419 scam: info@coke.com UK MEGA RIFFLE DARW!!!

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims director" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "asia.coke4@live.co.uk" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "asia.coke4@live.co.uk" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: info@coke.com
Reply-To: asia.coke4@live.co.uk
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 01:23:56 +0530
Subject: UK MEGA RIFFLE DARW!!!

THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
1-18 Coca-Cola Avenue,
Stamford Bridge
London, SW1V3DW

Dear online email user, Coca-Cola has brought you a life changing opportunity, simply Answer the below questions and stand a chance to win (500,000 Great British Pounds) in ongoing COCA-COLA UK MEGA RIFFLE DARW. This is one in a life time opportunity to win the Coca-Cola Mega Draw.

QUESTIIONS!
(1) WHICH COUNTRY WON THE ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2011
(A)ENGLAND (B) INDIA (C) SOUTH AFRICA Answer ( )

(2) WHAT IS INDIA FAVORITE SPORT GAME?
(A) FOOTBALL (B) CRICKET (C) HOCKEY GAME Answer ( )

(3) HOW OFTEN DO YOU DRINK COKE?
(A) EVERYDAY (B) TWICE A WEEK (C) ONCE IN A MONTH Answer ( )

As Coca-Cola worldwide has chosen to give back to the world what the world has give to them we strongly
advised all email account holders who receive this notification not to neglect this life changing winning alert.

SEND YOUR ANSWERS TO: asia.coke4@live.co.uk with the following information

1, FULL NAME.......
2, CONTACT ADDRESS...............
3, TELEPHONE NUMBER...............
4, OCCUPATION...................
5, AGE.....................
6, SEX......................
7, STATE.................
8, COUNTRY.................

Mr. Bradley Anderson
Claims director
COCA COLA GAMES/LOTTERY COORDINATOR
asia.coke4@live.co.uk
Contact us: + (44)-7-014-210-799

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam