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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: "avgustin@libero.it" <avgustin@libero.it>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 09:35:39 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: COCA COLA IS THE OFFICIAL DRINK FOR THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP IN
BRASIL



COCA-COLA COMPANY LIMITED NO.1QUEEN CAROLINE STREET,
HAMMER- SMITH LONDON W69HQ

Dear winner: We the Coca-Cola Company UK. Are glad to notify you that you have
emerged today's Coca-cola International Email winner as one of the ten
recipients that was selected for this Email Promotional program. Be informed
that your email address attached to ticket number 011-8908, drew the lucky
numbers 05-07-11-44-30, batch number 0089/C/O and consequently won you the
Email Promotion Award in the 2nd category. You have therefore been granted the
lump sum of £1,000.000.00 (One million Great Britain Pound Sterling)
Which has been credited to file (REF NO. CGWL/22076/13) this is from the total
prize money of £1,000.000.00 which is to be shared among the ten winners in
categories B with serial number: CQ/FDW/00-Z0337200. All participants in this
promotional program were selected randomly through a computer balloting system
involving 50,000.00 Individuals, Company and Government email addresses drawn
online. Your e-mail address
was picked by the automated computer ballot system via random sampling
technique which qualified you for this award.
In order to claim your winning prize, you have to provide the needful data
bellow:
and send your claims to our claiming agent email via; macjohnson1420@gmail.com
1.Full Names:-

2.Your Full Address:-
3. Your Date of Birth:-
4. Your Nationality:-
5. Your Mobile N0:-
6. Your Alternative Mobile N0:-
7. Your Occupation:-
8. Sex:-
9. Marital Status:-
10. E-mail Address:-
11. ID PROOF COPY ATTACH MANDATORY:-

Note that our claiming agent is only authorized to
release your fund upon satisfactory Verification and approval by the board
members.
Also, according to our Promotion Code of Conduct, Section 16.2, page 04,
paragraph 01, prize will be cancelled and withdrawn if not claimed on or
before
60 days, from the date of this notification, and thereafter all funds will be
returned to the UK Ministry of Finance as unclaimed.
Please quote your reference number in all your correspondence and should there
be any
change in your contact addresses, do not fail to notify our
agent immediately.
Complete the above form and submit it to the prize administrator/claiming
agent,
MR. MAC JOHNSON Email; johnsonmac1420@gmail.com

The Coca-cola international awareness promotional staffs congratulate you for
your success.
Best regards, Mrs. Hernandez,
Online coordinator.

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