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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:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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.
  • +447024018104 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • claimagentbrant@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "cocacola promo" <cocacolabonaza@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:21:44 +0100
Subject: THE COCA-COLA SEASONAL PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION





WINNERS ONLY:
COCA-COLA SEASONAL PROMO.
P O BOX 1010,
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL,
UNITED KINGDOM.
(Customer Services).
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch: 12/25/0034
september 21st,2006
Dear Lucky Winner,


THE COCA-COLA SEASONAL PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION.COMPANY
WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#1082) of the COCA-COLA COMPANY
SEASONAL PROMO, online Sweepstakes International program

held on thursday 21st september,2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 02- 07-11- 21- 33- 34
(Bonus no.08), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category i.e. match 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of L90,004 (Ninety Thousand and four pounds sterling) in
cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of L1,260,056 shared amongst the (14)
lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 5 plus bonus. All participants
for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,
associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This
promotion takes place (ONCE IN EVERY YEAR). Please note that your lucky
winning number falls within our European booklet

representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your L90,004 (Ninety
Thousand and four pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our
payment offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. 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.

To begin the claiming processing of your prize winnings you are advised to
contact our only lincensed and accredited

fudiciary claims/agent with the information below:-
Mr:joe brant
tel:+447024018104
email:claimagentbrant@yahoo.com

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed within 20 days from today. After this
date all unclaimed funds would be included in the

next stake.

Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence with your
claims agent.

You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public
especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is

important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).

Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to
participate in this program.

Congratulations from me and members of staff of COCA-COLA COMPANY SEASONAL
PROMO.

Thank you and congratulations!!!
Yours faithfully,
Smith Carpenter.
Coca-cola Promo Co-ordinator.

_________________________________________________________________
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