419 scam: Cocacola Email Lottery <cocacolaclaims@live.com> Congratulations To You

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

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:
- "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)
- "million 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)
- "cocacolasocialgift@live.com" (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!
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.
- +447031959918 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Cocacola Email Lottery <cocacolaclaims@live.com>
Reply-To: <cocacolasocialgift@live.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 14:18:29 +0300
Subject: Congratulations To You

Coca-Cola Great Britain
1 Queen Caroline Street
Hammersmith
London
W6 9HQ
Telephone:

Dear Award Winner,

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of £1,000,000.000(One Million Pounds Sterlings) From Coca-Cola Lottery Promotion United Kingdom which is organized by Coca-Cola Company , Your Email Address" was selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mails from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually, we have only selected 20 people as our winners, through electronic ballot System without the winners applying.

This Coca-Cola e-mail Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IA-GR). *This notification must be responded to within 14 days otherwise you will be disqualified and the prize will be re-allocated to another eligible entrant.

You may or might have received similar e-mails from other people in this manner portraying to be other Organizations or Coca Cola Company. In any event that you receive any e-mail similar to this notification letter that was sent to you, kindly delete it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body, you are been urged to send your personal details in this email address below only:

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Full Name:
2. Address:
3. Sex:
4. Date Of Birth:
5. Age:
6. Telephone Number:
7. Occupation:
8. State:
9. Country:
10.Winning E-mail:

To file for your claim, Please fill and submit your verification form to our Foreign Service Manager Immediately via e-mail below.

Mr John Powell
Foreign Service Manager
Coca-Cola Lottery (Pty) Ltd.
Tel: +447031959918
E-mail: cocacolasocialgift@live.com

NOTE: This Draw is solely conducted by Coca-Cola Company, United
Kingdom and cannot be claimed through any of our Regional Offices in
your Country/Area. All communications must be through CCC, United
Kingdom. We try to respond to every mail as soon as we can.

I want to congratulate You In Advance and Please Do Not Forget to Help the Poor in the Society, When Coca-Cola Makes You a Beneficiary Of their World of Wealth.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam