419 scam: "Mrs Camille Hart."<info@facebooklottery.com> Congratulation From Facebook!!!

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
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: "Mrs Camille Hart." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <f.fresh28@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 17:18:40 +0100
Subject: Congratulation From Facebook!!!

I am Mrs Camille Hart from the Facebook Team Organization Lottery Promo 2014 Based in USA..I am here to inform you about your winnings!!

We are very happy to inform you that your name was selected among the face book lottery promotion winners for the year 2014 and you have just won the Sum of $ 1,500,000,00 U.S Dollars from the concluded Facebook Lottery promotion for January 2014

Your name was selected on a raffle draw that was held in London (United Kingdom) on the 14th of January 2014 So your urgent response is needed to enable us process the delivery of your winning prize.

Your name was selected by Mr Mark Zuckerberg the CEO of Facebook (Founder & Chief Executive Officer ) and the promotion was invented enable all Facebook users to benefit from the company and to show appreciation to our customers who have been using our site and network to reach out to their love ones.

The Lottery was established to serve as a means of appreciation to our customers and also to help our customers fight off poverty and maintain good standard of living.

Note: You are advised to contact the payment department with these following information Below.

Full Name :

Occupation :

City :

State :

Country :

Zip/postal Code :

Mobile Number :

Email Address :

Home Address :

Payment options:ATM CARD or BANK TRANSFER,

Kindly get back to us to claim your fund.

Thank you.

Mrs Camille Hart.

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International Computer Systems (London) Ltd. / ICS . This email and any files transmitted with its attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message from your computer. Any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or any files transmitted with it by an unauthorized recipient is strictly prohibited. No contracts or commitments of any kind may be concluded by means of this email without explicit further agreement between ICS and other parties. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender.

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