419 scam: Coca-cola Reward <oly.cocacola.ukdraw@vf.vc> Kind Attention:

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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:
- "claim agent" (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.
- +447031978601 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Coca-cola Reward <oly.cocacola.ukdraw@vf.vc>
Reply-To: <infocuk@zoho.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 06:04:56 -0700
Subject: Kind Attention:

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Great Britain: 1 Queen Caroline Street
Hammersmith London W6 9HQ Ref:
United Kingdom Batch: 09/12/IOMD20
Ref: UK/65072014
Email: infocuk@zoho.com
Tel: +44 7031978601

Kind Attention:

We are pleased to announce you the result of Coca-Cola Live
International Draw held in London UK. Your Email ID attached to ticket
number: 139573490206 750 with Serial number 1395/13 draw the lucky
numbers: 08 17 22 30 36, with PIN'CCOG-7497290 which won in the 1st
category of the draw.

Your won prize is Â£950,000.00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great
Britain Pounds) in cash and has been credited to file MTF/13700117/13. A
total cash prize of Â£50.000.000.00 (Fifty Million Great Britain pounds)
was shared among the 126 lucky winners across the global in different
categories. All participants were selected randomly from the Internet
and the International Email Directory, and extracted from over 100,000
unions, individuals, associations and corporate bodies that are listed
in the Email Directory.

We need you to provide us the following information for the
verification of your prize as to be release your won prize to you with
immediately affect via Email: infocuk@zoho.com

Full name:.........................
Address:...........................
Nationality:.......................
Age:...................................
Sex:...................................
Telephone:.......................
Occupation:......................

We will immediately start the process to facilitate your funds release
as soon as you send the required details Back to us. For security
reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential
until your claim is processed and your fund being remitted to your
account. Any form of double claim will lead to disqualification.

Congratulations from me and members of Coca-Cola
staff:

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Peter Raj
(Prize Claim Agent)

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