419 scam: COCA-COLA COMPANY UK <cocacola@uk.net> NOTICE.

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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:
- "foreign service manager" (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.
- +447010077169 (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.
- cocacolanotificationdept@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: COCA-COLA COMPANY UK <cocacola@uk.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 07:28:19 +0100
Subject: NOTICE.

PO Box 1010, Liverpool L70 1NL, United Kingdom, Coca-Cola Lottery (Pty) Ltd. Tell: +44701-0077-169 +44701-0091-358 Dear Lucky Winner, THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION We are pleased to inform you that your email ID has just won £500,000.00 (five Thousand Great British Pounds)from the COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTION AWARD 2013.However the results were released on (28th October 2013)and your email was attached to ticket number(7PWYZ2007)and ballot number (BT: 12052013/20).The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 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. FILL THE FORM BELOW AND SEND IT BACK TO THIS OFFICE FOR VERIFICATION VIA:EMAIL. FIRST NAME................................................ LAST NAME................................................. AGE....................................................... SEX....................................................... ADDRESS................................................... EMAIL..................................................... PHONE..................................................... OCCUPATION................................................ COUNTRY.............. .................................... AMOUNT WON................................................ STATE .................................................... VALID ID.................................................. Dr. Steve Mark. Foreign Service Manager Coca-Cola Lottery (Pty) Ltd. Tell: +44701-0077-169 +44701-0091-358 Email:cocacolanotificationdept@gmail.com (CONGRATULATIONS FROM COCA-COLA COMPANY UK).

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