419 scam: "Facebook Admin" <facebook.lotterry@facebook.lotterry.com> From Facebook Congratulation To You . !! Your Winning Prize.

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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:
- "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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: "Facebook Admin" <facebook.lotterry@facebook.lotterry.com>
Reply-To: jeff.roberts@foxmail.com
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 19:42:02 +0100
Subject: From Facebook Congratulation To You . !! Your Winning Prize.

- This mail is in HTML. Some elements may be ommited in plain text. -

Facebook
FACEBOOK ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD.
CATEGORY:4th
The Entire Facebook team are very happy to inform you that your name appear on the FACEBOOK ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY and we are giving out the total sum of US$500,000.00 which is what you have just won.
The promo was conducted by the FaceBook officials in order to SAY A BIG THANK YOU to all our users for making the FB social networking their ways of sending
and receiving messages from their friends and family all over the world...
Your name was selected by Automatic Random Machine, which your user name show up on number 4th from the 20 lucky listed names.we sent you this message to
inform you about your winning prize to know if you are ready to Claim your winning prize?
Facebook is the first and ever largest means of meeting both old and new friends.
Kindly reply back to us with this details as listed bellow for instroctions on how you get your winning prize of $500,000.00
Full Name:
Residential Address:
Private Mobile Number:
Age:
Occupation:
Marital Status:
Sex:
City:
State:
Country:
Zip/Postal Code:
As soon as we get your email with all the information stated above we will tell you on what next to do as regards the claiming and receiving of your winnings
of US$500,000.00.
Thank you and More Congratulations.
Agent Name: Jeff Roberts for CDAA
Get some Zero paid Gear FBI SCAM PROTECTED
Note: For security reasons and due to the mix-up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this notification strictly from public notice until your
claim has been processed and your money remitted. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by non-participants of this program. "BE WARNED"
This message was sent to
You.
If you don't want to receive these emails from Facebook in the future, please
unsubscribe
..Facebook, Inc., Attention: Community Support, Menlo Park, CA 94025

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