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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: Coca Cola Tobacco Company <COCA@colaline.com>
Reply-To: Coca Cola Tobacco Company <mr.andmokena30@starmail.co.za>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 09:33:18 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Coca Cola/Tobacco Company Official Prize Notification







                   THE COCA COLA /TOBACCO COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION
  We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on the (26th Oct 2017) by Coca-Cola in     conjunction with the British America Tobacco South Africa, your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £50,000.00 each.
 THE COCA COLA/TOBACCO COMPANY PROMOTION
 However the results were released on the 6th Nov, 2017 and your email was attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2017) and ballot number (BT: 12052017/20) The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of (29,031) E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

 The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world This Lottery is approved by the South African Gaming Board and also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.
 In Order to claim your £50,000.00 prize winning, which has been deposited in a designated bank? However, you will have to fill the form below and send it to the Promotion manager of THE BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY for verification. Then we will issue you a cheque of £50,000.00 in cash and send it to your address in your country.
NAME:…………………………………
AGE:........................................
SEX:........................................                    ADDRESS:...............................
EMAIL:....................................                    PHONE:...................................
OCCUPATION:.........................                        COUNTRY:...............................
 Please you are advice to complete the form and send it immediately to our Promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your fund from the designated bank.
(CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER)
                                                                                                            Name:MR.JOAN ANDREW
Phone: +27-74-905-2024



























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