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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.

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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • cl_payprizeoffice@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Ballot Lottery <ballotprize012@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 11:37:13 +0000
Subject: THE COCA COLA OFFICIAL SUMMER PROMOTION PRIZE NOTIFICATION.







CLAIM YOUR AWARD WINNING PRIZE 2008
You can now email:cl_payprizeoffice@myway.com



THE COCA COLA COMPANY.PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT:COCA COLA AVENUESTAMFORD ROAD TAMPOUY,OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.
THE COCA COLA OFFICIAL SUMMER PROMOTION PRIZE NOTIFICATION.
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual Summer promotion final draws held on (2nd of January, 2008) by Coca-Cola in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion.Your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won $1,000,000.00{One Million Dollars} each in the THE COCA\COLA SUMMER 2008 PROMO.

The results were released on 4th of January, 2008 and your email was attached to ticket number (PWY7-28-87-65-69-73) and ballot number (BT:G276017-487). 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 International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. Contact your claim agent for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claims officer not later than 12th of January 2008. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference numbers to the pay office manager/agent.

To begin the claims processing of your prize you are required to contact our fiduciary pay office agent as stated below: BY EMAIL: cl_payprizeoffice@myway.comCLAIMS MANAGER MR.WILLIAMS TOMI.

Due to possible mix up of some numbers and email contacts, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claims 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 the British American Tobacco Company are not to partake in this PROMOTION* Accept our hearty congratulations once again! Yours in service,

Mrs. Grace Karimu Copyright ? 2008 The Coca Cola Company Inc. NOTE: If you are under the age of 18, you are automatically disqualified from this
_________________________________________________________________
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