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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 COMPAMY UK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cocacolaclaimprizeuk2011@live.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:33:59 +0530
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!

Kenmore Rd 41B Park, Wakefield, West
Yorkshire WF2 0XR, ENGLAND
United Kingdom
EMAIL: cocacolaclaimprizeuk2011@live.com
Contact: +447014240261, +447014240257
 
Dear Winner,
We want you to remove every skepticism from your mind because this award is legitimate from COCA-COLA  COMPANY ENGLAND,
 
Your Email was luckily drawn by a computer balloting system as one of our winners in our Online lottery bonanza from the prestigious COCA-COLA ONLINE PROMOTION. Thus, making you the winner of the sum of £450,000.00GBP (Four Hundred Fifty and Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling’s).
 
This is to let you know that this online world e-mail draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000 company e-mail addresses, 30,000,00 individual e-mail addresses from over 40 networks  and corporate bodies were picked by an advanced automated random computer selection from the web.
Please complete the form below with correct information and email back to us with a return email so that we can have a precise and comprehensive record of our winners and also provide you On how you will receive your winning amount.
Your prize cherub has been vaulted safely with our corresponding Bank prior to your readiness to complete your claims and would be presented to you after verification of the data requested below.
 
These are your identification numbers:
Batch number..........C.C.UK/004412010.
Lotto number...........C.C.UK/0-46
Winning number......C.C.UK/ 04567
Winning Amount......£450,000 .00 GBP
 
To proceed with your claims, you would be required to fill the Verification Form below completely and return back to us immediately.
   
              Fill Out This Form (Verification Form)
1. Full Names:
2. Your Full Address
3. Your Date of Birth:
4. Your Nationality:
5. Your Country of resident:
6. Your Current  City:
7. Your Occupation:
8. Sex:
9. Marital Status:
10.Winning Email Address:
11. Your Mobile Number:
DECLARATION:
 
I_ ______________________ HEREBY
DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE DATA ARE TRUE. THAT MY CLAIM AGENT SHALL ACT AS A FACILITATOR IN THE TRANSFER OF THE TOTAL FUND TO ME.
 
DATE
(YOUR FULLNAMES) _ ______________________
Congratulations once again from the entire staff of the COCA-COLA PROMO TEAM ENGLAND.
DR.ROBERTH MUELLER
EVENT MANAGER.
United Kingdom
Tel: +447014240261, +447014240257
 
From The Coca Cola Company Promo.
Kindly Contact Your Claims Agent Dr. Richards Morrison through This
Email: cocacolaclaimprizeuk2011@live.com
 
Claim Your (£450,000.00) Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds Now.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
NOTE: ALL MAILS REGARDING CLAIMS SHOULD BE SENT/REPLY TO: cocacolaclaimprizeuk2011@live.com
 
DR.ROBERTH MUELLER
EVENT MANAGER.
 
 

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