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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: "Mr Charles Darwin" <contacto@mail.gms.net.ec>
Reply-To: mrcharlesdarwin@inbox.lv
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 14:57:29 +0100
Subject: WINNING NUMBER: FBL1229/USLP


Dear Sir/Madam,

We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of Four Hundred
And Eighty Five Thousand Dollars ($485,000.00) for this month lottery
promotion which is organized by Facebook In corp. Online Company! It is
obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but please
find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in
the following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic
online Sweepstakes organized by America Online Company, in conjunction
with the foundation for the promotion of software products, (F.P.S.) held
this July 2016,in Turkey, where your Facebook address emerged as one of
the online Winning Facebook address in the 2nd category and therefore
attracted a cash award of ?$485,000.00 (Four Hundred And Eighty Five
Thousand Dollars) Our winners are arranged into four categories with
different winning prizes accordingly in each category. They are arranged
in this format below:

CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES:

1st.2 ?$$505,000.00 each
2nd. 8 ?$485,000.00 each
3rd. 13 ?$389,000.00 each
4th. 27 ?$278,000.00 each

BATCH NUMBER: FBL917701116000
WINNING NUMBER: FBL1229/USLP
REF.NUMBER: FBL991327820

To Begin Your Claims, Kindly Contact The Fiduciary Agent For Your Prize
Agent Name: Rev Vincent Agent Email Address: < pvtmailb2@yahoo.co.jp >
Agent Address: Istanbul Turkey.

You Are Required To Forward To Your Agent With The Following Details:
1.FULL NAMES
2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
3.DATE OF BIRTH
4.OCCUPATION
5.CONTACT ADDRESS
6.TELEPHONE NUMBERS
7.TICKET AND LOTTO NUMBER
8.SERIAL NUMBER
9.SEX

Do not reply this email contact our claims agent via his telephone number
and email address
*******************************************************************
The FACE BOOK Online Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored
by our CEO/Chairman,Bill Gates and a consortium of software promotion
companies. The Intel Group,Toshiba, Dell Computers and other International
Companies. The Microsoft internet E-mail draw is held periodically and is
organized to encourage the use of the Internet and promote computer
literacy worldwide.

Note : Keep your winning information very confidential until your winning
money is transferred to you. This is to avoid double claim of fund. Also
make sure you check your email often to ensure a speedy transfer of your
winning money to you. Check both your INBOX, JUNK and SPAM because your
email may be received in either INBOX or JUNK or SPAM because of network
problem. Yours Faithfully, Mr Charles Darwin. Promotion Coordinator
America Online/Facebook International Promo Inc. Sweepstakes International
Program.
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**************** All Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of
confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of the proceedings, and
beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest
level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent
problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this program.
You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other
Organizations or Microsoft Corporation. This is solely to collect your
personal information from you and lay claim over your notification letter
that was sent to you, Kindly forward a copy to us and delete it from your
mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body.
Microsoft shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from
the above mentioned.


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