419 scam: "FACEBOOK LOTTERY FOUNDATION"<claimsdepartmentprize775@9.cn> CONGRATULATIONS

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claimsdepartmentprize@9.cn" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: "FACEBOOK LOTTERY FOUNDATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <claimsdepartmentprize@9.cn>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 20:39:14 +0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

CONGRATULATIONS!

AWARD NOTIFICATION.

We happily announce to you the draw of the FACEBOOK® Lottery Promotions for the year 2012, at our Lotto Draw Headquarters London, United Kingdom organized by FACEBOOK®. This is to inform you that you have won prize money of GBP. £500,000 (five hundred thousand, British Pounds Sterling).

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 Fifty (50) 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 winner includes both subscribers and non subscribers FACEBOOK®. You will definitely receive your money from our bank, without any problem.

FACEBOOK did this in appreciation to encourage people to use there services. You will receive the amount you won, GBP. £500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand, British Pounds Sterling).

Contact Our DISTRICT Online Coordinator directly
with the below information;

Dr. WILLIAMS BRIGHT
Email: claimsdepartmentprize@9.cn

FULL NAME: ......................
CONTACT ADDRESS…………….
PHONE NUMBER:...............
COUNTRY/NATIONALITY:.............
YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS:..............
TICKET NUMBER :...(A7600545189)
BALLOT NUMBER:....(BLT: 12052006/2012)

Do not disclose this to any one on till you claim your prize for security reasons. We have had
Cases where the last winners complain of someone else claim their prizes.
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