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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: "Mrs. Cherry Benita" <winnings@coca-cola.co.uk>
Reply-To: <cocacolaclaims_ukdept@secretarias.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:10:54 +0100
Subject: Complement Of The Season Coca-Cola Winner

COCA-COLA CLEARING HOUSE,
OUR REF: 10667ADB
YOUR REF: 435062725
 
Address: Government Buildings Motley Rd Leeds West Yorkshire LS16 5PZ United Kingdom.
 
Complement of the Season!!
 
 
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds (GBP 500,000.00) for 2010 Prize promotion which is Offered by Coca-Cola Company of England.
 
 
Coca-Cola collects all the e-mail addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo! and Hotmail, Msn, AOL and few from other e-mail providers. Ten people are selected every December and January to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.
 
 
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
 
 
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Coca-Cola Prize Award must be claimed no later than 20 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
 
 
Stated below are your Identification Numbers:
 
BATCH NUMBER: 7050470902/189
REFERENCE NUMBER: 442510711.
PIN: 1210.
 
 
These Numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to contact your Fiduciary Claims Agent in Manchester and send your Winning Identification Numbers to him with the below Application Form.
 
 
Agent Name: Mr. Shawn Cole,
E-Mail: shawnscole@gmail.com
Phone: +44 7031841875
 
 
You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to facilitate the release of your fund to you at the earliest.
 
 
1. Full Names: ......................
2. Gender: ...........................
3. Date of birth: ..................
4. All Contact Address: .........
5. Phone number(s): ............
6. Fax Number(s): ...............
7. Marriage status: ..............
8. Nationality: ...................
9. State/Province: .............
10. Country: ........................
11. E-mail Address................
 
Notice: All expenses of transfer or shipment will be at your own cost whichever way you want your funds to get immediately to you will surely be provided by our service. Our advice is that you get back to this agent and arrange with him on how to get your winnings to you and he will instruct you on how to proceed in getting your funds at your own cost.
 
 
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN! AND KINDLY FILL THE ABOVE FORM AND SEND IT TO YOUR FIDUCIARY CLAIMS AGENT BY E-MAIL: shawns_cole@att.net
 
 
Yours in Service,
Mrs. Cherry Benita
Publicity Secretary
[Coca-Cola Splash Awards]
 

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