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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.
• 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.
  • +447024028755 (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.
  • agent_claimoffice111@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "COCA COLA ONLINE PROMO" <coca_c_80@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: agent_claimoffice111@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:27:57 -1100
Subject: Congratulations !!!

 

 

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 (1st December 2006)  by Coca-Cola in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion,  your email  was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £1,000,000.00 each on the THE COCA'COLA COMPANY PROMOTION 

 

However the results were released on the 19th January 2007 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 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  next procedures on how to collect your winning money price.

 

NAME:...........................
AGE:........................................
SEX:........................................
ADDRESS:...............................
EMAIL:....................................
PHONE:...................................
OCCUPATION:.........................

MARITAL STATUS.................
COMPANY:..............................
COUNTRY:...............................  

 

Please you are advice 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: Mr. Bruce Allen.

Phone:+44 7024028755.

Email:   agent_claimoffice111@yahoo.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).  

 

Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be from Coca Cola Lottery, but are not from Coca ColaLottery.

PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO :
CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT AT National  Coca Cola Lottery Services, 209,Stamford Bridge London England.

 

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

 

Accept my hearty congratulations once again! 

 

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Merriam Wilcox

(Online Coordinator)

 

 

PAST WINNERS IN COCA-COLA ONLINE PROMOTIONS!!!

 

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