419 scam: "COCA COLA" <News.noreply@Telegraph.co.uk> COCA COLA LUCKY WINNER

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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:
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "here in london united kingdom" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
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.
- +447017045072 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "COCA COLA" <News.noreply@Telegraph.co.uk>
Reply-To: cokecola@ozledim.net
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:01:15 +0530
Subject: COCA COLA LUCKY WINNER

THE COCA'COLA COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
Head Office.Coca-Cola (GB & Ireland) Ltd.
1 Queen Caroline Street W6 9HQ - London
Fax. 020 82373700
REF:EL3/9318/04
BATCH:8/163/EL.
E-mail:cokecola@ozledim.net

FINAL NOTIFICATION

The prestigious COCA-COLA INT?L wishes to inform you that your e-mail
address emerged as one of their online lucky Winners selected from our
private computerized
lottery drawn here in London United Kingdom. This selection process was
carried out through a random selection in our Computerized Email
Selection System (C.E.S.S.)
from a database of over a million email addresses from the world wide
web. Hence we do believe that with your winning prize, you will continue
to be active and patronage to the Coca-Cola international. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number 883734657492-5319 with serial number
7263-267, batch number 8254297137,lottery ref number 7336065782 and drew
lucky numbers 14-22-28-37-40-44 consequently won you the cash prize in
the 1st
category. Therefore you have won the sum of 500,000.00GBP {Five Hundred
Thousand Great British Pounds}.A blackberry Phone and and Aple Laptop, A
winning draft will be issued in your name by Coca- Cola Corporation and
also a certificate of prize claims will be sent to you along side with
your winnings cheque. You are to make contact with your designated agent
who shall by duty, guide you through the process of facilitating the
release of your Prize.
For claims,you are advised to contact your designated appointed agent
with the
following details below.
Zentec Security
Mr.JUSTICE BROWN
Direct Tel.Line; +44 7017045072
For processing and remittance of your winnings, you are required to
contact our designated claims officer with the following under listed
information's:

APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM
(Receipt Official Notification Letter)
FULL NAMES*
CONTACT ADDRESS*
COUNTRY*
SEX*
AGE*
MARITAL STATUS*
OCCUPATION*
NATIONALITY*
TELEPHONE NUMBER*
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER*
EMAIL ADDRESS*
HAVE YOU A PASSPORT OR LICENSE (identification on delivery)*
TICKET NUMBER*
*SERIAL NUMBER*
BATCH NUMBER*
REFERENCE NUMBER*
Once again on behalf of all our staff and Managements we say
CONGRATULATIONS!
Sincerely,
Mrs.Amelia Hunt,
Coca-Cola Promotion Award Team,
United Kingdom Sub Region.

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