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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: <coca_colacompanyuk12@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 18:46:53 +0800
Subject: COCA COLA PRICE AWARD NOTIFICATION



WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

THE COCA COLA COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPTCOCA COLA AVENUE
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON.
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM
BATCH/REFERENCE NO: C.C.UK/109212013
Website: www.mycokerewards.com
Email: coca_colacompanyuk12@yahoo.co.uk

Congratulation Email Owner!

Coca-Cola Company Celebrating a milestone of our 126th Years Anniversary Promotion of inspiration and celebrate the most important part of Coke’s history. We are happy to notify you of the computer email balloting system drawn in our online bonanza from the prestigious COCA-COLA COMPANY YEARLY ANNIVERSARY EMAIL DRAWN PROMOTION, 2013. Your email is among the Lucky winners the sum of £1,000,000 GBP (One Million Great British Pounds Sterling GBP) Held in London, (UK) 16st September 2013, Here is our anniversary link please verify
http://www.coca-cola.com/music/en_US/125year/postlive.html?lang=en

We are to inform you that this online world e-mail draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000 company e-mail addresses about 30,000 individual e-mail addresses from over 40 networks and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer selection from the web. To proceed you are to contact Coca-Cola UK MDG Mr. John Muller and the event manager via email with your following details below with ID proof, so that we can have a relevant and comprehensive record of our winners and also guide you on how to receive your winning Prize.

John Muller
Coca-Cola UK
MDG
Email: coca_colacompanyuk12@yahoo.co.uk

FILL OUT THIS FORM

1. Full Names:
2. Your Full Address:
3. Your Age:
4. Your country:
5. Your Country of resident:
6. Your Occupation:
7. Your City:
8. Sex:
9. Status:
10.Winning Email Address:
11. Your Mobile Number:
12. Amount Won:
13. BATCH/REFERENCE NO:




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