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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:

Fraud email example:

From: COCA COLA WINNING <agentgregramos@gmail.com>
Reply-To: masonliam711@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:06:47 +0100
Subject: GOOD DAY

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ONLINE COCA COLA COMPANY. PO Box 1010, Liverpool L70 |1NL, United
Kingdom, Dear Winner, this is Winner's Invitations from Coca Cola
Company Promo. Kindly Contact Your Claims Agent MR MASON LIAM for
direction on how to claim your prize in this week. From now onward you
will be receiving our promotional offers and survey invitations from
Coca Cola Company.. (You can unsubscribe at any time.) We want you to
remove skepticism from your mind because this award is legitimate from
COCA COLA COMPANY PLC, ENGLAND. Most importantly this is to let you
know that you are a winner of the sum of 6,000,000.00GBP (six million
Great British Pounds Sterling's) in this runner up. Please make sure
your prize is claimed urgently. Congratulations! ONLINE COCA COLA
COMPANY. Mr Mason Liam on email masonliam711@gmail.com via WhatsApp
+1(732) 695-4554

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