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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 Online International Lottery <test@test.com>
Reply-To: Facebook Online International Lottery
<onlinefacebookclaims@winningsdept.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 18:40:57 +0800
Subject: Congratulations Dear Lucky Winner On Facebook Online International Lottery


Facebook Online International Lottery
From: The Desk Of the President.
International Promotions / Prize Award.
Category: 2nd

Greetings to you Dear lucky winner. I am pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on the 22nd of January 2016 by Facebook group in (Cash Promotion/Xmas and New Year Gift) to encourage the usage of Facebook worldwide. Your name was among the 20 lucky winners who won the sum of $950.000.00usd (Nine hundred and Fifty Thousand United State Dollars) each on the Facebook group promotion award attached to Lucky Number (FB-225-7736), Ticket Number (FB-172-60), Batch Number (FB-0281/544) and Serial Number (99352748-2012).
The online draws was conducted by a random selection of emails 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 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 from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every three years. You may be rest assured that this is real and legal. There are some scam artists around but thanks to the FBI, 231 of them have been arrested.

You are required to contact the Head of Disbursement which his information is as follow:

Name: Mr. Wendt Michael Lynn
Email Address: onlinefacebookclaims@winningsdept.org

With information below for the complete processing of your Winning certificate and further information regarding the disbursement of your lottery winnings.
Full Name:
Contact Address:
Mobile Number:
Occupation:
Marital Status:
Sex:
Age:
Country of Residence:
Nationality:
Lucky Number:
Ticket Number:
Batch Number:
Serial Number:
Your Email Address:
Attach Valid I'd Card

Furthermore, if there is any change in email addresses please contact us on time.

Note: if you are not interested please do not bother to reply.

Thanks and more Congratulations! We wish you a Merry Xmas in Advance and a Prosperous New Year ahead!

Regards,
Mr. Christopher Cox

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