419 scam: "Coca Cola Company"<congratulations@chatdd.com> THE COCACOLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "jamespatterson@chatdd.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +447536753873
- +448717338600 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Coca Cola Company" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamespatterson@chatdd.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 11:36:18 +0100
Subject: THE COCACOLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

THE COCACOLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

Date: 04-08-2009

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded

draws held on the {24th of July, 2009} by Coca-Cola in conjunction

with Ipod Worldwide Promotion with ballot number: 12052008/20 and

ticket No.: 7PWYZ2008.

Please contact the email address listed for further details. On how

to claim your prize money of US$450,000.00{Four Hundred And Fifty

Thousand United States Dollars Only} , Your email address was

selected during our draw which automatically makes you qualify for

the stated sum.

Name: James Patterson

Contact: E-mail: jamespatterson@chatdd.com

TEL: +44-753-675-3873
FAX: + 44-871-733-8600

Yours Sincerely,

Miss Diana White

CONGRATULATION CONTACT US ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR WINNINGS.

The information contained in this message or any attachments to this

message is intended only for the person(s) or entity to which it is

addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material as

well as being protected from disclosure. Any review, retransmission,

dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance

upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended

recipient is strictly prohibited. If you received this in error,

please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from

any computer.

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