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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: "MRS DIANA MICHAEL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <departmenteuroprocessing@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:09:54 +0530
Subject: 2012 COCA-COLA EMAILS LOTTERY DRAW!!!

2012 WORLD COCA-COLA AWARD WINNING PROMO,
INTERNATIONAL COCA-COLA PROMO
& BRITISH GOVT.APPROVED.
FROM THE DESK OF COCA-COLA PROMOTION
REGIONAL CLAIMS VERIFICATION OFFICE
LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM.

Dear Winner,

WINNING NOTIFICATION MAIL:
YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED A WINNER OF 750,000,00 GREAT BRITISH POUNDS.

This PROMO is proudly sponsored by the COCA-COLA International BOTTLING
TRADES& Australian Government in collaboration with the British Government to
Eradicate poverty,as we celebrates the 154th anniverssary in united
kingdom

You have been made a winner of seven hundred and fifty thousands British
pounds through an Electronic Random Selection of World Wide E-mail
Addresses from the Internet.Consequently,you have been approved for a
total payout of 750,000,00 (SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS)
only.

Your email address emerged along side with 99 others around the globe,as
the category of winners in this Annual Draw.Your winning number is
(AUI400/856/AS87) and ballot number is (BN: 6220/00657/AUZ-F).

For security reasons, we advised that you keep your winning information
confidential until you claim your prize money. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this program. Please be warned!

You are hereby advice to contact the International COCA-COLA AGENT
Promotion regional cliams verification office London Via
email:departmenteuroprocessing@yahoo.co.uk

and contact phone number giving bellow.

BELLOW IS THE CLIAM OFFICE CONTACT DETAILS:
CONTACT PERSON:MR.SPENCER BLAKE
E-MAIL:departmenteuroprocessing@yahoo.co.uk
PHONE: +44-7010029362.

Please contact our verification department for proper verification and
payment,
provide them with the following information as indicated below:

1. Name:-------------------------------
2. Address:----------------------------
3. Country:----------------------------
4. Mobile Phone No:-------------------
5. Home Phone No:-------------------
6. Occupation:-------------------------
7. Sex:--------------------------------
8. Age: --------------------------------
9.Email:--------------------------------
Congratulations once more…

Best Regards,
Mrs. Diana Micheal
Promotion Manager.

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