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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "COCA COLA AWARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cocacolapauk@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 11:40:02 +0530
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Kenmore Rd 41B Park, Wakefield, West
Yorkshire WF2 0XR, ENGLAND
United Kingdom
EMAIL:
cocacolapauk@hotmail.co.uk
                                                            CONGRATULATIONS!!!
 
This is to inform you that you have won Prize Money of Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars{ 500,000.00} from Internet Award  Promotion which is Offered by Coca-  
Coca-Cola collects all the E-mail addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo! and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers, 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 Prize Award must be claimed no later than 30 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
 
Stated below are your Identification Numbers:
 
BATCH NUMBER: MFI/09/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2010234522.
PIN: CO/CA-1210.
 
These Numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to contact your Fiduciary Claims Agent in Manchester and send your Winning Identification Numbers to him with the below Application Form.
Claims Agent Name: Dr. Richard Morrison
E-Mail:
cocacolapauk@hotmail.co.uk
 
 
You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to facilitate the release of your fund at the earliest.
 
 
 
To proceed with your claims, you would be required to fill theVerification Form below completely and return back to us immediately.
 
  Fill Out This Form (Verification Form)
1. Full Names:
2. Your Full Address
3. Your Date of Birth:
4. Your Nationality:
5.Your Country of resident:
6.Your Current  City:
7. Your Occupation:
8. Sex:
9. Marital Status:
10.Winning Email Address:
11. YourMobile Number:
DECLARATION:
 
I_ ______________________ HEREBY
DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE DATA ARE TRUE. THAT MY CLAIM AGENT SHALL ACT AS A FACILITATOR IN THE TRANSFER OF THE TOTAL FUND TO ME.
 
DATE
(YOUR FULLNAMES)_ ______________________
Congratulations once again from the entire staff of theCOCA-COLA PROMO TEAM ENGLAND.
 
Dr. Richard Morrison
Event Manager.
United Kingdom
 
EMAIL:
cocacolapauk@hotmail.co.uk

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