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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?b?qTIwMTAuQ29jYS1Db2xh?= Great Britain <info@news.co.uk>
Reply-To: coke.paul.figures@live.co.uk
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:51:21 +0000
Subject:

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©2010.Coca-Cola Great Britain
1 Queen Caroline Street
Hammersmith
London
W6 9HQ
United Kingdom.

REF:ZI0010-GB0NSW


You have won the sum of £950,000.00 (Great British Pounds) from The Coca-Cola
Company UK©.I wish to announce you as one of the 2nd lucky winners in our
INTERNATIONAL ONLINE sweepstakes Lotto draw held on the 14th of October 2010.
Your email address emerged along side 3 others as a 2nd category
winner in this
year's Annual Online Promotion Draw.

Requirements:
1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Age:
4. Sex:
5. Occupation:
6. Telephone Number:
7. Country of Residence:

Kindly Contact:
Mr. Paul Figures
TEL: +44 758 675 6960
FAX: +85 230 176 776
EMAIL: coke.paul.figures@live.co.uk


Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until
the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent
claims.This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Yours faithfully,
Dir. Alexandre Baker
Online Sweepstakes Coordinator
©Copyright 2010




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