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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cocacolalotterry@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:46:58 +0530
Subject: GOOD NEWS................................CONGRATULATION

COCA COLA 2012 PROMO AWARD
1 QUEEN CAROLINE STREET
HAMMERSMITH LONDON
W6 9HQ UNITED KINGDOM
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Annual 2012 promotion which is organized by THE COCA COLA COMPANY United Kingdom, in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion. This is to inform you that, you have been awarded a prize money of 750,000.00GBP (Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling). We selected all email addresses of the people that are active online among the millions that subscribed from Yahoo, G mail, Hot mail and various Microsoft window users. This promotion has been selected through electronic balloting System without the winner applying. Congratulations!!
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Contact the claims Agent with your Below details for claim.
 
Full Name:................
Address:..................
Country:..................
Mobile No:................
Occupation:...............
Age:......................
Sex:......................
 
THE COCA COLA COMPANY PROGRAM CHAIRMAN
(MR. JAMES HOWARD)
Telephone: +44 871-915-2451 "or" +44 701-423-7835
E-mail: cocacolalotterry@hotmail.com
WE CONGRATULATE YOU ONCE AGAIN!!

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