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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 Grant Foundation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cocacolagiveaway@yahoo.it>
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 17:14:00 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE FOR YOU

The Coca-Cola Grant Foundation
REF: GHF/98464/13
BATCH: 34/011/IPD

WINNING NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Coca-Cola Foundation grant held on the 1st of January 2013. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 774673954 with a lucky numbers 5-7-85-22-08-77 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,500,000.(One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars: CONGRATULATIONS!!! Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted into your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 company and 100,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This Coca-Cola Foundation Grant giveaway takes place every five years.

To file for your claim, please contact Coca-Cola Foundation chairperson;
Filippo Viani
Tel:+393450888331
Fax:+393558749053
Email: cocacolagiveaway@yahoo.it
Address: Viale Gino Cervi, 40, 00139 Rome, Italy


Remember, all winning must be claimed within this month January 2013. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next give away grant, Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform us as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from Coca-Cola Foundation staff and thank you for being part of our grant giveaway. Note: Anybody under the age of 16 is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Adriana Puricelli.
(Coca-Cola Foundation Grant Co-coordinator)
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=399900016

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