419 scam: "THE COCA COLA COMPANY"<winningprize@cocacola.com> RE: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims director" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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.
- +27746101369 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- alfredlsmith203@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "THE COCA COLA COMPANY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alfredlsmith203@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 19:05:07 -0500
Subject: RE: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

THE COCA COLA COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
159 Harrower Road Port Elizabeth
South Africa 6001
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P.O.Box 3509 North End Port Elizabeth
South Africa 6001
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We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on 1st of June 2014 in London, UK by the Coca-Cola in conjunction with the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Worldwide Promotion; your email address was among the 20 Lucky winners who won US$850,000.00 Dollars each on the COCA-COLA COMPANY PROMOTION/2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.

However the results were 1st of June 2014 and your email was attached to ticket number (CPWYZ2010) and ballot number (BT: 12052010/20). The on-line 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. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. This AWARD is approved by the British Gaming Board Council and also licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This AWARD is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. In other to claim your US$850,000.00 prize winning!

Please contact our claims agent for claims with the contact below Agent.

MR. ALFRED L SMITH
CLAIMS DIRECTOR,
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT,
COCA-COLA COMPANY PROMOTION/2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.
Contact Office: 159 Harrower Road Port Elizabeth South Africa 6001
Contact Phone Number: +27746101369
Email: alfredlsmith203@gmail.com

PLEASE FILL THE VERIFICATION FORM BELOW FOR CLAIMS.

1. FULL NAMES..............
2. COUNTRY................
3. STATE:................
4. HOME ADDRESS........
5. MOBILE TELEPHONE NUMBERS.......
6. MARITAL STATUS.........
7. OCCUPATION.............POSITION......
8. AGE.....SEX............

The COCA-COLA COMPANY PROMOTION Team has discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, these friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. The COCA-COLA COMPANY PROMOTION Team has reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the canceling of that particular winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner, as it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize.

Best Regards
Mrs. McCarthy Plummer

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