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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTION" <cocacola_p@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ccn_lottery@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 18:26:24 +0000
Subject: THE COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTION

THE COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPTCOCA COLA AVENUE STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON. SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM                     THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION     We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on the (4th September, 2006)  by Coca-Cola in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion,  your email  was among th 20 Lucky winners who won £1,000,000.00 each on the THE COCA\'COLA COMPANY PROMOTION   However the results were released on the 3th September, 2006 and  your email was  attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2006) and ballot number (BT:12052006/20 The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.   In other to claim your £1,000,000.00  prize winning, which has been deposited in a designated bank. However, you will have to fill the form below and send it to the Promotion manager of THE COCA COLA COMPANY for verification and then you will be directed to the bank where a cheque of £1,000,000.00 has already been deposited in your favour.    NAME:..................................... AGE:........................................ SEX:........................................ ADDRESS:............................... EMAIL:.................................... PHONE:................................... OCCUPATION:......................... COMPANY:.............................. COUNTRY:...............................    Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it  immediately to our Promotion manager through email or fax for prompt collection of your fund from the designated bank.   (CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER)   Name: Ronald Wise (Mr) E MAIL:  ronald_wise@mail2web.com You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).    *Staff of Coca-Cola and the British American Tobacco Company are not to partake in this Lottery.   Accept my hearty congratulations once again!   Yours faithfully, Management                                               Copyright © 1994-2006 The Coca~cola Company National Lottery Inc.

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