419 scam: ''COCA COLA COMPANY'' <gaf3@COCACOLACOMPANY253.onmicrosoft.com> COCA COLA COMPANY.....

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",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)
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 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.
- cola.coca@linuxmail.org (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ''COCA COLA COMPANY'' <gaf3@COCACOLACOMPANY253.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <cola.coca@linuxmail.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 01:11:12 -0700
Subject: COCA COLA COMPANY.....

2014 TOP BONANZA EXCLUSIVE

Dear Lucky Winner,

This is to inform you that you have WON the sum of Three Million ($3,000.000.00) DOLLARâ€™S from our ONLINE PROMO on NEW YEAR Charity Bonanza. Your e-mail was luckily drawn by a computer balloting system as one of the winners in our Online Lottery Bonanza from the prestigious COCACOLA ONLINE PROMOTION, USA.
This is to let you know that this online world e-mail draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000 company e-mail addresses, 300,000,000 individual e-mail addresses from over 40 networks and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer selection from the web.
Please provide us your correct information requested on the form below so that we can have a precise and comprehensive record of our winners and also provide you on how to receive your winning amount.

REFERENCE NO: EUM DN 0308-9T6 BATCH NO: EUM QY-3LJ7 Serial Number: 56910

Below is the Event Manger in American:

Name: Dr. John mark Email: cola.coca@linuxmail.org

Fill out this form below and send to {cola.coca@linuxmail.org} to process your Win Claim:

Prefix (Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., etc.):
Full Name:
Date of Birth (DD-MM-YYYY):
Occupation:
Gender:
Marital Status:
Your E-mail Address:
Mobile/Cellular:
Next Of Kin:
Address:
City:
Country:

Congratulations!

Note: All payment claims shall be through Bank Transfer or through Diplomatic System Delivery (DSD). For further details, please contact our helpdesk urgently by Email for confirmation (cola.coca@linuxmail.org)For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned!

Congratulations once again from the entire staff of Coca-Cola Promotion Team USA, 2014 Bonanza

Helen Monday
Online Coordinator
Coca-Cola Company, USA.
Mr. Alex Kingston and Dr.George Williams
Past Winner in Coca-Coca Company Online Promo England
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Mark Collins
COCA-COLA ONLINE PROMOTION MANAGER.

Â© 20114The Coca-Cola Company, all rights reserved. Coca-Cola and the Coca-Cola contour bottle are registered trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company.

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