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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +447031744497 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +442032399173

Fraud email example:

From: COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRI <claim11@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: cocacolauk@live.com
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:19:01 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION MAIL: CLAIM YOUR FUND

















COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION
Ref: PBL/CN/6654/CP.
Coupon No.PBL2348974321



We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws held on the 10h Of july 2008 by Coca-Cola company in conjunction
with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion. Your email was among the
4 Lucky winners who won a lump sum of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS
STERLINGS (500,000.000 ) each on THE COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTIONS.

However  the results were released on the 9th of august 2008 and your email was 
attached to ticket number (CC/7PWYZ2006) and ballot number  (CC/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).

  in order to claim your prize  contact our fiduciary agent:

Lottery Claims Officer:



MR. William Smith,

Tel+44-703-1744-497
TelFax: +44-203-2399-173
E-mail: cocacolauk@live.com



  Provide him with the information below:

1.Full Name:
2.Full Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:



Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Congratulations once again On Behalf of the staff And Members Of the
COCA COLA COMPANIES and therefore advised you to keep your winning
information confidential and restrict from third Party to avoid double
or false claims of your winning.

Denis Cole

(Lottery Coordinator)

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam