419 scam: Coca-Cola Company Plc <coca01cola1232@msn.com> You have won $3,000,000.00

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million united state dollars" (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)
- ",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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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 free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- ccc01ccc2@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Coca-Cola Company Plc <coca01cola1232@msn.com>
Reply-To: ccc01ccc2@sify.com
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:29:21 +0200
Subject: You have won $3,000,000.00

Dear Winner,

Congratulations!! This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Three million United State Dollars ($3,000,000.00 USD) in the 2012 Coca-Cola Email draw which was conducted by the Coca-Cola Company(CCC),West Africa.This is a Millennium Scientific Computer Draw in which your email address were Selected Among the six winners around the world. Your email address was selected from the World-Wide Data-base,Asia,Africa,Europe,
South America and North America and Part of Australia Continents of the online promotion to encourage internet users, you do not need to buy ticket before you are selected as the Winner.

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Award must be claimed no later than 30 days, from date of Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. Your identification numbers as follows: Winning Number: 356-00098-3211-222, Reference Number: 67-99-777963,Batch Number: 818-09

These numbers fall within the Burkina Faso,West Africa Location file, you are requested to contact our claim office in Burkina Faso,West Africa and send your winning identification numbers to them.You are also advised to send the following information to the Claim office to facilitate the release of your funds to you.

1. Your Full Name:
2. Home Address:
3. Age:
4. Occupation:
5. Phone Number:
6. Country:

Send the above information to our claim office in Burkina Faso,West Africa to start the processing of your winning funds and also ensure that your identification numbers is send to our claims office for confirmation purpose.

Contact Person:Mr.Patrick Kabore
Manager,Prize Redemption Center
Coca-Cola Company Plc
Burkina Faso,West Africa.
Phone: 00226 76 168 413
Email:ccc01ccc2@sify.com

Comply now because as soon as you send the above required details to Mr.Patrick Kabore, he will Process and make arrangement for the release of your fund.You are advised to keep your winning details confidential till your claims is processed and your Winning funds released to you in whatever way you deem fit to Claim your prize

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Kenneth Gram
Online Games Director

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