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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")
• 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.
  • +447024027703 (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.
  • claims_coke@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: CPolk37276@aol.com
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:31:47 EDT
Subject: THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION


From: _2hokies@charter.net_ (mailto:2hokies@charter.net)
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 (20th Of May,2007) by Coca-Cola in
conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion. Your
email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £450,000.00{Four hundred
and
fifty thousand Great Britain Pounds} each in the THE COCACOLA COMPANY
2007 PROMO.

However the results were released on 26th May, 2007 and your email
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 29,031,643 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.

To begin the claim processing of your prize you are to contact the
fiduciary agent as stated below with the following informations:

FULL NAMES:
CONTACT /MAILING ADDRESS:
BALLOT / TICKET NUMBERS:
AGE:
SEX:
TEL / FAX NUMBERS
Email: claims_coke@yahoo.co.uk
Mr George Crutch
+447024027703

Accept our hearty congratulations once again!
Yours Faithfully,
Management.

You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize.



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