419 scam: COCA COLA Lottery 2010 <h_nickolson@yahoo.com> Claim your $500,000.00 prize

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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.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand 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)
- "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.
- centerclaims@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: COCA COLA Lottery 2010 <h_nickolson@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: centerclaims@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:22:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Claim your $500,000.00 prize

The Coca-Cola Company
P.O. Box 1734. Atlanta,
GA 30301, USA.

THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRICE NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on the (25th of April, 2010) by Coca-Cola in conjunction with the Red Dot Promotion, your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) each on the first categary.

However the results were released today the 30th April,2010 and your email was attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2010 and ballot number (BT:12052010/20) The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 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 addreses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerised email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. Below is one of our award presentations.

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 order to claim your $500,000.00 prize winning, which has been deposited in a designated bank. However, you are require to fill the form below and send it to the promotion manager of our company for verification and payment.

WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA

NAME:..........OCCUPATION:........
YOUR ADDRESS:....NATIONALITY:......
MOBILE/PHONE:.......SEX:.....AGE:........

You are to keep all lottery information away from the public especially your ticket number and ballot number.. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply fill in the needed and contact your claims agent in London United Kingdom on the below email.

Lottery Claims Officer

Name: Rev.David Albert
Email: centerclaims@gmail.com

The Staff of Coca-Cola and the British American Tobacco Company happily congratulate you and advise you to make judicious use of your money.

Accept our heart congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,

Mrs Rose Hill
Grant Coordinator.

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