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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: <cocacola_cc@live.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 10:07:07 -0500
Subject: COCA COLA COMPANY AWARD 2012


PO Box 1010,Liverpool
L70 1NL,United Kingdom
Contact: +447024045418

Dear Winner,
With gratitude to god for making you our lucky winner, we wish to inform
you that
Your Email was luckily drawn by a computer balloting system as one of our
winners in our Online lottery bonanza from the prestigious COCA-COLA
ONLINE PROMOTION. Thus, making you the winner of the sum of 500,000.00GBP
(Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling????).and also a brown
new laptop.

Please complete the form below with correct information and email back to
us with a return email so that we can have a precise and comprehensive
record of our winners and also provide you On how you will receive your
winning amount.

Your prize cheque has been vaulted safely with our corresponding Bank
prior to your readiness to complete your claims and would be presented to
you after verification of the data requested below.
Lotto number...........C.C.UK/0048/0936HP
Winning number......C.C.UK/ 0008857
Winning Amount......??500,000 GBP
Batch number..........C.C.UK/OP/00142/2011
To proceed with your claims, you would be required to fill the
Verification Form below completely and return back to us immediately.

Fill Out This Form Verification Form
1. Full Names:
2. Your Date of Birth:
3. Your Full Address:
4. Your Country of resident:
5. Your Current City:
6. Your Occupation:
7. Sex:
8. Marital Status:
9. Winning Email Address:
10 Your Mobile Number:
DECLARATION:

BATCH/REFERENCE NO: C.C.UK/OP/00142/2011.
Prof. Alex Kingston and Dr. George Williams,
Past Winner in Coca-Cola Company Online Promo England,

Sincerely yours,
DR. ANTHONY
COCA COLA COMPANY ONLINE PROMO CO-ORDINATOR.
EMAIL- cocacola_cc@live.com
Tel: +447024045418

>From The Coca Cola Company Promo.
kindly contact us for more details on how you can redeem your winning prize
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you
in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this program. Please be warned.
NOTE : ALL MAILS REGARDING CLAIMS SHOULD BE REPLY TO
EMAIL- cocacola_cc@live.com

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