearty congratulations once again! 
 
Yours Faithfully,
Management.

  

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