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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:

• 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:
  • "million united states 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)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • +2347033090350
• 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.
  • barr.owen_atlaw@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "cocacolaawardwinners300@cocacolalottery.org" <barr.owen_atlaw@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:52:47 -0700
Subject: CONFIRM YOUR WINNINGS!


[image: The image] COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY.
COCA COLA AWARD DEPARTMENT
ANNUAL PROMOTION WORLDWIDE


THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual Queen
Elizabeth the II Coca Cola promotion final draws held on the (18th August,
2008) by Coca-Cola in conjunction with the British American Tobacco
Worldwide Promotion, your email was among the ten (10) lucky winners who won
One Million United States Dollars (US$ 1,000,000.00) each on the THE COCA
COLA COMPANY AWARD PROGRAM.

However the results were released on the (19th August, 2008) and your email
was attached to ticket number (4FKAW2006) and ballot number (BT28142006/22).
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.

In other to claim your One Million United States Dollars (US$ 1,000,000.00)
prize winning,which has been deposited in a designated bank? However, you
will have to fill the form below and send it to the Regional official agent
of THE COCA COLA COMPANY for verification and then you will be directed to
the financial security company where your prize money of One Million United
States Dollars (US$ 1,000,000.00) has already been deposited in your favor.

Contact the Regional Official Agent via email with the informations below:


NAME: Barr. Owen Kingston,
E-MAIL: barr.owen_atlaw@yahoo.co.uk
TEL: +2347033090350.

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact Barr. Owen
Kingston with followings details below:

NAME:...................................
AGE:.....................................
SEX:.....................................
ADDRESS:..............................
EMAIL:..................................
PHONE:.................................
OCCUPATION:........................
COMPANY:.............................
NATIONALITY:........................
COUNTRY:.............................

Congratulations, once more from all members and staffs of this program.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

TEAM.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Joyce Race
(Zonal Co-ordinator)

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU !!!!!!!!: **COCA COLA WORLDWIDE PROMOTION!!!**

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