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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: "FACEBOOK PROMO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <facebookagent1@lotterywin.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:46:18 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOUR NAME WAS AMONG THE 20 LUCKY WINNER



NEW BOUNDS FROM FACEBOOK PROMOTIONAL ONLINE LOTTERY!
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CEO

CONGRATULATION YOUR NAME WAS AMONG THE 20 LUCKY WINNER

We are pleased to inform you of the result that just concluded concerning the annual Final draws held on the (14 of January 2014) by FACEBOOK in cash Promotion to encourage the usage of FACEBOOK GROUP world wide, your Name was among the 20 Lucky winners who won $1,000,000.00USD (One Million united state dollars) each on the FACEBOOK GROUP promotion Award Attached to ticket number (0877600545189) and Ref No (551256002244) Serial Number (3451907).

The online draws was Conducted by a random selection of name, you where picked by an Advanced automated random computer search from the FACEBOOK in other To claim your $1,000,000.00 USD the lottery program which is a new innovation by FACEBOOK GROUP, 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.

You are required to contact our dispatch dept via email... Mr Kelvin Goodluck (facebookagent1@lotterywin.org)

With more information below in order for us to complete your winning certificate and for further information regarding the disbursement of your lottery win.

FULL NAME:
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS:
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
MARITAL STATUS AND AGE:
NATIONALITY / COUNTRY:
YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS:

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants and Scam artists All participants 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 assured that this is real and legal. And there is Some Scam artists around...Thanks to the FBI CYBERUNIT (jamesbcomey@cyberservices.com) 216 of them have been arrested..so you can foward scam suspicious e-mail to the FBI for further instruction and advise.

FROM THE FACEBOOK PROMO COMPANY 2014.WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE JUST START THE PROMO AND IF YOU RECEIVE ANY MAIL APART FROM OURS NOTE THAT IT IS A SCAM…AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE FBI ARE IN CHARGE OF THIS PROMO.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN FACEBOOK COMPANY!

MARK ZUCKERBERG
CEO FACEBOOK GROUP PROMOTION.
FACEBOOK PROMO © 2014

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