419 scam: "Facebook"<eventmanager@facebookanniversary.com> YOU ARE A WINNER

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "eventmanager@facebookanniversary.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447035905064 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Facebook" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 10:16:20 -0700
Subject: YOU ARE A WINNER

AWARD NOTIFICATION.

We happily announce to you the draw of the FACEBOOK SWEEPSTAKES PROMOTION,

at our Lotto Draw Headquarters London, United Kingdom organized by FACEBOOK.

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of £530,000.00GBP (Five Hundred And Thirty

Thousand Great British Pounds).

FACEBOOK Promo Inc. arranged and gathered some of all the E-mail addresses of the people

that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to all E-mail Providers most especially

Yahoo, Gmail and Hotmail, we only selected Twenty (20) candidates per-annually as our winners through

Electronic Balloting System (EBS) without the candidate applying, we congratulate you for being one of

our lucky winners. Our winners includes only subscribers to FACEBOOK.

For claims and all replies, contact the claims office by email (eventmanager@facebookanniversary.com)

with the below detail;

First Name:

Middle Name:

Last Name:

Street Address:

Occupation:

State/Province:

Zip Code:

Phone Number:

Mobile Number:

Date of Birth:

Email Address:

Serial Number:

Amount won :

Dr. Anthony Hammond

PROMOTION OFFICER

+44-7035-905-064

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