419 scam: "THE COCA COLA COMPANY."<cocacola@cocacola.co.th> COCA-COLA PROMOTION & PRIZE AWARD!

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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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million united state dollars" (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)
- ",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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "drkittin.llb@mail.mn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "drkittin.llb@mail.mn" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: "THE COCA COLA COMPANY." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drkittin.llb@mail.mn>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:13:57 +0700
Subject: COCA-COLA PROMOTION & PRIZE AWARD!

Coca-Cola Company Prize Redemption Center

2012 Coca-Cola Asia Pacific Promotions Rewards

16/18 Phra Arthit road Phra Nakhon 10200,

Bangkok, Thailand.

Web: www.mycokerewards.com

BATCH NUMBER: AD1720/11.

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY ($ 1,000,000.00) for the 20 International E-mail Draw which is Organized by The Coca-Cola Company Promotions Department (CCCPD). You are among the winners in a random World Wide Web computerized draw system, extracted from over a million companies and individual email address of the people that are active online. Six people are selected yearly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Coca-cola

Award must be claimed not later than 30 days from date of Draw

Notification. Any Prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. Stated below is your identification number:

REFERENCE NUMBER: CCCPD-24052010

This number fall's within the South East Asia Region Location, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Name: Dr. Kittin Llb

Email: drkittin.llb@mail.mn

Tel: + (66)870860682

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Please, Do send him your reconfirmation email along side with the following information for Verification of your Prize;

Country..............

Sex.............

Age.............

Occupation............

Tel.............

Reference Number............

Nationality.............

A scan copy of your identification.............

Once again congratulation

Sincerely Yours

Dr. Kittin Lib (Fiduciary Agent)

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Important Notice: All replies and queries or questions concerning your claim should be sent to Dr. Kittin Lib Fiduciary Agent via email. drkittin.llb@mail.mn

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