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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: <garry.phils114@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 03:12:45 +0100
Subject: THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL AWARD NOTIFICATION 2013

THE COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPT. COCA COLA AVENUE STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON.
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM
 
ATTENTION: WINNER,
                 
                             THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL AWARD NOTIFICATION 2013
   
We are pleased to inform you on the result of just concluded YEAR 2013 draws held on the 25TH NOVEMBER, 2013by Coca-Cola in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion,your email was among the20 Lucky winners who won One Million British Pounds (£1,000,000.00) each on the COCACOLA COMPANY LOTTO AWARD PROMOTION.
 
However the results were released on the(4th of DECEMBER, 2013)andyour email attached to ticket number (2PYUK2010)   and ballot number (UK: 51322010/110) were among the lucky winners. The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses froman 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. T
 
This is in appreciation to our customers world wide for YOUR support, loyalty and patronage and to seek your support in the 2014 FIFA world cup in Brazil. In other to claim your £1,000,000.00 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 than93 days from the date of Draw Notification. Any Prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
 
You are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in London and send your winning details to him;
(CONTACTCLAIM AGENT)
NAME:   MR. GARRY PHILS
E-mail:   garry.phils114@yahoo.co.uk                   Tel: +44 77418478710     
You are advised to send the following information to your agent to facilitate the release of your winning fund to you.
(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:……….
(12)AMOUNT WON:……………………
(13)BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS:………..
Congratulations Once again!!.
Yours in service                 
Mrs. Linda Dominic.
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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