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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 COMPAY <post8@willses.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <cocacoladeptt@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 17:00:25 +0530
Subject: =?utf-8?q?PRIZE=C2=A0NOTIFICATION=2C?=

PO Box 1010, Liverpool
L70 1NL, United Kingdom,
Tell +4470-1006-3086
               

Dear Lucky Winner,

THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result concluded final draws held on (2th OCT, 2013) by Coca-Cola Company in conjunction with the YAMAHA Company Promotion.  You have won HERO HONDA MOTORCYCLE MACHINE and £500,000.00 (five Thousand Great British Pounds) from the COCA COLA COMPANY AWARD. However the results were released on (5rd OCT 2013) and your email was attached to ticket number (7PWYZ20013) and ballot number (BT: 12052013/20. The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet.  However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a data base of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

This Award is approved by the British Gaming Board and also licensed by The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This Award is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. In other to claim your £500,000.00 prize winning, you will have to fill the form below and send it to the Promotion Manager of THE COCA COLA COMPANY for Verification and immediate release of your winning prize in which ever desire of yours

Please you are advised to complete the form below and send it immediately to your Promotion Fiduciary Claims manager through email for prompt collection, processing and immediate delivery of your winning amount to you in your country.
COMPLETE THIS FORM WITH A COPY OF YOUR ID, PASSPORT, DRIVING LICENCE OR ANY UTILITY

FIRST NAME................................................... LAST NAME...................................................
AGE........................................................ SEX.............................................................. 
ADDRESS................................................... EMAIL.........................................................
PHONE......................................................... OCCUPATION..................................................
COUNTRY.............. ................................. AMOUNT WON..................................................
STATE……………………………………………

you are to keep all Award winning information away from the general public especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is important, as a case of double claims we will not be entertained). Staff of Coca-Cola and the HERO HONDA Company is not to partake in this Award.
Note; Winnings not acknowledged and claimed within two weeks of notification will be void. Please quote your Reference and winning numbers in all your correspondence with the Fiduciary Claims Manager and also any mode of your Identity.


Contact Foreign Service manager immediately
Via Email : cocacoladeptt@outlook.com
Dr. Steve Mark.
Foreign Service Manager
Coca-Cola Lottery (Pty) Ltd.
Tell: +4470-1006-3086
Email: : cocacoladeptt@outlook.com
I want to Congratulate You In Advance and Please Do Not Forget to Help the Poor In the Society When Coca-Cola Makes You a Beneficiary Of their World Of Wealth.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Robert Anderson,
For the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Coca-Cola Lottery Company Claims Manager,
Coca Cola Prize Redemption Center United Kingdom 

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