419 scam: "FACEBOOK"<test@smtp.tasubinsa.com> IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION FROM FACEBOOK!

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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)
- "united state dollar" (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: "FACEBOOK"<test@smtp.tasubinsa.com>
Reply-To: petersmith3555e@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 23:17:53 +0300
Subject: IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION FROM FACEBOOK!

FACEBOOK ONLINE CASH GRANT PROGRAM 2017.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE C.E.O
MARK ZUCKERBERG.

CONGRATULATIONS FROM FACEBOOK!!!

Facebook the largest Social Networking site valued more than $100 Billion Dollars and also expecting it's One
Billion Users to come mainly from Mobile devices than desktop Users by 2017, Facebook founder Mark
Zuckerberg has decided to empower Individuals and Companies with a WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY by
online cash grant Program for the year 2017.

We are pleased to inform you that your Name and Email has been announced as being among the 50 Lucky
winners who won the sum of $230,000,00 USD (Two Hundred and Thirty Thousand United State Dollars)
each from the ongoing Facebook online cash grant program 2017.

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of accounts and yours was selected by an advanced
automated random computer search from our data base.

The promo program which is a new innovation by Facebook, is aimed at saying a big thank you to all our users
around the globe for making Facebook their number one means to connect, communicate, relate and hook up
with their families and friends over the years.

Ensure to secure this numbers below to enable you make claims of the cash grant that is awarded to you .
Ticket Number (5647600545189), Ref No (2551256002/244) and Serial Number (55643451907).

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your Ticket, Reference and Serial Numbers in all correspondences.

Furthermore, if there is any change in email address please contact us on time for validation.
If you are not interested please do not bother to reply and CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN!

Yours faithfully,
FACEBOOK.
+1(949)3712511
1 Hacker Way,
Menlo Park,
CA 94205.

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