419 scam: Mr Collins Dike <diamonidplc2017@gmail.com> FROM THE COCA-COLA COMPANY PROMOTION WINNING AWARD PRICE (<br> 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:

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!

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Collins Dike <diamonidplc2017@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officefile.bank@bk.ru
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2022 20:02:21 -0700
Subject: FROM THE COCA-COLA COMPANY PROMOTION WINNING AWARD PRICE (
CONGRATULATIONS )

THE COCA COLA COMPANY

PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD

DEPT Coca-Cola Bottling Co 800

Connecticut Ave NW Ste 711,

Washington, DC 20006

COCA-COLA COMPANY PROMOTION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded
annual final draws held on the (28th February, 2022) by Coca-Cola in
conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion,
your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won Two Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2.5m) each on the THE COCO COLA COMPANY
PROMOTION.

However the results were released on the 31St August, 2022, and your
email was attached to ticket number (CC902654) and ballot number
(BT:1/973) The online 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 Lottery is
approved by the United States of American Gaming Board and also
Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators
(IAGR). This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize
the public.

In other to claim your $2.5 Dollars prize winning, which has been
deposited in a designated bank and converted into ATM Card which you
can use and withdraw your funds from any ATM Machine in the World.
However,you will have to fill the form below and return back to us THE
COCA COLA COMPANY for verification and then you will be directed on
how you will receive the Parcel of the Card with the back up
documents.

NAME:.....................................

AGE:........................................

SEX:........................................

ADDRESS:...............................

EMAIL:....................................

PHONE:...................................

OCCUPATION:.........................

COMPANY:..............................

COUNTRY:...............................

Please you are advised to complete the form and returned back
immediately for prompt collection of your Winning price. You are to
keep all lotto information away from the general public, friends and
relatives especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is
important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).

*Staff of Coca-Cola and the British American Tobacco Company are not
to partake in this Lottery.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,

Mr Collins Dike.

(PROMOTION MANAGER)

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