419 scam: " Mrs. Stacy James"<prizeredemers.claimoffice001@centrum.cz> THE COCA-COLA CUSTOMER PROMO 2010 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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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.
- prizeredemers.claimoffice001@centrum.cz (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: " Mrs. Stacy James" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 20:40:57 -0800
Subject: THE COCA-COLA CUSTOMER PROMO 2010 PRIZE NOTIFICATION.

THE COCA COLA COMPANY
COCA-COLA CUSTOMER PROMO 2010
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
COCA COLA AVENUE
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON .
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM

THE COCA-COLA CUSTOMER PROMO 2010 PRIZE NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded,final
draws held on (3rd Nov, 2010) by Coca-Cola Company.

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

This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed
by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).

Your email was among 6 Lucky winners who won $1,000,000.00(One Million
United States Dollars)each
in the THE COCA-COLA CUSTOMER PROMO 2010.
However Coca Cola Company UK collects all the email addresses of the
people that are active online,

among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Aol, Walla, Gmail, American
Mail, Russian Mail, Indian Mail,
Arabic Mail, Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers.

Six people are selected yearly to benefit from this promotion and you
are one of the Selected Winners
and your email was attached with the follwings:

Ref Number: CC DN 0508-9T6,
Batch Number:EUQY-3LJ4,
Winning Number: #2,1,10
Serial Number: 20910,

PLEASE CONTACT THE PROMOTION MANAGER FOR YOUR FUND CLAIM/PAYMENT.

Mrs. Stacy James
Email:prizeredemers.claimoffice001@centrum.cz
COCA-COLA AVENUE ,
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.
Congratulations once again On behalf of the staff And Members Of the
COCA COLA COMPANIES,

Therefore, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential and restrict from third Party
to avoid double or false claims of your winning.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Stacy James
Promotion Manager.
COCA-COLA CUSTOMER PROMO 2010
COCA-COLA COMPANY
EMAIL:prizeredemers.claimoffice001@centrum.cz

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