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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 Uk <info3@teleworm.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <coca.cola1157uk@live.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:30:49 +0530
Subject: COCA-COLA OLYMPIC OFFICIAL AWARD NOTIFICATION 2013.

NATIONAL LOTTERY INT'L Email Draws 2013
>From the Desk of
Prof:Austin Mark.
Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer,
Coca-Cola Company UK.
PO BOX 1157,Liverpool
L70 1NL,United Kingdom.
EMAIL:(coca.cola1157uk@live.com)

The Europe/American private international e-games are pleased to inform you of the result in the final
concluded draws which was organised at our international co-operate office complex here in London-UK by
Coca-Cola Company in conjunction with the Ipod worldwide promotion and acculotto.com group international,
(www.acculotto.com)
CONGRATULATION: WINNER.

COCA-COLA OLYMPIC OFFICIAL AWARD NOTIFICATION 2013.

in conjunction with the Olympic Organizing Promotion committee London, United Kingdom , your email was among
the 10 Lucky winners who won 650,000GBP (Great Britain Pounds) each on Coca-Cola Company promo exercise.

However the results were released on (October 23th 2013) and your email attached.

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. This Lottery is approved by the British Gambling Board and
Olympic Official Award Board, also Licensed by the International Association of Gambling Regulators (IAGR).
This is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. This is in appreciation to our customers’
world wide for their support in the 2013 OLYMPIC E-GAMES IN LONDON and to seek your support in the
2014 FIFA world cup in Brazil. COCA-COLA COMPANY IS THE OFFICIAL DRINK IN THE 2013 OLYMPIC E-GAMES IN LONDON.
In other to claim your 650,000.00GBP prize winning which has been deposited with our paying bank.

PRIZE COLLECTION
Winners shall be contacted from our pay point office (finance department) here in United Kingdom.
Send your personal details:

Full Name:.........
Age:.........
Sex:..........
Address:.........
E-mail:.........
Mobile NumbeR:........
City:........
State and Country:..........

To Finance and Award Prize Collection Centre:(coca.cola1157uk@live.com)
WE PROMISE TO SERVE YOU BETTER.

regards to
Prof:Austin Mark.
Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer,
Coca-cola Company UK.

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