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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: Mr.Marc Andreessen <es9066838@finednc.com>
Reply-To: <fbcd9066838@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 05:53:08 -0500
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

FACEBOOK LOTTERY PROMOTION!!!
(Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg)
European Region Office: 10B Widemarsh Street
Hereford Square, London HP1 8HFD,
England.
 
We happily announce to you the draw of the Facebook Lottery Promotions for the year 2016, at our Lotto Draw Headquarters London, United Kingdom organized by Facebook on which your  E-mail address has emerge as one of the newly introduced Digital Lottery Programmed winner which involves the use of email addresses. Facebook Lottery is held every 9th, 19th, and 29th of every month. Your e-mail address won $5,000,000.00 in the 2nd category and in this category (5) E-mail address came out as winners and your E-mail is one of them.
YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION:
Ticket Number: 00545 188 564756,
Prize #77801209/N,
Winning Number: FB/575061725.
Serial Number 5368/02
Lucky Numbers: 17 98 09 67 46
You have been approved to claim a total sum of $5,000,000.00 (Five Million United States Dollars). This is from a total cash prize of $25,000,000.00 (Twenty Five Million United States Dollars) shared amongst the (5) lucky winners in every category.
 
Prize Claim Inquiries:
Fill in this space below and send it to (C.S.I.H Department) immediately to facilitate your claims as our beneficiary:
AGE:...........
SEX:.............
EMAIL:...............
RELIGION:...............
TELEPHONE:...............
FULL NAME:................
OCCUPATION:................
NATIONALITY:................
RESIDENTIAL:................
HOME ADDRESS:................
PHOTOGRAPH/ID COPY:............
Note: Any prize not claimed within this period (21 days) from now will be forfeited. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public notice until your claims is processed and released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
If you have questions or wish to claim your prize money kindly contact Mr. David M. Wehner Chief Financial Officer at E-mails: fbcd9066838@hotmail.com
Mobile:+44-7031958957
Yours in service,
Mr.Marc Andreessen
Facebook Lottery Facilitator.
Copyright ©2015facebook Lottery Promotions!

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