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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447024037776 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +2348034948564 (Nigeria, 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.
  • samsonnelson2@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK COCA COLA COMPANY LONDON" <samsonnelson1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: samsonnelson2@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:24:21 +0100
Subject: YOU ARE THE ONE CONGRATULATIONS


*[image: Logo]* <http://www2.coca-cola.com/index.html>
*THE COCA'COLA COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPT. COCA'COLA AVENUE
STANFORD BRIDGE LONDON.
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM
TELEPHON _+447024037776

COCA-COLA COMPANY PROMOTION
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws held on the (5th september, 2008) by Coca-Cola in conjunction
with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion, your email was among
the 20 Lucky winners who won $50,000.00 dollars each on the COCA'COLA
COMPANY PROMOTION.

This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by
the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This lottery is
the 4rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. In other to claim
your $50,000.00 dollars prize winning, which has been deposited in a
designated bank in our Branch in Nigeria West Africa were You shall collect
Your $50,000.00 dollars with out any Delay?
Please you are advised to complete the form and send it immediately to our
Promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your fund from the
designated bank.

NAME:
AGE:
SEX:
ADDRESS:
EMAIL:
PHONE:
OCCUPATION:
COMPANY: com
COUNTRY:*
*
(CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER in Nigeria)
Name: Rev.Dr, Samson Nelson
Email **samsonnelson2@gmail.com*<http://us.mc655.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=samsonnelson2@gmail.com>
*FOREIGN AUTHORIZED CLAIMS AGENTS,
TEL: +234-8034948564

Yours faithfully,
Mr. brian haunt
(ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR)*
*BEYOND GLOBAL REFRESHMENT
The Coca-Cola Company strives to be a world citizen,with nearly 400
brands,and countless ways to improve the countries where we live and
work.Discover our world and Interested in doing business with us?*

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam