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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: The Coca-Cola Aid Lottery.
Reply-To: visalortteryinc@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 03:41:12 +0100
Subject: AID PROMOTION LOTTERY WINNER.

Dear Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of the Coca-Cola Covid-19 Aid Promotion Lottery, United Kingdom.

The Coca-Cola Covid-19 Aid Promotion Lottery winners were selected through (E.B.S.) Email Balloting System drawn teams arrange and gather all the email addresses of people that are active on-line, among the billions that subscribed to all email global Networks, we only select (10,000.000) candidates per year as our winners. Therefore, you have been approved a lump sum of $30,500,000.00 USD in cash credit.
Your prize-winning Reference number is:
(SKG/VZX 29596/21),
Batch No: (10504666902),
Winning No: (CC7015789),
Serial No: (0041138884).

All prize settlement must be redeemed, winners must be paid in the state jurisdiction or at the settlement center and any prize not claimed within the period of (5) will be forfeited.
Be advised to contact your claims administrator via e-mail /phone within the period of the 24hours working time and, send your information to process your winning prize payment with the appointed paying bank.
For security reasons, we advised all winners to keep their winning information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your lottery prize remitted to you by our authorized paying bank. (This is important as any case of double claims will result in payment cancellation).

Best Regards.
Mr. Alfred F Kelly Jr.
Coca-Cola Lottery Promotion Coordinator, United Kingdom.

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