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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: "COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY PROMOTION" <info-claim@cocacola.org>
Reply-To: martins_cocacoladraw@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:30:44 +0700 (ICT)
Subject:




COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY PROMOTION
AVENUE STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON.
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM
Coca-Cola Donation PINCODE: *F65479*
Qualification number: F-910-59
Name : MARTINS WALKER
Email: martins_cocacoladraw@hotmail.co.uk

Congratulation winner,

This is to inform you that your e-mail address have won you a prize money
(£750,000,00) Seven Hundred an Fifty Thousand Great Britain pounds
sterling in COCA-COLA INT?L e-mail draw sponsor by coca cola company.


We collected all the e-mail addresses of the people who where active
online,among the millions that subscribed to yahoo/msn and various
micro-soft window users, we only selected 10 e-mails as our winners,
through electronic balloting system without the winner applying.Be
informed that this is our first lottery promo (2011).Please, note that
they are imposters (Scammers) who pretend to be us, so becareful.Do email
the above Claims Administrator, at once with all the claims requirements
below. To avoid unnecessary delay.They are needed to proceed.


Claims Requirements:


1. Full Name:....................................
2. Address:........................................
3. Nationality:...................................
4. Age:.......... Date of Birth:............
5. Occupation:...................................
6. Phone:................Fax:.....................
7. State of Origin:...........Country:...........


(CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER E-MAIL)
Name : MARTINS WALKER
Email: martins_cocacoladraw@hotmail.co.uk
Phone:+44 7017039013

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