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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: Mariana Joubert <marianajoubert8@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 21:15:09 +0200
Subject:


Coca-Cola Inc.
1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025
United States of America


We profoundly congratulate you once again for winning the Coca-Cola-free
lotto International balloting award program.

Your email address has been selected among the one million lucky winners of
the program, for $350,000.00 reward cash, a Dell Laptop Computer Valued at
$1499. an Apple New iPad Valued at $980. An Apple iPhone 12 Pro max Valued
at $2000.

All participants were selected randomly from worldwide email Directories,
and your email address appears on the machine as the winner of the 2022
yearly promotional Award.

To Receive Your Winning Items and Money. Please send the below details to
the USA Coca-Cola Lotto chairman contact James Quincey

1) Full Name:....................
2) Country:.......................
3) Contact Mobile Number:.........................
4) Nationality:...........................
5)Address:................................
6) Age:.......................................
7) Sex:........................................
8) Marital Status:.....................................
9) Occupation:....................................
10) Copy of your passport or ID.................

Best Regards,
Mr, James Quincey
Email: <Email%3Aenquiry.mt35@gmail.com>quincey_james77@hotmail.com
<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.outlook.com%2F%3Frefd%3Daccount.microsoft.com%26fref%3Dhome.banner.viewinbox&data=05%7C01%7Cscorentin%40sapmer.com%7Ca903ae910c6441ee1f8008daad580529%7C7a2185fe42a943b692d59338ff4c7919%7C0%7C0%7C638012890947839278%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=OTY9OT9GlWU5VoanPj5PEvwFtrpkgUYKVHKMPX%2Byb9o%3D&reserved=0>
whatsapp+17174363382
Coca-Cola Inc.
1601 Willow Road
Menlo Park, California 94025
United States of America

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