419 scam: "COCA COLA PROMOTIONS"<zhoulei@xunfang.com> COCA COLA 125 YEARS ANNIVERSARY PROMOTION

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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:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- informholmes@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "COCA COLA PROMOTIONS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <informholmes@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:49:45 -0700
Subject: COCA COLA 125 YEARS ANNIVERSARY PROMOTION

FROM THE DESK COCA COLA COMPANY
COORDINATOR {COCA COLA GLOBAL E-MAIL LOTTERY}
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
LONDON , UNITED KINGDOM .
FILE REF:CC/5564/07/05/MICS
BATCH: CC16/834/5PDH /EU

OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:

It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by COCA COLA COMPANY,in celebration of COCA COLA 125 years Anniversary, held in London, England on the 13th of June 2011.

Wherein your electronic email address emerged as one of the online winning emails in the 3rd category and therefore attracted a cash award of 870,000.00 Great British Pounds Sterlings Only .

Our winners are arranged into four categories with different winning prizes accordingly in each category. They are arranged in this format below:

CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES

1st (2) 2,377,500.00 GBP each
2nd. (3) 1, 160,200.00 GBP each
3rd. (4) 870,000.00 GBP each
4th. (9) 370,000.00 GBP each

We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message for more information concerning the verification, processing and eventual payment of the above prize to you.

It is important to note that your award information was released with the following particulars attached to it.
{1} FID No.: CC/X7837/2505-1
{2} Lottery Code: UK-CCST -3RD

For verification purpose be sure to include:

{1} Your mailing address.
{2} Your Tel/Fax numbers.
{3} Your Nationality/Country.
{4}Your Full Names

To file for your claim,Please contact your Validating Officer for VALIDATION of your winning within Twenty-nine working days of this winning notification. Winnings that are not validated within Twenty-nine working days of winning notification are termed void and invalid.

You are required to mention the above particulars of your award in every correspondence to enable the Agent validate your winning.

Urgently make contact with the below Audit officer approved by the Lottery Board only for your claim .
*************************************************************
AUDITING OFFICER ,
COCA COLA LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
NAME: Mr Alex Holmes.Esq
E-mail:informholmes@gmail.com
************************************************************

Once again on behalf of all our staff,

CONGRATULATIONS!

Yours faithfully,

Ellen Van Horst (Mrs)
PRO. ZONAL COORDINATOR.
COCA COLA LOTTERY PROMOTION.

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