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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +31623850306 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • colalottery@thebrewer.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Irene Davies" <colalottery@walla.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 04:48:48 +1100
Subject: Coca-Cola Award Notifications



THE COCA COLA COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZEAWARD DEPT.
48, COCA-COLA AVENUE,
1048 D.S. AMSTERDAM,
THE NETHERLANDS.

OUR REF.CCAD/934/08/06.


THE COCA-COLA PRIZE AWARD

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws from Coca-Cola in conjunction with the Netherlands and British/
American Tobacco Worldwide Promotions. The results were released today.

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses
from an exclusive list of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an
advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, THERE
WERE NO TICKETS SOLD.

Your email was among the 20 Lucky winners in Category A who won
€1,000,000.00 each on the COCA\'COLA COMPANY PROMOTIONS. With the
followings:
Reference Number: CARN/3215/778/06
Batch Numbers: BN90/C3-41
Serial Numbers: 64-29-11-18
Lucky Numbers: 30-13-22-67-81

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 of companies /individuals were drawn from all the continents
of the world.

This Lottery is approved by the Netherlands Gaming Board and also Licensed
by 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 won-prize €1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros) which
has been deposited in a designated bank? You are advised to contact our
licensed and accredited claims agent for category "A" and then you will be
directed on how to claim your funds after verifications with the information
below:
Mr. Dennis Parker (Paying/Foreign Promotion Manager).
Email: colalottery@thebrewer.com
Email: colalottery@aol.com
Tel: +31-623-850-306 /Fax: +31-847-301-193.

Please you are advised to provide the following details below to your
claims agent:
(1) BATCHAND REFFERENCE NUMBERS
(2) FULL NAMES:
(3) OCCUPATION:
(4) AGE:
(5) PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS:
(6) EMAIL ADDRESS:
(7) MAILING ADDRESS:

You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public
especially your Reference and Batch number. (This is important as a case of
double claims will not be entertained).

All winning must be claimed not later than 20 days from the time you
receive this mail.

Note: Staffs of Coca-Cola The Netherlands and British/American Tobacco
Company are not eligible to partake in this Lottery.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. IRENE DAVIES (Promotions Coordinator).

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