419 scam: "COCA-COLA " <> RE:COCA COLA 2017 ONLINE BALLOTING DRAWS....CONGRATS!!

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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.
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.
- joemesana@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "COCA-COLA " <>
Reply-To: joemesana@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 05:53:00 +0200
Subject: RE:COCA COLA 2017 ONLINE BALLOTING DRAWS....CONGRATS!!

Dear: COCA-COLA WINNER,

Coca-Cola Promo 2017, 1 Coca Cola Plz NW Atlanta, GA 30313 United State. We wish to notify you that your Email address was generated during the Global National Lottery 2017 Email Award with Coca -Cola. And has won you $1,220,000.00 USD (ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS).

The selection process was carried out through a random computerized email selection system (ESS) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world, which your email address was selected.

The Coca-Cola Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). To begin the processing of your prize claim, You are to contact our fiduciary claim department for more information as regards to the procedures on the claim of your prize.

Name: Mr. Joe Mesana
Email: joemesana@gmail.com

Please Contact him by providing him your secret Ref No: Winning Number which is,(REF NO: 01-14-21-30-35-48). You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information as soon as possible:

1. Name In Full :
2. Residential Address :
3. Nationality :
4. Age :
5. Occupation :
6. Direct Phone :
7. Present Country :
8. Email address :
9. Coca-Cola winning reference number: 011421303548

Best Regard.
Ms.Abigail Jackson
Google LOC TEAM.

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