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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: CHERRY BENITA<drphilipmark@live.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:47:31 +0530
Subject: CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!!
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars (USD $ 500,000.00) form E-mail Prize promotion which is Offered by Coca-Cola Company of (UK) England.
Coca-Cola collects all the e-mail addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo! and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers, six people are selected yearly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Coca-Cola Prize Award must be claimed no later than 30 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
Stated below are your Identification Numbers:
BATCH NUMBER: MFI/09/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2010234522.
PIN: CO/CA-1210.
These Numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to contact your Fiduciary Claims Agent in Manchester and send your Winning Identification Numbers to him with the below Application Form.
Claims Agent Name: Dr.Richard Morrison,
E-Mail:cocacolapauk@hotmail.co.uk


You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to facilitate the release of your fund to you at the earliest.

1. Full Name........................................
2. Country..........................................
3. Contact Address..................................
4. Mobile Telephone #...............................
5. Home Telephone #.................................
6. E-mail Address....................................
7. Marital Status.... ...............................
8. Occupation.......................................
9. Age...............................................
10.Sex...............................................

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN! AND KINDLY FILL THE ABOVE FORM AND SEND IT TO YOUR FIDUCIARY CLAIMS AGENT BY E-MAIL: cocacolapauk@hotmail.co.uk


Yours in Service,
Mrs. Cherry Benita
Publicity Secretary

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