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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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",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)
- "wincocacolauk@admin.in.th" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +448719746852 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Coca Cola Award Promtion" <info@cokeadmin.org>
Reply-To: wincocacolauk@admin.in.th
Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 00:29:05 +0700
Subject: Good News

COCA COLA AWARD DEPARTMENT
1 Queen Caroline Street
Hammersmith, London W6 9HQ

We are pleased to inform you that your email address has won Seven Hundred Fifty
Thousand Great British Pounds ( Â£750,000.00 G.B.P ) in the Coca Cola Annual Lottery Draw
organized by Coca-Cola Company UK, held on May 2013 in London, United Kingdom.

Coca-Cola Company randomly selected 5 email addresses through a computer ballot system
to receive an award of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds (Â£ 750,000.00
G.B.P) each as a part of our for-profit philanthropic wing promotion.

The online award draws was conducted from an exclusive list of over 25,000,000 E-mail
addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random
computer search from the web. No tickets were sold. After the automated computer ballot,
your e-mail address emerged as one of five winners in the category â€˜Aâ€™ with the
following:

BATCH NUMBER: CCUK004412012
WINNING NUMBER: CCUK04567

In ORDER to claim your winning prizes, you are required to fill the form below and send
it to the Promotion manager of THE COCA-COLA COMPANY for verification and then you will
be directed on how to claim your wining amount of (Â£750,000,00GBP) Seven Hundred fifty
Thousand Great British Pounds. Include your BATCH NUMBER and WINNING NUMBER.

PAYMENT PROCESSING DETAILS/FORM.
1. Full Names:
2. Contact Address:
3. Mobile Number:
4. Marital Status:
5. Occupation:
6. Sex:
7. Age:
8. Proof of Identification:
9. Winning Email Address:
DECLARATION:
I______________ hereby declare that the above details are real. That my claims Agent
shall act as a Facilitator in the Transfer of the total Funds to me
Date...............................Your Full Name...............................
DR. Henry Mark
Director of Operations
Tel: +44 871 974 6852, +44 871 974 6807
Fax: +44 870 495 6313, +44 870 471 8742
Email: wincocacolauk@admin.in.th

Please do not reply if you are NOT the owner of this email address.
Congratulations!! Sincerely Yours,
Coca-Cola Management
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After 125 years of establishment, Coca-Cola Company is worth over $67.5 billion Billion
with over 20,000 workers worldwide. Keep your Award information confidential.

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