419 scam: "FACEBOOK PROMOTION DEPTARTMENT"<info@facebook.org> 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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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 free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- revalbertklein01@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FACEBOOK PROMOTION DEPTARTMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <revalbertklein01@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:50:50 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Welcome to the official site of the FACEBOOK® Seasons
Promotions.FACEBOOK LOTTERY PROMOTION !!!
The Online Consumer Promotions 2013.
European Region Office:
10B Widemarsh Street
Hereford Square,
London HP1 8HFD,
England.
http://www.facebook.com

BATCH NUMBER: FB/8056490902.
REF NUMBER: FB/UK/2013.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

AWARD NOTIFICATION.

We happily announce to you the draw of the FACEBOOK® Lottery Promotions for the year 2013, at our Lotto Draw Headquarters London, United Kingdom organized by FACEBOOK®. This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of GBP.£1000,000.00 (one million, British Pounds Sterling).

FACEBOOK Promo Inc. arranged and gathered some of all the E-mail addresses of the people that are active online, 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 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,(one million, British Pounds Sterling).

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIMS:

Your Approval File was sent to London United Kingdom due to we have 3 lucky winners in London, so that you can be cleared and paid simultaneously there.

You are to contact our London United Kingdom Location Claim Office on or before your date of Claim, so that he will direct you on how you will receive your money in London.

FACEBOOK Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than one month from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won.

These are your identification numbers:
Ticket number: 00545 188 564756,
Prize #77801209/N,
WINNING NUMBER: FB/575061725.
Serial number 5368/02
Lucky numbers: 17 98 09 67 46

Please contact our finance director(CLAIM LOTTERY / PAY-OUT DEPARTMENT)

Name: Rev.(sir)Albert Klein
E-mail: revalbertklein01@gmail.com

with below information for the procession of your file for payment with the banking bank

full Name..........................
Address.......................
Country.......................
Age.......................
Sex...........................
Amount won.....................
Occupations...................
Cell phone number..........
DATE................................
KEEP THIS PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL YOU RECEIVE YOUR PRIZE MONEY.
NOTE THAT NOBODY OR EVEN THE APPOINTED BANK HAS THE RIGHT TO TOUCH, DEDUCT OR GET ACCESS TO YOUR PRIZE MONEY FOR ANY REASON THEY HAVE BEEN WARNED STRICTLY!

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours in service,
Prof. Wilcox Bruce.

Copyright © 2013 FACEBOOK® Promotions!!!

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