419 scam: COCACOLA BOTTLING COMPANY PROMO YOU ARE A CERTIFIED WINNER

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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:

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:
- "million pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- samreed001@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: COCACOLA BOTTLING COMPANY PROMO
Reply-To: <samreed001@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 10:55:37 +0200
Subject: YOU ARE A CERTIFIED WINNER

THE COCACOLA BOTTLING COMPANY
POMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
LONDON. SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM

CONGRAT!!! YOUR WON OUR END OF YEAR PROMOTION AWARD!!!

This is to inform you of the release of email balloting held on the 17th October 2015 by THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY on her end of year promo award. THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY have decided to splash £1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION POUNDS STERLING) each to 20 lucky winners who were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from only Microsoft users from over 30,000.00 companies and 5,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.

However, the results were released on 24th October, 2015. Your email attached to ticket number CCP203815455432 and ballot number 2000147 was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £1,000,000.00 each on the promo.

In other to claim your £1,000,000.00 prize winning, which has been deposited in a designated bank, you will have to fill the form below and send it to the promo manager of the Coca-cola bottling company for verification and then you will be directed to the bank where £1,000,000.00 has already been deposited in your favour.

NAME:....................................
AGE:........................................
SEX:.........................................
ADDRESS:................................
EMAIL:.....................................
PHONE:....................................
OCCUPATION:..........................
COUNTRY:...............................

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to the promo manager through email for immediate collection of your funds:

Name: Dr. Samantha Brampton [Mrs.]
E mail: samreed001@hotmail.com

Yours faithfully,
Mr Savanna Roy

Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. This E-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Information that is privileged, proprietary, confidential and exempted from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.

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