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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: irvinkhoza@aim.com
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:12:33 -0800
Subject: VITAL INFORMATION

COCA COLA /SOUTH AFRICA 2010 PRIZE NOTIFICATION
Ref: PBL/CN/6654/CP.
Coupon No.PBL2348974321
irvinkhoza@aim.com


We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final
draws held on the 10h Of March 2007 by Coca-Cola company in conjunction with
the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup Promotion. Your email was among the 4
Lucky winners who won a lump sum of NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS (US$900,000.000 ) each on THE COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTIONS. However the results were released on the 6th of July 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 email 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 South Africa Gaming Board and also
Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).

In other to claim your prize winning, contact the Fiduciary Agent Of THE SOUTH AFRICA 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP for verification and claim processing below.

Lottery Claims Officer:
MR. RAMOND MAKHOBA
E-mail:ramond_makhoba@yahoo.fr
Tel: +27834719174


Provide him with the information below:

1.Full Name:
2.Full Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.

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.

IRVIN KHOZA
Email: irvinkhoza@aim.com
(fifa2010 organising co-ordinator)





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