419 scam: Coca Cola International Lottery <ccl_01@web.de> Urgent@Confidential

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. )
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.
- +27782728992 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
- +27865031846 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- livinus_hughes@sify.com
- coca_cola@gawab.com
- rex_kojo@outgun.com
- livinus_hughes01@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: Coca Cola International Lottery <ccl_01@web.de>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 23:08:57 +0200
Subject: Urgent@Confidential

Urgent@Confidential [mailto:Urgent@Confidential]

LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION:

[http://info5.gawab.com/cgi-bin/gawabcli?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.coca-cola.com%2Findex.html] (Michigan Lottery Building) [http://info5.gawab.com/cgi-b%20in/gawabcli?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.coca-cola.com%2Findex.html] DEPTCOCA COLA AVENUE STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON . SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM Ticket number (7PWYZ2006) Ballot number (BT:12052006/20) THE COCA COLA COMPANY PRIZE NOTIFICATION We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on Saturday 11th November, 2006 by in conjunction with the British American/South Africa Tobacco Worldwide Promotion; your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won US$1,950,000.00 each on the THE COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTION. However the results were released on Tueseday 13th March 2007 (13/03/07) and 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 50,000 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 licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. WINNERS IN COCA-COLA ONLINE PROMOTION (Millionaire Raffle $1,000,000 Winner David Wilson)(Take Home Millions $1,000,000 Winners Ron Estlick and Furman Harvey)(Millionai
re Raffle $1,000,000 Winner Janet Cavazos) In ORDER to claim your US$1,950,000.00 prize winning,which has been deposited in a designated bank. However, you will have to fill the form below and send it to the CLAIM MANAGER of THE COCA COLA COMPANY for verification as below:

CLAIM MANAGER : LIVINUS HUGHES

EMAIL ADDRESS:

livinus_hughes@sify.com [http://info5.gawab.com/cgi-bin/gawabcli/efta7282D97E1610351D7BD280F1E948F3598/coca_cola@gawab.com?basepage=readmsg&folder=Sent&form=newmsg&to=rex_kojo@outgun.com]

livinus_hughes01@yahoo.com [mailto:livinus_hughes01@yahoo.com]

TEL NUMBER:+27782728992

FAX NUMBER: +27865031846 He will direct you to the bank where a cheque of US$1,950,000.00 has been deposited in your favor. Fill in the form and send it to him immediately for prompt collection of your fund from the designated bank. YOUR NAME:_____________________________________________ AGE:___________________________________________________ OCUPATION:_____________________________________________ SEX:___________________________________________________ TEL AND FAX NUMBER:___________________________________ NATIONALITY-COUNTRY:__________________________________ NOTE:You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially Your ticket number and ballot number. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained). *Staff of Coca-Cola and the British American/South Africa Tobacco Company are not to partake in this Lottery. Accept my hearty congratulations once again! Yours faithfully,PROMOTION MANAGER. MUHTAR KENT (MRS)COCA COLA(LOTTERY) NOT
E: REPLY ONLY THROUGH BELOW CONTACTS.

CLAIM MANAGER : LIVINUS HUGHES

EMAIL ADDRESS:

livinus_hughes@sify.com [http://info5.gawab.com/cgi-bin/gawabcli/efta7282D97E1610351D7BD280F1E948F3598/coca_cola@gawab.com?basepage=readmsg&folder=Sent&form=newmsg&to=rex_kojo@outgun.com]

livinus_hughes01@yahoo.com [mailto:livinus_hughes01@yahoo.com]

TEL NUMBER:+27782728992

FAX NUMBER: +27865031846

(Millionaire Raffle $1,000,000 Winner Janet Cavazos)
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