419 scam: "Mrs Camille Hart"<post@yahoo.com> FACEBOOK LOTTERY PROMOTIONAL.

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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:
- ",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)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
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: "Mrs Camille Hart" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrscamile7@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 22:16:04 -0600
Subject: FACEBOOK LOTTERY PROMOTIONAL.

I am Mrs Camille Hart from Facebook Team Organization Lottery Promo 2016 Based in USA..I am here to inform you about your winnings!!

i'm happy to inform you that your name was selected among the face book lottery promotion winners for year 2014 and you have just won the Sum of $1,000,000,00 U.S Dollars from the concluded Facebook Lottery promotion for October 2016.

Your name was selected on a raffle draw that was held in United State Of America(U.S.A) 27, of september 2016, and the promotion was invented enable all face book users to benefit from the company and to show appreciation to our customers who have been using our site and network to reach out to their love ones.

The Lottery was established to serve as a means of appreciation to our customers and also to help our customers fight off poverty and maintain good standard of living.

Note:You are advised to provide these following information Below,
Full Name:
Occupation:
City:
State:
Country:
Zip/postal Code:
Mobile Number:
Email Address:
Home Address:

Payment options:ATM CARD or BANK TRANSFER ,
Kindly get back the claimimg of your fund.
Thank you.
Mrs, Camille Hart

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