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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:
- "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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: "info@lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rev.edward_payson@vf.vc>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:47:37 -0400
Subject: Good Profound.

FACEBOOK ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT.

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD.

CATEGORY: 2ND

RE: CONGRATULATION FROM FACEBOOK!

GREETINGS TO YOU DEAR LUCKY WINNER AND WE WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR. WE ARE

PLEASED TO INFORM YOU OF THE RESULT OF THE JUST CONCLUDED ANNUAL FINAL DRAWS

HELD ON THE (2ND JANUARY 2013) BY FACEBOOK GROUP IN CASH PROMOTION TO ENCOURAGE

THE USAGE OF FACEBOOK WORLD WIDE, YOUR NAME WAS AMONG THE 20 LUCKY WINNERS WHO

WON $70.000.00USD (NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) EACH

ON THE FACEBOOK GROUP PROMOTION AWARD ATTACHED TO LUCKY NUMBER,

TICKET NUMBER (5647600545189), BATCH NUMBER (2551236002/244) AND SERIAL NUMBER

(55643451907).
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THE ONLINE DRAWS WAS CONDUCTED BY A RANDOM SELECTION OF EMAIL YOU WERE PICKED BY

AN ADVANCED AUTOMATED RANDOM COMPUTER SEARCH FROM THE FACEBOOK IN OTHER TO CLAIM

YOUR $950.000.00USD THE LOTTERY PROGRAM WHICH IS A NEW INNOVATION BY FACEBOOK,

IS AIMED AT SAYING A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR USERS FOR MAKING FACEBOOK THEIR

NUMBER ONE MEANS TO CONNECT, COMMUNICATE, RELATE AND HOOK UP WITH THEIR FAMILIES

AND FRIENDS OVER THE YEARS.

THIS IS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING AND UNWARRANTED

WERE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM OVER 20,000 COMPANIES'

AND 30,000,000 INDIVIDUALS EMAIL ADDRESSES AND NAMES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

THIS PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM TAKES PLACE EVERY THREE YEARS.YOU HAVE TO BE REST

SOME FEW INDIVIDUALS WITH WEB SITE AND EMAIL ADDRESSES PROMOTED THIS LOTTERY.
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YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CONTACT THE HEAD OF OUR DISBURSEMENT DEPARTMENT IN THE

PERSON OF AGENT REV.EDWARD PAYSON VIA THIS EMAIL (rev.edward_payson@vf.vc)

WITH INFORMATION BELOW IN ORDER FOR US TO COMPLETE YOUR WINNING CERTIFICATE AND

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE DISBURSEMENT OF YOUR LOTTERY WINNINGS.

FULL NAME:

ULL CONTACT ADDRESS:

MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:

OCCUPATION:

MARITAL STATUS: SEX:

NATIONALITY:

LUCKY NUMBER 23456895410

TICKET NUMBER 5647600545189

BATCH NUMBER: 2551236002/244

SERIAL NUMBER: 55643451907

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS:

FURTHERMORE, IF THERE IS ANY CHANGE IN EMAIL ADDRESS PLEASE CONTACT US ON TIME.

DO NOT REPLY TO THESE EMAIL. REPLY TO THE DISBURSEMENT DEPARTMENT WITH THE EMAIL

PROVIDE ABOVE.

NOTE: IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED PLEASE DO NOT BOTHER TO REPLY.

THANKS AND MORE CONGRATULATIONS!
REGARDS,
AGENT MARCIE ROTH
PROMO COORDINATOR.

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