419 scam: "Facebook Lottery" <payment@mail.com> Notification

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- settlementcenter@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Facebook Lottery" <payment@mail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: settlementcenter111@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 20:43:45 +0000
Subject: Notification

Message body
FACEBOOK SOCIAL NETWORKING CUSTOMERS AND USERS AWARD 2016
Attention. RefCV2016FB38,
This is to inform you that your name was luckily selected among the 17 lucky winners who won the sum of $700,000.00 on the Facebook online lottery international draw, for the month of March 2016 Prize Promotion which was organized by Facebook. Your Facebook Account was selected as an alternative Account which attached to the REFERENCE NUMBER: CV2016FB38 with BATCH NUMBER: FBW /UNICEF/43658 which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd Category. Your Check of $700,000.00 (Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars) have been approved in cash credited to file Nº: FBNIS/2016. Facebook collects all the Users account of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Web Worldwide, Facebook select Users from Europe, Australia, Asia, Africa and America as part of our International Promotion Programs which we conduct once every year. 17 people are selected this month to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners. Payment of prize Winning shall be paid in accordance with Your Settlement Center. Facebook Prize Award must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification. Any Prize not claimed within this period will be send to the UNICEF as unclaimed. Furthermore the beneficiary is responsible for its remittance charges to his or her country .
we ask you to keep this Award top secret from public notice until you receive your money remitted in your Bank account as this is part of our security Protocol to avoid double Claim.To begin your claims please contact the European settlement center payment Department Mr Desmond Hellmann Foreign Services Manager for processing and remittance of your money to a designated account of your choice.
Stated below are your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER: FBW /UNICEF/43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: CV2016FB38
Contact: Mr Desmond Hellmann .
E-Mail: settlementcenter@gmail.com
Tel/Fax : +34602431946
You are advised to send the following information to payment department to facilitate the release of your winning prize.
1.Full Names: 2.Country: 3. Contact Address: 4.Telephone Number: 5.Fax Number: 7.Occupation: 8.Date of birth:
WARNING!! Do not reply Direct to Facebook Account for security purpose reply to the payment department in your settlement Center, kindly send your Name and home address to your agent mail box and Contact him immediately to send your money. We shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned. Congratulations once again from all Members of our Department Yours in service.Facebook- Copyright © 2016 Facebook! All rights reserved. IP Policy | Terms of Service | Guide to Online Security.

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