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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:
- 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:
- "hundred thousand great british pounds" (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)
- "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "diplomatic agent" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- 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.
- +447014238290 (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.
- cocacoladrawcenter2@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Cocacolacenter Uk <cocacolacenteruk@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 19:21:39 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: CONGRATULATION.CLAIM YOUR WINNING MONEY
COCA-COLA GREAT BRITAIN 1 QUEEN CAROLINE STREET HAMMER-SMITH LONDON W6 9HQ
coca-cola!!! coca-cola!!! coca-cola!!! coca-cola!!! coca-cola!!! coca-cola!!! coca-cola!!! coca-cola!!! coca-cola!!! coca-cola!!! coca!!!
TELEPHONE: +447014238290(MONDAY - SUNDAY 09:00 - 17:00)
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2011 COCA-COLA LUCKY WINNER
CONGRATULATIONS !!! FOR WINNING FUND OF £500,000 .00 GBP
This correspondence officially confirms that we are in receipt of your
e-mail regarding the claim of your award winning prize value of Five
Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds [£500,000 .00 GBP].Won in ongoing COCA-COLA E-MAIL PROMOTIONS IN UK. The board of trustee of COCA-COLA COMPANY UK collects 500,000 E-MAILS from Both personal and corporate from the EMAIL DATA network
services in all over Asian and Europe countries and over twenty
million EMAILS participated in this award promotion and
seven persons from seven different countries were selected to benefit
from this COCA-COLAPROMOTION AWARD and you are one of the Selected Winners.
You
are to fill and submit the Verification form below,the mode in which
you want to receive your winning amount, for us to verify your option
and assign your amount to the particular option and this process will
not take more than 2 to 5 working days to enable you receive your
winning amount without much delay.
Full Name:............................................
Full Address:.........................................
Nationality:.............................................
Winning Mobile Number:.......................
Work Telephone:...................................
E-mail address:......................................
Date of birth:..........................................
Sex.........................................................
Marital Status:.......................................
Occupation:...........................................
Payment Option/Preferred mode of payment.
1.Personal Presentation
2.Courier Delivery
1. PERSONAL PRESENTATION.
You will required to come to England United Kingdom to pick your prize
personally from prize Disbursement center England . you are therefore
requested to come in person to the DISBURSEMENT CENTER of the England Online COCA-COLAPROMOTIONS with the following requirements:
(a) An International Passport or Driven license
(b) Two (2) passport photograph (3*4 size)
2.VIA DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE.
In this method of courier service means,the courier company will be
coming to your residence address to handover your winning amount to you
through a diplomatic agent.
Receiver Name:............................................
Address:.......................................................
Nationality:....................................................
Postal Code:.................................................
City:..............................................................
State/Province:.............................................
Country:.......................................................
I hope my application will be favorable granted by your reputable office.
Note: Any unclaimed prize will be returned to the treasury of COCA-COLA COMPANY UK.
You
are advised to keep your winning details strictly to yourself and not
to share it with any individual or firm to avoid confiscation or double
claims of winning prize.
mail....cocacoladrawcenter2@hotmail.co.uk
+447014238290
Thanks & Regard's
DR. LEE WESTBROOK
(President)
DR. ALEX SCOTT
(Promo-Manager)
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