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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: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?COCA-COLA=AE_FOUNDATION.?=" <cocacolafoundation01@live.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:17:24 -0300
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS JUST WON YOU.



COCA-COLA® FOUNDATION.
1 QUEEN CAROLINE STREET
LONDON W6 9HQ
GREAT BRITAIN
www.thecoca-colacompany.com

DEAR WINNER:

Coca-Cola Grant Foundation is please to inform you that you have been chosen by the Board of Trustees of the above International (Charity & Human Developmental) Organization, as one of the final recipients of a Cash Grant/Donation for your personal development. The Coca-Cola Foundation was created in 1995 with entrepreneur, philanthropist and partners with organizations around the globe to help develop and maintain vibrant, sustainable and local communities. The Coca-Cola Foundation builds and implements public-private partnerships to address the world\'s most pressing problems and broaden support for the Coca-Cola through advocacy and public outreach. The Coca-Cola Foundation is a public charity. Based on the random selection of internet Web pages and millions of Supermarket cash invoices worldwide you were selected among the beneficiaries to receive the sum of £500,000.00 GBP (Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds Sterlings) as developmental aid from Coca-Cola Foundation

To file for your claim, you are required to contact the Executive Secretary with your Qualification Number (CC/BT:12052007/20) along with the details listed below:

1. Full Names :
2. Residential Address :
3. Home/Office Phone Number :
4. Fax Number :
5. Occupation :
6. Sex :
7. Age :
8. State :
9. Zip Code :
10. Country :


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Executive Secretary Coca-Cola Foundation.
Dr. Gleen Hopkins.
Email: coca.colafoundation@live.com
Tel: +44 70457 68988
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Note: the Coca-Cola Grant Foundation has discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, these friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. The Coca-Cola Grant Foundation has reached a decision from the headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the canceling of that particular grant/winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner, as it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize.


Congratulations once again from the entire management and staff of Coca-Cola Grant Foundation to all our lucky winners this year and thank you for being part of this promotional lottery program.


Yours faithfully,
Mr. Kelvin Aronin
Online Coordinator For
COCA-COLA FOUNDATION.

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For Enquiries Please Dial: +44-870-626-0184 enter your PIN: 7072 and press 1 for confirmation.

All Claims Process should not be later than 14 working days after this
notification.
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