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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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 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.
  • +447024042883 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • davetag@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "info@coca-cola.com" <davetag@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: davetag@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 09:07:33 +0100
Subject: CONTACT OUR AGENT IMMEDIATELY FOR YOUR PRIZE CLAIMING.


** *THE COCA COLA COMPANY*
*PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPT,COCA COLA AVENUE
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON. SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM

THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws held on this month by Coca-Cola in conjunction with the British
American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion. Your email was among the 10 Lucky
winners who won $500,000.00 {FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS
STERLING} each in the THE COCA-COLA COMPANY 2008 PROMO. *
*
However the results have been released and your email was attached to
ticket number (7PWYZ2008) and ballot number (BT:12052008/20) The online
draws were 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 e-mail selection machine (TOPAZ) .*

* This Lottery is approved and licensed by the British Gaming Board and
also 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
fiduciary agent as stated below:*


Name: Mr. David Taggart
E-mail: davetag@hotmail.com
Phone Number: +447024042883



*You will have to provide us with the following information:

Your Full Name:
Winning e-mail:
Country:
Phone Number:
Occupation:
Sex:


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 the British American Tobacco Company are not to
partake in this PROMOTION.

Accept our hearty congratulations once again!

Yours Faithfully,
Management.*
**
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* *
* [image: Logo]*

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