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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: "facebook claim office" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <facebookdept111@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 19:53:56 -0800
Subject: 1 NEW MESSAGE FROM FACEBOOK OFFICE, GET BACK TO US NOW..


My name is Frank Smith from the Facebook headquarters based in the USA, I am a Facebook Online Coordinator, Nice meeting you.

I contacted you because i have some vital information to pass to you concerning your Facebook account.

I am here to pass a vital information to you and before i proceed i will like to know if you have been inform about the on going

Facebook international online promotion going on in the internet 2015 and have you been inform about your winning?

We are sorry for the late announcement of your winning Prize to you.

I am pleased to inform you the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on the 2017 by Facebook group in cash promotion to

encourage the usage of Facebook worldwide.

The promotion going on is to show a sign of appreciation to our valuable Facebook users using Facebook as thier number one choice of

communicating to there family and friends, Your profile was selected among the five(5)lucky winners that was selected randomly for the

promo.

I am delighted to inform you that your name was luckily selected among the Five(5) lucky winners who won the sum of Three Million United

State Dollars ($3,000,000.00)

CONGRATULATION !!!!

Your name was selected by Mr Mark Zuckerberg the CEO of Facebook (Founder & Chief Executive Officer )and the promotion was made to make

all facebook users benefit from the gain of the Company, The company (facebook) is the first and ever largest means of meeting both old

and new friends.


NOTE: I want you to know that this Facebook Promotion is not a Joke and we also want you to know that this Promotion is 100% Real and

Legit and the FBI and the HOMELAND SECURITY is fully aware of it, So there is nothing to be worried or scared about..Is that understood?


You are fill the information below:

Home Addres:
Mobile Number:
Occupation:
Age:
Martial Status:
A pics of Your Driver's License:

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants and scam artists

all participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individuals email

addresses from all over the world.


NOTE: YOU ARE ADVISED TO KEEP THE NEWS OF YOUR WINNING PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL DO NOT TELL ANY INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP OF PEOPLE ABOUT YOUR

WINNING DUE TO SECURITY REASONS THAT IS SOMEONE ELSE COMING BEHIND YOU TO CLAIM THE WINNINGS AND IT IS AGAINST THE LAW AND POLICY GUIDING

THIS WINNING SO ADHERE TO IT OR VIOLATION OF THIS POLICY WILL RESULT INTO THE CANCELLATION OF YOUR WINNINGS.
I want you to know that i am your claims officer and i am here to take you through the steps on how you will get your winnings.


Kindly E-mail our head office now, so they will instrcut you on what to do to receive your winning prize. We also want you to notify them

that you are ready to claim your winnings. Here is their email address..(facebookdept111@outlook.com)


Best Regards
Facebook Management.

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