419 scam: "Coca-Cola"<kouyanitagro@yahoo.com> Re:Immediately.

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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:

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)
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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Coca-Cola" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mfengpeng@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:30:21 -0600
Subject: Re:Immediately.

CONGRATULATIONS!! YOU WON GBP 950, 000.00!!

COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

Your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won
GPB950, 000.00 {Nine Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great
Britain Pounds} each in the Coca-Cola Company 2012
online Promo.

COCA COLA! announced you as one of the 20 lucky
winners of the on going lottery Award of the New
Year Held this month.

All 20 winning email addresses were randomly selected
from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from
Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe,Middle
East, and Oceania as part of our international
promotions program which is conducted annually, consequently,
you have been approved for a Claim

To begin your claims, kindly contact our CHINA
fiduciary \ accredited Agent at
below contact immediately:

· MRS. GRACE FENGPENG
· EMAIL: mfengpeng@yahoo.cn
· ADDRESS: Guangdong International Payment Center China

Contact with your information's.

Full Name:
Marital
Status:
Age:
Occupation:
Home Phone:
Mobile
Phone:
City/Country:
Nationality:
Ref No:
Batch No:

Best Wishes
management
Coca-Cola,China
www.acculotto.com

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