419 scam: "COCA-COLA COMPANY UK" <t00109@mail.htps.tp.edu.tw> Dear Award Winner

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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:
- "cocacolaexpress@live.com" (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.
- +447014240262 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: cocacolaexpress@live.com
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 02:38:25 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Dear Award Winner

THE COCA-COLA COMPANY PLC OFFICIAL YEARLY AWARD WINNERS NOTIFICATION
PO Box 1010, Liverpool
L70 1NL, United Kingdom,

Dear Guaranteed Award Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result concluded for the yearly Celebration of our 125th Anniversary held on the 2nd August, 2012 by Coca-Cola in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Anniversary Promotion Award, your Email Address was among the 22 Lucky winners who won (¢G1,000, 000, 00GBP) in COCA-COLA COMPANY YEARLY CELEBRATION PROMOTION.
However the results were released on the (28th August 2012) and your Email was attached to ticket number (C12PYUK7122) and ballot number (UK: 1748219/720) The online draws was conducted by a random selection of Email Address from an exclusive list of (31,044) Email Address of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from data base of the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email address was assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

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 (¢G1,000, 000, 00GBP) One Million Great British Pounds.
Please you are advised to fill the form below and send it immediately to the prize administrator for verification through our email below. Dr. Smith Walker.
PHONE: +447014240262
E-mail: cocacolaexpress@live.com

Fill The Form Below:
1. Full Names: ¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K.
2. Residential Address: ¡K¡K¡K¡K
3. Mobile Number: ¡K¡K¡K¡K..
4. Occupation: ¡K¡K¡K¡K
5. Sex: ¡K¡K¡K¡K
6. Age: ¡K¡K¡K¡K
7. Country: ¡K¡K¡K¡K
8. City: ¡K¡K¡K¡K.
9. Marital Status: ¡K¡K¡K..
10. E-mail: ¡K¡K¡K¡K
WARNING!
Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim hence we are preventing misappropriation of Award prize. Coca-Cola Company shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above.

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