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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: "Face book Corporate Offie" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nationalotterypost@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 18:17:28 -0800
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?=20?=
Face book Corporate Office (National Lottery)

Face book Corporate Office (National Lottery)
Headquartered in 1601 California Ave.
Palo Alto, California 94304
2013 Face book National lottery
 
We Cordially Wish To Inform You That Your Face book Account Address Has Been Selected As One Of The Lucky Winners of ( $750.000.00---SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ONLY) Of More Than 600Million Face book Users In Our Online Database System ,Your Account Address Was Selected From Our Web Site As One Of The Lucky Winners In The 2nd Category Of The Face book / National Lottery and Therefore to  enable us attend to your payment files, you are required to reconfirm and authenticate your personal data/particulars as listed below for onward processing and release of your fund . (Reference Number:  SL/07/4009?   and FREE  winning Number 44,56,76.
(1.) .FULL NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2.). FULL ADDRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3). .NATIONALITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4). .AGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5). .OCCUPATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6). .TELEPHONE NUMBER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(7). .DATE OF WINNING NOTIFICATION. . . . . .
(8). .SEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(9). .CURRENT CITY ..............................
(10). MARITAL STATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(11). EMAIL ADDRESS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(12). NAME OF YOUR STATE. . . . . . . .
(13). WORKING PLACE ADDRESS.(14). POSITION.
(14 ) DRIVING LICENSES OR ID COPY OF PASSPORT COPY..............
   Note: All Of Our winners Were Randomly Selected From Our Online Internet Server Provider Ensure that you follow all due process as required by the FACEBOOK ZONAL CORDINATOR in order to hasten up the whole procedures of your fund transfer to your designated account. Bear in mind, that the FACEBOOK NATIONAL LOTTERY equally has an operational operandi (payment protocol) in line with international banking policy. So, you should adhere to avoid any delay.
Once again congratulation , we hereby advise you to contact the payment officer via the below email address and make sure you forward to him all the necessary information which will be require from you prior to the release of your claim . All modalities have already been worked out and we will be monitoring all your dealings with the payment officer until you receive your winning.
CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT WITH THIS E-MAIL
NAME: Mrs. Sandra Hamann .
OFFICE: Face book Payment Office
Cadastral Zone, California 94304
Email :(sandrahamann111@yahoo.com)
#________________33214
Congratulations in advance as we earnestly await your info.
Face book (FB)
Zonal Coordinator.
Mr. James Robinson jr. (FB)

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