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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:

• 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)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:25:02 +0100
Subject: CLAIM YOUR FUND NOW?


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 f=
inal draws held on the 10h Of september 2008 by Coca-Cola company in conj=
unction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion.

Your email was among the 4 Lucky winners who won a lump sum of FIVE HUNDR=
ED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLINGS (500,000.000 ) each on THE COCA COLA=
COMPANY PROMOTIONS. However the results were released on the 9th of Octo=
ber 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 ran=
dom selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail =
addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced autom=
ated random computer search from the internet. However,

no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different t=
icket numbers for representation and privacy. The selection process was c=
arried out through random selection in our computerized email selection m=
achine (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
E-mail: cocacolauk@live.fr

(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 pro=
gram. Congratulations once again On Behalf of the staff And Members Of th=
e COCA COLA COMPANIES and therefore advised you to keep your winning info=
rmation confidential and restrict from third Party to avoid double or fal=
se claims of your winning

Denis Cole
(Lottery Coordinator)

=C2=A0

Anti-fraud resources:

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