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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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 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.
  • coca_cola_promo001@yahoo.com.br (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Coco Cola ." <heartman010@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: coca_cola_promo001@yahoo.com.br
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:28:35 -0500
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your email address won you £650,000.00 in cocacola 2006 consu

THE COCA COLA COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPT:COCA 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 (5th Sept, 2006) by Coca-Cola in conjunction with
the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion. Your email was among the
20 Lucky winners who won £650,000.00{Six hundred and fifty thousand Great
Britain Pounds} each in the THE COCA\COLA COMPANY 2006 PROMO.

However the results were released on 18th Sept, 2006 and your email was
attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2006) and ballot number (BT:12052006/20) The
onfiltered="http://www.peneque.com" 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) .

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.
To begin the claim processing of your prize you are to contact the fiduciary
agent as stated below:
Mr Heartman Grenny
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Victoria Island
Lagos Nigeria
Email: coca_cola_promo001@yahoo.com.br


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

*Staff of Coca-Cola and the British American Tobacco Company are not to
partake in this PROMOTION.

Accept our hearty congratulations once again!

Yours Faithfully,

Heartman
For: Management.

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