419 scam: "Mark Zuckerberg" <endustriyelmutfak@celikay.com.tr> Re: Congratlations

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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:
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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)
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: "Mark Zuckerberg" <endustriyelmutfak@celikay.com.tr>
Reply-To: acholomego@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 02:11:56 -0500
Subject: Re: Congratlations

Murphy Wilberfox March 27 @ 4:15pm Report
Facebook® International Mega-Jackpot
Promotion/Claims Department
300 SOUTH GLENDALE AVENUE
GLENDALE, CA 91205 U.S.A.
******************************************
Winning Number: FB/575061725
Batch No: FB/8056490902
Ref No. FB/AF/2011
*******************************************

Dear Customer,

This is to inform you that your Facebook profile have won prize money of Two Million United States Dollars {$2,000,000.00} in the ongoing Facebook Lottery Jackpot 2016. All Facebook profiles were inputted in a computerized integrated random system from which your profile came out as one of our lucky winners. This Program is sponsored by Facebook as part of our social responsibility and as a mean to say a big thank you to all Facebook user for making us the biggest and safest Social Networking Site which brought our CEO the honor of being named the Times Magazine personality of the year 2010.

For the claim of your winning amount of $2,000,000.00, kindly provide your full details as stated below.

FULL NAME : ..........................................
GENDER : .............................................
AGE : ................................................
ADDRESS : ............................................
CITY : ...............................................
STATE: ...............................................
PHONE NUMBER(S) : ....................................
OCCUPATION: ..........................................
Email.................................................

Note : All winnings MUST be claimed before the end of this program; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organizations.

ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR
Name: Rita Manymore
Email: acholomego@outlook.com

N.B: Please note that winners are chosen all over the world and no matter where you live, your winnings will get to you.

Thanks and best regards,

Mark Zuckerberg
Founder/Facebook.com

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