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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:
  • "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.
  • +447045768988 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448706260184 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?COCA-COLA=AE_FOUNDATION.?=" <cocacolafoundation01@live.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:17:24 -0300
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS JUST WON YOU.



COCA-COLA® FOUNDATION.
1 QUEEN CAROLINE STREET
LONDON W6 9HQ
GREAT BRITAIN
www.thecoca-colacompany.com

DEAR WINNER:

Coca-Cola Grant Foundation is please to inform you that you have been chosen by the Board of Trustees of the above International (Charity & Human Developmental) Organization, as one of the final recipients of a Cash Grant/Donation for your personal development. The Coca-Cola Foundation was created in 1995 with entrepreneur, philanthropist and partners with organizations around the globe to help develop and maintain vibrant, sustainable and local communities. The Coca-Cola Foundation builds and implements public-private partnerships to address the world\'s most pressing problems and broaden support for the Coca-Cola through advocacy and public outreach. The Coca-Cola Foundation is a public charity. Based on the random selection of internet Web pages and millions of Supermarket cash invoices worldwide you were selected among the beneficiaries to receive the sum of £500,000.00 GBP (Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds Sterlings) as developmental aid from Coca-Cola Foundation

To file for your claim, you are required to contact the Executive Secretary with your Qualification Number (CC/BT:12052007/20) along with the details listed below:

1. Full Names :
2. Residential Address :
3. Home/Office Phone Number :
4. Fax Number :
5. Occupation :
6. Sex :
7. Age :
8. State :
9. Zip Code :
10. Country :


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Executive Secretary Coca-Cola Foundation.
Dr. Gleen Hopkins.
Email: coca.colafoundation@live.com
Tel: +44 70457 68988
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Note: the Coca-Cola Grant Foundation has discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, these friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. The Coca-Cola Grant Foundation has reached a decision from the headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the canceling of that particular grant/winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner, as it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize.


Congratulations once again from the entire management and staff of Coca-Cola Grant Foundation to all our lucky winners this year and thank you for being part of this promotional lottery program.


Yours faithfully,
Mr. Kelvin Aronin
Online Coordinator For
COCA-COLA FOUNDATION.

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For Enquiries Please Dial: +44-870-626-0184 enter your PIN: 7072 and press 1 for confirmation.

All Claims Process should not be later than 14 working days after this
notification.
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