419 scam: "Santana Louis"<barrthedd@yahoo.com> ASSISTANCE FROM YOU !!

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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.
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.
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.
- +447017666496 (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.
- coca_colapromo12@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Santana Louis" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <coca_colapromo12@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:29:14 +0100
Subject: ASSISTANCE FROM YOU !!

Euro British Coca-Cola Promotion.
1QUEEN CAROLINE STREET HAMMER
SMITH LONDON W6 9HQ,
United Kingdom,

COCA COLA YEARLY PROMOTION DRAW @2012

Dear Lucky Winner,

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice the result of once Award promotion. We are happy to inform you that your email address has emerged as a winner of Five hundred thousand UK Pounds (£500,000,00 ). In the COCA-COLA Corporation Award yearly giveaway. We do this every year to encourage peoples prospective Internet & Microsoft tools, Email subscriber, and software users worldwide.after the inauguration and Ceremony earlier selection id participant Internet & Microsoft tools, Email subscriber, and software users.Congratulation Once Again.

Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their Beta patronage, attaching personalized email addresses to ticket numbers. Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to TICKET No: 20511465463-7644 with SERIAL No: S/N-00168 and drew the LUCKY No: 887-13-865-37-10-83(20) which subsequently won you five hundred thousand UK Pound (£500,000,00) in the Coca-Cola Corporation yearly give away Prize.You are advised to send your:

Full Names,-
Address,----
Fax No,-----
Tel No,-----
Age,--------
Sex---------
Country-----

UNITED KINGDOM FUND RELEASE OFFICE.

Contact Person.
Dr. Santana Louis.
Email: coca_colapromo12@yahoo.com
Tel No: +447017666496

Eng." Winfred Chablis.
Congratulation Once Again.
Warning:.Note: Any unclaimed prize will be returned to the treasury of COCA-COLA COMPANY . You are advised to keep your winning details strictly to yourself and not share it with any individual or firm to avoid confistication of your winning prize.

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