419 scam: "Coca-Cola"<win@coke.co.uk> Prize Redemption Center

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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.
- +447586481105

Fraud email example:

From: "Coca-Cola" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cokauk@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 16:26:30 +0100
Subject: Prize Redemption Center

E-mail Prize Redemption Center
1 Queen Caroline Street
Hammersmith, London
W6 9HQ - United Kingdom
Ref: UK/65072015
Batch: 08/15/IOMD20
Tel: +447586481105

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce to you the result of the Coca-Cola International Email Draw. Your Email address attached to ticket number: 163623007746 694 with Serial number 1695/14 drew the lucky numbers: 05 18 33 50 25, which won in the 1st category of the draw.

Your prize is £950,000.00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds) in cash and has been credited to file MTF/16700117/13. A total cash prize of £50.000.000.00 (Fifty Million Great Britain pounds) was shared among the 126 lucky winners across the globe 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 Mobile Directory.

We need you to provide us with the following information so that we can issue you the certificate of Award and process your prize release;

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

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

Congratulations from me and members of staff of Coca-Cola.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Raj Paul
(Prize Claim Agent)
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This e-mail is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the addressee please do not read, print, re-transmit, store or act in reliance on it or any attachments. Instead, please email it back to
the sender and then immediately permanently delete it.

Computer viruses can be transmitted by email and you should be aware that emails may be intercepted by third parties. Any attachments to this email will be received as separate, the subject line
of which will be the file name. You are advised to check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses as neither Coca-Cola nor the sender accept responsibility for any
viruses transmitted by this email and/or any attachments

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