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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: FACEBOOK PROMOTIONS LOTTERY <info@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <facebooklottdepartmentaloffice@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:51:24 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AS ONE OF THE BEST USERS OF FACEBOOK COMPANY !!!

FACEBOOK ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD.
CATEGORY: 3ND
(323) 305-4476

CONGRATULATIONS FROM FACEBOOK

WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU OF THE RESULT THAT JUST CONCLUDED ANNUAL FINAL DRAWS HELD ON THE (27TH OF JUNE 2014) BY THE FACEBOOK GROUP IN CASH PROMOTION TO ENCOURAGE THE USAGE OF FACE BOOK WORLD WIDE, AND YOUR NAME WAS AMONG THE 20 LUCKY WINNERS WHO WON $600.000.00 U.S.D. EACH ON THE FACEBOOK GROUP PROMOTION AWARD ATTACHED TO LUCKY NUMBER (23456895410), TICKET NUMBER (5647600545189), BATCH NUMBER (2551236002/244) AND SERIAL NUMBER (55643451907).

THE ONLINE DRAWS WAS CONDUCTED BY A RANDOM SELECTION OF EMAIL YOU WERE PICKED BY AN ADVANCED AUTOMATED RANDOM COMPUTER SEARCH FROM THE FACEBOOK IN OTHER TO CLAIM YOUR $600.000.00 U.S.D THE LOTTERY PROGRAM WHICH IS A NEW INNOVATION BY FACEBOOK, IS AIMED AT SAYING A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR USERS FOR MAKING FACEBOOK THEIR NUMBER ONE MEANS TO CONNECT, COMMUNICATE, RELATE AND HOOK UP WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OVER THE YEARS.

AND THIS IS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING AND UNWARRANTED ABUSE OF THIS PROGRAM BY SOME PARTICIPANTS AND SCAM ARTISTS ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM OVER 20,000 COMPANIES' AND 30,000,000 INDIVIDUALS' EMAIL ADDRESSES AND NAMES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. THIS PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM TAKES PLACE EVERY THREE YEARS. YOU HAVE TO BE REST ASSURED THAT THIS IS REAL AND 100% LEGITMATE..AND THERE ARE SOME SCAM ARTISTS AROUND...THANKS TO THE FBI...216 OF THEM HAVE BEEN ARRESTED... THE SOFTWARE CORPORATION TO ENCOURAGE SOME FEW INDIVIDUALS WITH WEB SITE AND EMAIL ADDRESSES PROMOTED THIS LOTTERY.

FULL NAME:
FULL ADDRESS:
MOBILE PHONE NO:
OCCUPATION:
MARITAL STATUS:
NATIONALITY:
LUCKY NUMBER:
TICKET NUMBER:
BATCH NUMBER::
SERIAL NUMBER:
YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS:

All winnings must be claimed not later than end of July 2014. and After this date, all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences. Furthermore, if there is any change in email address please contact us on time

THANKS AND MORE CONGRATULATIONS!
FACEBOOK © 2014
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN FROM FACEBOOK COMPANY!!!

Thanks,
Regards,
Patrick Widen
Promo Coordinator.

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