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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: "LONDON COCA COLA COMPANY" <cocacolacenter90@live.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:38:42 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AS ONE OF
THE COCA COLA COMPANY NEW YEAR AWARD PROMO 2010...

THE COCA-COLA COMPANY,
NO 23/34 COCA-COLA TOWER,
KENNEDY BROWN AVENUE,
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON,
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM.
Email: cocacolacenter90@live.com

CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU ARE A CERTIFIED WINNER OF OUR COCA-COLA COMPANY
NEW YEAR PROMO 2010.

BATCH/REF NO: C.C.UK/004412010.


We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws held here in London from 30th to 31 of January 2010 COCA-COLA
BOTTLING COMPANY WORLDWIDE PROMO,
Your email was among the top Lucky winners who won £500.000.00 Great
British Pounds each on the Coca-Cola Bottling Company.
However the results were released on the 02 /03/ 2010 and your email was
attached to a BATCH/REF NO: C.C.UK/004412010 and (Ballot Number:
225182009/2010).

Coca-Cola collected all the email addresses of the people that are active
online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Aol, Walla , Gmail,
Russian Mail, Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers.
Many are selected yearly to benefit from this promotion and you are one
of the Selected Winners of this year 2010 by this great Coca-Coca
Bottling Company.
The online draws was conducted by a random selection of Email Addresses
from an exclusive list of 2,903,803 Email 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 Ballot Numbers for
representation and privacy.

The selection process was carried out through random Selection in our
computerized email selection machine (COCA COLA TOPAZ) from a database of
over 290,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.
This Promotion is approved by the British Gaming Board and also licensed
by The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).
This Promotion is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.
In other to claim your £500,000.00 Great British Pounds Award Prize
Winning, this will be deposited in a Designated Bank/Security Company?
However, you will have to fill the form below and send it to the
Promotion manager of The Coca Cola Bottling Company for verification and
then you will be directed to the bank/Security Company where your cash of
£500,000.00 POUNDS has already been deposited/registered on your behalf.


DOCUMENTS REQUIRED URGENTLY FROM YOU.

NAME:...............................................

CONTACT ADDRESS:............................

AGE:...................................................

SEX:...................................................

STATUS:..............................................

WINNING EMAIL:.................................

MOBILE PHONE:...................................

OCCUPATION:......................................

COMPANY IF ANY:................................

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

COUNTRY:............................................

SCAN YOUR IDENTITY PROOF:...............

Please you are advised to complete the form and send it back
Immediately to our Promotion manager through email for prompt
Collection of your fund from The Designated Bank/The Security Company
here in London.

(CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY)
NAME: DR.GEORGE WILLIAMS.
TEL: 00447014274224.
FAX: 00447014282737.
EMAIL: cocacolacenter90@live.com

Licensed promotion Manager.(C.C.UK)
Contact him for your claims
with this Email address: cocacolacenter90@live.com

You are to keep all Promo Information away from the general
Public especially your Batch/Ref Numbers and ballot number.
This is Important as a case of double claims will not be entertained.

STAFF OF COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY ARE NOT TO PARTAKE IN THIS PROMOTION.

*PLEASE BE WARNED*

Yours faithfully,
Dr.George Williams.
TEL: 00447014274224.
FAX: 00447014282737.

He Shall Immediately Commence The Process That Will Facilitate The
Release of Your Coca Cola Company Award Winning Prize to You.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!!!!!!

Mrs.Elizabeth Anderson.
COCA-COLA PUBLICITY SECRETARY.(C.C.P.S.UNITED KINGDOM)
WE ARE TRULY THE COCA-COLA GIANT IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!!!



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