419 scam: COCA-COLA COMPANY UK <post13@willses.onmicrosoft.com> NOTIFICATION.

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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 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)
- ",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)
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.
- +447010071860 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: COCA-COLA COMPANY UK <post13@willses.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <promdept2@cocacolabritain.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 09:26:48 +0100
Subject: NOTIFICATION.

Congratulations,

We wish to announce to you that your email was among the 5000 Lucky winners
Worldwide who won £1,000,000.00 (One Million British Pounds Sterling) each in
the ongoing 2013 Coca-Cola Mega Prize Promo Worldwide.

However the results was released on Friday June 28th your email was attached to
ticket number (CO/90118308/CLUK/2013) and ballot number (CT/12056831/856) The
online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an
exclusive list of 74,031,643 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) .This Lottery is approved by the
British Gaming Board and also licensed by The International Association of
Gaming Regulators (IAGR).

This lottery is the 43rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. This
promotion is part of the financial empowerment program of the Coca-Cola
Company/United Nation Organization (UNO) in its struggle to alleviate and
eradicate poverty Worldwide.

To begin the claim processing of your prize you are to contact the fiduciary
agent as stated below:

You are advised to reconfirm your information once again by completing this
below Form and forward along with it, a scan copy of your valid identity proof:
Via E-mail: promdept2@cocacolabritain.com

1. Full Names________
2. Address_________
3. State_____
4. Country___________
5. Age_________
6. Sex___________
7. Marital Status_____
8. Occupation________
9. Phone numbers_______
10. Country_________
11. Email___________

WINNING INFORMATION

As soon as we receive the above information from you, we will forward it to our
paying out Bank for immediate transferring of your winning Cash Prize to you.
NOTE: This information are needed for reference purpose, update of our files for
record purpose and to avoid any misrepresentation of fact, which might lead to
disqualification or double You are to keep all information away from the general
public especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is important as
any case of double claims will not be entertained).

Accept our hearty congratulations once again!

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Jerry Coleman
Director Online Int / Promotions Unit
+447010071860
/Lottery Coordinator UK.

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