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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: m.obi14@yahoo.de
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 02:42:15 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Gooddaysir, U WON A PRIZE


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: rationsgmcopec@yahoo.in







- AM Dr Mark obi, the Promotion Maneger THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual President Barack Obama the Coca Cola promotion final draws held on the(7th NOVERBER 2008) by Coca-Cola in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion, your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £ 500,000.00 each on the THE COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTION. However the results were released on the (5th NOVERBER 2008) and your email was attached to ticket number (45HJK0) and ballot number(AQ01427/13) The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 22,031 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 £ 500,000.00 prize winning,which has been deposited in a designated bank? However, you will have to fill the form below and send it to the Promotion manager of THE COCA COLA COMPANY for verification and then you will be directed to the courier company where a cheque of £500,000.00 has already been deposited in your favor. Name: MR MARK OBI E MAIL:m.obi14@yahoo.de To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact MR ANNE WINDY with followings details below: 1NAME:...2AGE:..3SEX:…4ADDRESS:…5PHONE:…6OCCUPATION:……7COUNTRY:……,Congratulations, once more from all members and staffs of this program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program. Sincerely, MR MARK OBI , STAMFORD BRIDGE ENGLAND. SW1V 3DW TEL:00447045706999


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