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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: "COCA COLA BOTTLING PLC." <cocacolajob2008@worker.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:00:24 -0600
Subject: JOB OFFER!!! (CONGRATULATIONS!!!)


Hello Dear,


This is to inform you that after critical and proper review of your new
contact email address, we are please to inform you that you have met the
requirements needed for the post of Payment Officer / Book Keeper with The
Coca - Cola Company.


Furthermore, Your duties as the Payment Officer / Book Keeper is to collect
check payments from our numerous customers within your region,process the
payments, deduct 10% of the amount issued to you as your personal bonus and
you transfer the rest of the funds to our main account officer whose
information will be provided to you in due time.


This Job position is Temporary and does not require a specific work time
frame. All payments will be mailed directly to you via your mailing/contact
address. This position became necessary when lots of payments
is being received from various customers from different regions / states
within the United States and Canada per day and it became very tedious to
process and sort, as a result of this, the search for representatives to
sort / process payments on behalf of the company became highly necessary.



Your tasks are:...............................


1.Receive payment from Customers.

2.Cash Payments at your Bank.

3.Deduct 10% which will be your commission/pay on each Payment processed

4. Forward balance after deduction of commission/pay to any of the offices
you will be contacted to send payment through (Money Gram Int'l Money
Transfer)www.moneygram.com Our payments will be issued out in your name and
you can have them cashed at your bank or other Cashing Services.


Deduct your commission and froward the balance to the company. If you are
interested in this Job offer, Please do forward the following information
written in (BOLD) letter as soon as possible:..........


Full Name:.............................

Full Contact/Mailing Address(NO P.O.BOX)..........

Phone Number:.............................

CITY: ..............

STATE:..................

ZIP CODE:................

Age / Date of Birth:.....................

Sex:.......................................

Driving License Numbers:.................................

Present Job (If Any):................

Marital Status:.................................

Email Address:..............................


Thank you very much and we anticipate your working with The Coca - Cola
Company.
You can also visit our website
@http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/index.html


For further information call our ad min office.


Mr Aaron Bishop
E-mail: (aaron.bishop@live.com)
Tel: +44702407705


Sincerely,
The Admin







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