419 scam: "COCA-COLA COMPANY 2010 PROMO."<info@cocacolacomplany.com> Congratulations!!!

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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:

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:
- "hundred thousand great british pounds" (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)
- "cocacoladraws01@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447017452765 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "COCA-COLA COMPANY 2010 PROMO." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cocacoladraws01@live.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:29:32 -0000
Subject: Congratulations!!!

The Coca Cola Company Promotion/Prize Award
Dept: Coca Cola Avenue Stamford Bridge London.
Sw1V 3Dw United Kingdom
Director General: Mr. Ruben Mark

The Coca Cola Company Official Prize Notification

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on the (21st November ,2010) by Coca-Cola inconjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion.

Youremail was among the 20 Lucky winners who won A (£500,000.00) { Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds} each in THE COCA-COLA COMPANY 2010 PROMO.

However the results were released on 30th September, 2010 and 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 29,031,643 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 numbers for representation and privacy.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) .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.

You Will be receiving your prize through Halifax bank plc Demand Draft of (£500,000.00) { Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds} has been deposited to the OMNI COURIER EXPRESS. they are the firm that will handle the delivery of your winning prize.
Kindly get back to us as soon as possible for further details

Send your complete personal information with your award ref. and file no. to enable us process your claim;

1. Full Name:
2. Country :
3. Contact Address:
4. Telephone or Mobile:
5. Marital Status:
6. Occupation:
7. Ticket Number:
8. Ballot Number:
9. Next of kings:
10.Age
11.Sex:
12.Email:

Please do not reply if you are NOT the owner of this email address.

Staff of Coca-Cola and the British American Tobacco Company are not to partake in this PROMOTION. Accept our hearty congratulations once again!
Yours Faithfully,
Management,
Director General: Mr. Ruben Mark
Email: cocacoladraws01@live.com
Contact : +44 701 745 2765, +44 701 788 9091
You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize

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