419 scam: "From Company Lottery (Pty Uk)" <pelley@starstream.net> =?us-ascii?Q?_Attn.Dear_Lucky

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "foreign service manager" (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)
- "million british 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)
- "coca.colaclaimoffice201@yahoo.co.za" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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!

Fraud email example:

From: "From Company Lottery (Pty Uk)" <pelley@starstream.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 23:58:27 -0800
Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?_Attn.Dear_Lucky_Winner=22?=

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Dear Lucky Winner,

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of 1000, 000.00(One Million British Pounds) for the Yearly
Coca-Cola Lottery promotion United Kingdom which is organized by Coca-Cola in conjunction with Rio Olympic
2016, Your Email Address" were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Nine hundred thousand email from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually, we have only selected 20 people as our winners, through electronic ballot System without winners applying for it to be a winner. Your winning numbers falls within the Europe/Africa file; you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in South-Africa, Zone F [Dr Greg Maxwell] with the details below for your claim.

These are your identification numbers:
Ticket Number: 011425896/2011
Serial Number: 3872/506
Lucky Numbers: 7/4/88/28/01/40
Batch/Reference Numbers: C.C.UK/OP/00142/2015/2016

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
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1. Full name: .......................................................
2. Address
3. Sex: ................................................................
4. Age: ................................................................
5. Telephone Number: ...................................
6. Occupation: ..................................................
7. State
8. Country: ........................................................
To file for your claim, please fill and submit your verification form to our Foreign Service manager immediately via email.
Dr. Greg Maxwell
Foreign Service Financial Manager
Coca. Cola Lottery (Pt y) Ltd.
Tel: +

Email: coca.colaclaimoffice201@yahoo.co.za or Fax: +867 691 916

Sincerely yours, Mrs. Gear hart
COCA COLA COMPANY ONLINE PROMO CO-COORDINATOR.

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