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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: "cocacola award promo 2010" <info@cocacola.org>
Reply-To: cpmelcocacola@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:38:32 +0100
Subject: COCACOLA AWARD 2010 PROMO


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COCA COLA INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION
AVENUE STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON.
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM

PRIZE AWARD OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION.
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just
concluded annual final draws by Coca-Cola Worldwide Promotion,
Your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won 1,000000
(One million Great Britain Pound Sterling) each on the
COCA-COLA COMPANY PROMOTION. However, your email was attached
to ticket

number (7PWYZ2006) and ballot number (BT: 12052006/20) The
online draws was conducted by a random selection of email
addresses from an exclusive list of 30,031 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 20 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. ? This Lottery is
approved by the British 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 ?1,000000.00 (One million Great Britain
Pound Sterling) prize winning, this 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 on how you
canclaim your winning funds.

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

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

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

. .
ADDRESS:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PHONE:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
OCCUPATION:. . . . . . . . . . . . .
COUNTRY:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Please you are advised to complete the form and send it
immediately to our Promotion manager through email and call
his direct phone number for prompt collection of your fund.

Name:. Terry williams


Email: cpmelcocacola@yahoo.com.hk

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).

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours Faithfully,
Dr. McMark Roland.

Coordinator.
The Coca-Cola Company. Copy Right 2010 All

Right Reserve.
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