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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:
  • "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!
• 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.
  • +4407064792529
• 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.
  • fdcry_gnt@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Coca-Cola Online Promotion 2007" <jenni@reedtribe.org>
Reply-To: fdcry_gnt@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:40:47 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Congratulations=20Your=20E=2Dmail=20Have=20Won=20You=20=A31=2C000=2C000=2E00=20In=20The=20Coca=2DCola=20Promotion=202007?=

THE COCA COLA COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPTCOCA COLA AVENUE
14 FRATON ROAD
FULHAM, LONDON
B315EN UNITED KINGDOM

THE COCA COLA COMPANY PRIZE NOTIFICATION 2007
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws held on the (11th of January, 2007) by Coca-Cola in
conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion,
your email was amongthe 20 Lucky winners who won £1,000,000.00
each on the THE COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTION

However the results were released on the 12th of January, 2007 and
youremail was attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2007)and ballot
number (BT:12052007/20)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.
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CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER
====================================

Name:Mr Blanco Gonzalez
Phone # : +44 (0) 706 479 2529
FAX # : +44 (0) 810 678 0681
E MAIL: fdcry_gnt@yahoo.co.uk

Your Sincerely,
Management

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N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to,disqualification Anybody under the age of 16 cannot
participate in this program.Do Not Reply To This Office As You Are
To Contact The Promotion Manager with Your Informations To Enable
Processing Of Winnings.
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