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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: FROM FACEBOOK LOTTERY BOARD <drhuntgapson@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: FROM FACEBOOK LOTTERY BOARD <ykb_plc1@rocketmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:42:47 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: FACE BOOK CONNECTING END OF YEAR PEOPLE PROMOTION 2011.



 


Congratulations We are pleased to inform you of the result of the END OF YEAR online promotion 2011conducted by face book Communications,your email was among the 30 Lucky winners who won £2,000,000 GBP(TOW MILLION Great British Pounds).each on the FACE BOOK CONNECTING END OF YEAR PEOPLE PROMOTION 2011.


You were entered as an independent candidate and your EMAIL was attached to Verification Number (IU487934UFD) and Batch Number (12/25/0034) The online draws was conducted by a random selection of EMAIL ADDRESS from an exclusive list of 100,000,000 E-mail addresses of individuals and EMAIL users picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet.However, no tickets were sold but all Emails were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.


The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized EMAILS machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 100,000, EMAILS drawn from all the continents of the world. This Lottery is approved by the FACE BOOK Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This lottery is the 1st of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. In order to claim your £2,000,000 GBP (TWO MILLION Great Britain Pound.


Sterling) prize winning, which has been deposited in a designated . YORK SHIER ONLINE BANK TRANSFER However, You will have to send your wining information to the bank for your claims information below to contact the paying bank.


information for your claims FOR CONFIRMATION YOU ARE TO SEND YOUR EMAILS ID BELOW FOR VERIFICATIONS




1,EMAIL ID




2 NAME




3 MOBILE NUMBER




4 OCCUPATION




5 COUNTRY




6 NATIONALITY




7 SEX




8 YOUR AGE




9 YOUR Verification number




10 Batch Number


You are to keep all FACE BOOK lottery information away from the general public especially your Verification Number and Batch Number. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained) NOTICE: Verification claims with error or any misinformation as We are indeed to let you know that your claims is no more than tow weeks or 17 working days ones more congratulations
Thanks,
The Face book Team.
CONTACT THE BANK FOR YOUR CLAIMS WITH THE INFORMATION BELOW WITH ANY DELAY
YORKSHIRE BANK OF LONDON ONLINE TRANSFER
NAME OF REMITTANCE DIRECTOR DR MARKSON YOUNG
TELL : +447024047650
EMAIL : ykb_plc1@rocketmail.com

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