419 scam: "Cocacola Network"<tudemsas_1@tudemsas.gov.tr> (COLA/UKG/VOL/011525896/2016)

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- ",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.
- lottocomfirmationdesk@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Cocacola Network" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sgtjamest11@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 10:17:01 -0000
Subject: (COLA/UKG/VOL/011525896/2016)

Dear Lucky Winner,

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of 1,000,000.00 GBP
(One Million Great British Pounds) and an Apple
iphone7, for the Yearly Coca-Cola Lottery promotion Accra.Ghana which
is organized by Coca-Cola in conjunction with Chevron Texaco Oil and Gas
Company, “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 10 people as our winners, through electronic ballot System
without the winner applying.
These are your Identification Number:
Ticket Number: 011525896/2016
Serial Number: 3872/526
Lucky Numbers: 7/6/85/26/05/50
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Full Name:
Sex:
Date of Birth:
Address (P.O Box Not Acceptable):
State: -----------------------------------------
Contact Number, Office/ Home/ Mobile Phone:
Nationality:
Country:
Occupation:

You are hereby requested to contact the office of our remittance agent Mr.
Steven Bakes via email: lottocomfirmationdesk@gmail.com with details
giving above with your personal details for immediate processing/release
of won Coca-Cola Company Annual End of the year award prize fund. Note
that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which
is (COLA/UKG/VOL/011525896/2016) so you have to indicate this code when
contacting the claims care center by using it as your subject. We Wait For
Your Expedite Response.
Care-Center E-mail: lottocomfirmationdesk@gmail.com
Payment Officer/Claims Manager: Mr. Steven Bakes.
For the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Note: Please Do Not Forget to Help the Poor In the Society When Coca-Cola
Company Makes You a Beneficiary Of their World Of Wealth. Congratulations
once again on your winnings!!!

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