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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 Lotto 2018" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lottococacolalotto2018@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 18:49:58 -0500
Subject: Coca-Cola Lotto Lucky Winner

New York State Gaming Commission
One Broadway Center
P.O. Box 7500
Schenectady, NY 12301-7500
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BATCH REF: /2018/YYAU315FT,

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00) for the 2019 Online International E-mail Draw which was Organized by Coca-Cola Company of New York.

All participants were selected through a Computer Balloting System drawn from Two Hundred Thousand E-mail Addresses from Canada, Australia, India, United States, United Arab Emirates, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our International Promotion Program which is conducted annually.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. COCA-COLA Online International E-mail Award must be claimed not later than 21 days from date of Draw Notification. Any Prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

Stated below is your identification number:

REFERENCE NUMBER: CCUSA-0I2MD511

This numbers fall within the New York (USA) Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in New York [Dr. Fada Demian] with the details below and send your winning identification numbers to him by E-Mail:

AGENT NAME: Dr. Fada Demian
Email: coca-cola@cocacolalottousa.com
Email: coca-colalotto2018@yandex.com
Tel+: 1512-562-5983

He shall immediately commence the process that will facilitate the release of your fund to you.

Congratulations!! Once again.

Yours in service,
Dr. (Mrs) Valeria Bay
[Publicity Secretary]
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Disclaimer:

This message may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secured or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the content of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. The Coca-Cola Company does not take responsibility for Our users' personal views

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