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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 PROMOTION <donotreplymehere@aol.com>
Reply-To: <joebruce_za@live.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 17:34:32 +0200
Subject: Your Email Address is selected.



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PROMOTION HEADQUARTERS
BRAZIL 2014 WORLD CUP

We are pleased to inform you of the result of just concluded 2013
draws held in South Africa, by Coca-Cola Company in conjunction with
the FIFA Organizing Promotion committee Brazil , your email was among
the 15 Lucky winners who won Two Million five hundred united states
dollars (US$2, 500,000.00) each on the COCA-COLA COMPANY AND FIFA LOTTO
AWARD PROMOTION.

We happily announce to you the draw of Brazil 2014 World Cup Bid
Lottery Award International programs held in South Africa your "email
address" was attached to ticket number;B9665 75604546 166 serial number
97566 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 60/84/27/17/36,
bonus number 2, which consequently won the lottery in the second
category.

This is in appreciation to our customers’ world wide for their support
in the 2010 FIFA GAMES in South Africa Brazil and to seek your support
for the 2014 FIFA world cup in Brazil. COCA COLA IS THE OFFICIAL DRINK
IN THE 2014 FIFA GAMES IN BRAZIL. In other to claim your (US$
2,500,000.00 prize winning which has been deposited with our paying
bank.

PAYMENT PRIZE AND CLAIM

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre.
Coca Cola Prize Award must be claimed no later than 30 days from the
date of Draw Notification. Any Prize not claimed within this period will
be forfeited.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our South
Africa booklet representative office in as indicated in your play
coupon, because this particular draw was selected to promote FIFA
/COCA-COLA National Lottery. Also the paying bank is the First National
Bank of South Africa, the reason why First National Bank of South Africa
was chosen because South Africa was the last country in the World that
hosted 2010 FIFA World Cup.

You are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in South Africa and
send your winning details to him;

To file for your claim, Please Contact
your fiduciary agent:
NAME: MR. JOE BRUCE
E-MAIL:
joebruce_za@live.com

(1) NAME:.....................................
(2) AGE:........................................
(3) SEX:....................................... .
(4) ADDRESS:..............................
(5) EMAIL:....................................
(6) PHONE:..................................
(7) OCCUPATION:......................
(8) COMPANY…… ……………….
(8) STATE/CITY:..........................
(9)COUNTRY:................................
(10) NATIONALITY:........................
(11)TICKET / BALLOT NUMBER:………

Congratulations Once again!!.
Yours in service
Mrs. Precious Dube.


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. You may also receive similar e-mails from people
portraying to be other Organizations or Coca-Cola Company. This is
solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over
your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to this
notification letter that was sent to you, kindly delete it from your
mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body.
Coca-Cola shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising
from the above mentioned.

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