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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 COMPANY <cwynar@neostrada.pl>
Reply-To: cocacola.eng@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:58:38 -0800
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE.

=46ROM COCA COLA COMPANY ENGLAND, PO Box 1010,Liverpool L70 1NL,United Kingdom, Dear Lucky Winner, Your Email was luckily drawn by a computer balloting system as one of= our winners in our Online lottery bonanza from the prestigious COCA = COLA ONLINE PROMOTION. Thus, making you the winner of the sum of 500,= 000.00GBP (Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling=92s). This is to let you know that this online world e-mail draws was condu= cted from an exclusive list of 25,000 company e-mail addresses, 30,00= 0,00 individual e-mail addresses from over 40 networks and corporate= bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer selection fro= m the web.=20 Please complete the form below with correct information and email bac= k to us with a return email so that we can have a precise and compreh= ensive record of our winners and also provide you On how you will rec= eive your winning amount.=20 Your prize cheque has been vaulted safely with our corresponding Bank= prior to your readiness to complete your claims and would be present= ed to you after verification of the data requested below. WINNING NUMBER: C.C.UK/04567 To proceed with your claims, you would be required to fill the Verifi= cation Form below completely and return back to us immediately. =20 Fill Out This Form 1. Full Names: 2. Your Full Address: =20 3. Your Age: 4. Your country: 5. Your Country of resident:=20 6. Your City: 7. Your Occupation: 8. Your Sex: 9. Your Marital Status: 10.Winning Email Address: 11. Your Mobile Number: DECLARATION: I_____________________HEREBY DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE DATA ARE TRUE. THAT MY CLAIMS AGENT SHALL ACT = AS A FACILITATOR IN THE TRANSFER OF THE TOTAL FUND TO ME. DATE___________ (YOUR FULLNAMES)_____________________ Congratulations once again from the entire staff of the COCA COLA PRO= MO TEAM ENGLAND. DR.CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON EVENT MANAGER. United Kingdom BATCH/REFERENCE NO: C.C.UK/ 004412010.

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