419 scam: COCA COLA TURKISH COMPANY <noreply1.cocacola@gmail.com> THE TURKISH COCA COLA 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.
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 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.
- yousefomar.cocacola@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: COCA COLA TURKISH COMPANY <noreply1.cocacola@gmail.com>
Reply-To: yousefomar.cocacola@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:29:30 +0300
Subject: THE TURKISH COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

THE COCA COLA COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPT. COCA COLA AVENUE
UC KUMTEPESI MAVKII P.K33
07500 BELEK/ ANTALYA
TURKEY

THE TURKISH COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on the (11th July, 2009) by Coca-Cola in conjunction with the Red Dot Promotion, your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won $500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand USD) each on the THE COCA/COLA COMPANY PROMOTION.

However the results were released today the of 31st August, 2009 and your email was attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2009) and ballot number (BT:12052009/01/06) The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 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.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. Below is one of our award presentations.

Golden Peacock Environment Management
This Lottery is approved by the Turkish Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

In other to claim your $500,000 ( five hundred USD) 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 no how you can claim your winning funds.
>From an International Offshore Investment Bank (http://ioib.xtreemhost.com)

NAME:....................................
AGE:........................................
SEX:........................................
ADDRESS:...............................
EMAIL:....................................
PHONE:...................................
OCCUPATION:.........................
COMPANY:..............................
COUNTRY:................................

N/B you are to fill your details to enable our paying bank remmit your winning prize,

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to our Promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your fund

(CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER)
TURKEY.
Name: Name: YOUEF OMAR[Mr.]
E mail:yousefomar.cocacola@gmail.com
Tel: +90-533-885-1725

You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).

The Staff of Coca-Cola and the Turkish British and American Tobacco Company are not to partake in this Lottery.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again and keep drinking Coca cola!
Yours faithfully,
Mrs Handi Mustapha

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