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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 LOTTERY ORGANIZATION." <neolgeorge150@gmail.com>
Reply-To: coca-colaoganization@usa.com
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 04:38:24 -0700
Subject: GREETING WINNING

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COCACOLA ORGANISATION
GREETING WINNING

If you are the correct owner of this email address? If yes then be
glad this day as the result of the Coca-Cola lotto online e-mail
address free-ticket winning draws of February 2023 ,held in United
States of America has just been released and we are glad to announce
to you that your email address won you the sweepstakes in the first
category and you are entitled
to claim the sum of Two Million two Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars(US$2,200,000.00). Your email address was entered for the
online draw on this ticket No: +1(720) 828-3183 and won on this Lucky
No:(14)-(8)-(5)-(19)-(28)-(12)-(30).On how to receive your won prize
of US$2,200,000.00 M. (TWO Million two Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars Only) to enable Mr.James Curtise ascertain you as the rightful
winner and receiver of the US$2,200,000.00 . You have to make sure you
include the below listed information in your contact email to him.

Full Name…………
Address…………
Sex…………
Marital Status…………
Age…………
Country…………
Occupation…………
Cell Number…………

Just in case you are thinking of how you won without entering then
knowagain that this very draw of the Coca-Cola Lottery Organization in
which you have emerged as a winner was a free ticket online email
address draws were thousands of email addresses was collected from
almost all world wide websites and used for the online
draws/sweepstakes and during winners
selection your email address came out among the first ten which won
you thelottery in the first winnings category and entitles you to
claim the US$2,200,000.00 dollars.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Ronald Mize
COCA-COLA LOTTERY ORGANIZATION.
Online Winning Notification Department.
Tel Number………… +1(720) 828-3183

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