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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: "COCACOLA COMPANY." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kenwilliamsunit@live.com>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 08:57:29 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS,




STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON
SW11 5W UNITED KINGDOM


Dear Winner,

The Organizers’ of the London Olympics 2012, members of staff of Coca Cola London and the International Awareness Promotion Department, wishes to congratulate you on your success, as one of our Star Prize winners in our 2012 DRAWS held in London, UK. This makes you a cash Prize of GBP 1,000.000.00 (One Million Great British Pounds) and HP laptop. Your Email address was luckily selected from individual E-mail address of individuals that are actively online, among the millions that subscribe to Gmail and hotmail and a few from other E-mail providers in Australia, New Zealand, America and India, electronically which made you the confirmed and certified winner of £1,000,000.00 GBP (One Million British Pounds) and HP laptop in ongoing Coca-Cola E-mail Draw 2012 Edition.

A Cash gift of GBP 1,000,000.00 and one HP laptop has been packaged in consignment and addressed to your home place by the COCA-COLA COMPANY, LONDON for immediate delivery to your home place in your country.

You are required to contact Coca cola Foreign Transfer Manager, London via email immediately for confirmation.
Contact Person: Ken Williams coca-cola claim administrator Officer he is your Transfer Manager you are advice to forward your Full Details as states below to claim your cash gift and laptop;


COCA COLA AWARD DISPATCH DEPARTMENT;

To file for claim, you are required to fill out the information required in the verification form and establish contact via e-mail immediately.
Email: [cocacolauniteclaims@live.com].

FILL AND RETURN BELOW PAYMENT VERIFICATION FORM:

FULL NAMES:
FULL ADDRESS:
MARITAL STATUS:
STATE:
AGE:
SEX:
MOBILE NUMBER & ALTERNATE MOBILE NUMBERS:
WINNING EMAIL ID & ALTERNATE EMAIL ID:
COUNTRY:
OCCUPATION:
COMPANY:
NATIONALITY:
SCANNED COPY OF IDENTITY PROOF (MANDATORY)
SCANNED COPY OF ADDRESS PROOF (MANDATORY)


We advise you to maintain strict confidentiality of your WINNING NOTIFICATION and the ENTIRE CLAIMS PROCESS until the verification process has been completed and your cash remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMS WHICH COULD LEAD TO CANCELLATION OF FUNDS REMITTANCE/CLAIMS PROCEDURES.

Confirm your winning through the Chief Dispatch Manager above.

DR. JOHN HARRY.
(AWARD CLAIMS MANAGER)
HAPPY LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 FROM COCA COLA COMPANY UK!

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