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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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)
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
- "gregsmithmanageruk@gala.net" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +447031741892 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- +447031745628 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: COCA COLA <c.cola01@live.com>
Reply-To: coca.cola@blumail.org
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 05:51:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION !!!


YOU HAVE       WON    COCA   COLA       RAFFLE    DRAW







THE COCA COLA COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD

DEPTCOCA COLA AVENUE
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON.
SW1V 3DW UNITED
KINGDOM


Ticket number (7PWYZ2006)
Ballot number
(BT:12052006/20



                      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 25th October,
2010 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 COCACOLA COMPANY PROMOTION

However the results were released on the
(01/11/2010) and your email was
attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2006) and
ballot number (BT:12052006/20The

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 The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This
lottery
is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

In ORDER 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 bank where a cheque of £1,000,000.00
has
already been deposited in your favour.

NAME:.....................................
AGE:........................................
SEX:........................................
ADDRESS:...............................
EMAIL:....................................
PHONE:...................................
OCCUPATION:.........................
COMPANY:..............................
COUNTRY:...............................
AMOUNT WON......................

Please
you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to
our

Promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your
fund from

the designated bank.

(CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER)
Name: Greg
Smith Phone # +44 703 174 1892 :+44 703 174 5628
E mail : gregsmithmanageruk@gala.net

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).

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

Accept my
hearty congratulations once again!
Yours faithfully,
Agent
MISS JUBE SARI
Management


PAST WINNERS IN COCA-COLA
ONLINE PROMOTIONS!!!

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