419 scam: "Coca-Cola Promo®"<info@cocacola.co.uk> Re: Result.

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

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:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "amgibson.c.c10@w.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +447031822986 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Coca-Cola Promo®" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <amgibson.c.c10@w.cn>
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 14:08:43 -0800
Subject: Re: Result.

THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPTCOCA COLA AVENUE
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON.
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM.

Dear Email Owner,

We are officially informing you of the result of Our Lottery programs held 20th of Feb 2012 as part of our promotional programs for the year 2012. Your e-mail address was gotten through our Email Lottery Draw System (E.L.D.S) and all emails were extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed on-line. Attached to your email is your secret pin code 7PWYZ204 with ballot number (BT: 1205543AG/20),which consequently won in the 1st category via our electronic ticket as stated above. Your E-Mail there for has won you the sum of £1,000,000.00 GBP. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

We wish to advice that you keep your winning information very confidential as our security policy demands to avoid double claims/impersonation and unwarranted abuse of this program by some individuals. Contact our customer unit for more details about claims:

Coca-Cola Service Unit
Mr. Ambruce Gibson
Email - amgibson.c.c10@w.cn
Tel- +44-703-182-2986

The under listed information's should be completed by you and sent to our customer unit for claims processing and release of your prize to be made:

1.FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY.................../(2)FULL NAMES OF NEXT OF KIN.........................
3.RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS .............................../(4)AGE................../
5.PHONE/FAX NUMBERS.................../(6)OCCUPATION.............................................
7.COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE............................/(8)WINNING REFERENCE NUMBER:.............................

DECLARATION:

I..............................................HEREBY DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE DATA ARE TRUE. IN CASE OF ANY UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCE, MY NEXT OF KIN HAS THE RIGHT TO CLAIM MY TOTAL WINNINGS.(SUPER STANDARD AGENT) SHALL ACT AS MY AGENT IN FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF THE TOTAL FUND TO ME.

DATE............ (YOUR FULL NAMES)............................

With Best Regards
Mrs. Joyce Race
Lottery Manager.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam