419 scam: ROBEN HOLGER <> Lotteriesieger

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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.
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.
- cocacolaprom2017@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ROBEN HOLGER <>
Reply-To: cocacolaprom2017@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 21:08:29 -0700
Subject: Lotteriesieger

GOOD MORNING COCA COLA LUCKY WINNER 2019.
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
FROM: THE DESK ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR EUPO.
(COCA COLA WORLD WIDE / INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY)
REF-NUMBER GWK / 7519/059741/05 UAD
BATCH -NUMBER: 316/20074 /BLL....... ATTN:.

SIR / MADAM, CONGRATULATIONS, TO YOU,
We are pleased to inform you about the outcome of the Winner International Lottery Brussels Program on March 13th, yesterday 2019, your Name and e-mail address to the Ticket No.: 1002-25634789-6973 with serial number: 984,

Congratulations: Your email account has earned you the sum â‚¬90,000..00, your email was fortunately selected among the Coca Cola Promo Winners for 2018, I know that you are happy because God has answered your prayers. The amount you have won from the Coca Cola Company award is â‚¬90,000.00, which is what I am
Most say you are so happy to receive this award today.

KINDLY SEND THIS INFORMATION TO US FOR THE TRANSFER OF YOUR MONEY TODAY
Full Name:
Beneficiary Country:
Addressee:
Name of the bank:
Bank Owner:
Account number:
Ibam number:
Your phone number:
whatsapp number:
Is account active: yes / no?

We are waiting for this information for that your win will be send to you from our bank here in germany to you okay

Congratulations once again from all the numbers of our employees and thank you
for be part of our doctoral program.

regards
Mr. ROBEN HOLGER
LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR cocacolaprom2017@gmail.com

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