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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: "Jason Hammond" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jasonhammond15@onet.pl>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 06:56:31 +0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

Email:loyaltyrewards2017@gmail.com Facebook Facebook Headquarters 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, 94025,California,USA Dear Facebook Subscriber, BATCH NUMBER: FB/805649223 Thanks for being a great member and for making Facebook great.As you will know,Facebook incorporated was founded in 2004 and this year makes it 13 years of existence and delivering services to its users all over the world. As a mark of its 13 year celebration, the management of Facebook is having a loyalty reward promo to say thank you to its numerous users and friends of users. We are pleased to inform you that you are among the selected subscribers in the Facebook Loyalty Rewards Program for this year. You have won the sum of $1,475,000 (One million, four hundred and seventy five thousand United States Dollars).In appreciation of all our members for remaining with Facebook, we entered every active Facebook member in an electronic draw and picked only fifty thousand members, out of our current 2 billion subcribers and you are among those lucky members. I am Fredrick Duvallier, an auditor and an independent consultant. I have been assigned to verify your identity as well as assist you and other winners in the processing and remittance of your prize funds. I have itemised an identity verification equiry format to this email. This form should be filled and returned as soon as you can so that I can move ahead with processing your winning certificate that will be presented to the bank.please fill the understisted information. BATCH NUMBER: FB/805649223 FULL NAME: HOME ADDRESS RESIDENTIAL NATIONALITY: OCCUPATION : TELEPHONE : RELIGION : EMAIL : AGE : SEX : It is very important that you know that you are not legally bound or obligated to claim your winnings if you do not feel disposed to it. This is because of the fact that some people take the Facebook Loyalty Rewards Program for granted and are not serious when you communicate with them that they have won a prize. As explained in your notification email, LinkedIn active members were entered in a draw and that is how you were picked. It is not that you personally entered into any draw on your own, so the decision to process and claim your prize money is yours. Once again, you are advised to keep this prize from public notice until your prize has been processed and your money remitted to you. Violation of this non-disclosure condition will result in the cancellation of your prize as Faceook is trying to avoid the resultant commotion, double claims and multiple account ownership that may come up when people know that they stand a chance to win something by being an active member of Facebook . More importantly, you would be requested to donate 10% of your prize to a charitable cause in your locality as the loyalty rewards program is also a part of Facebooks’s CSR. This would be a cause that would be determined by you personally. I have been informed that all prize money must be claimed not later than 2 weeks after you were first contacted. After this date your prize will be returned and rerouted to another Facebook member that will be picked in case you fail to beat the deadline. Furthermore, should there be any change in any of the details in your Verification form, do inform me as soon as possible. Please act fast, we have a deadline to beat!please also find below your winning notification information, which you must send with any correspondence to us.please do keep this information very confidential; My personal email address for further communication is loyaltyrewards2017@gmail.com YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION: WINNING NUMBER: FB/575061723. Serial number 5368/026 Lucky numbers: 17 98 09 67 46 BATCH NUMBER: FB/805649223. REF NUMBER: FB/US/MAR/2018 Congratulations once again. Fredrick Duvallier, Principal Partner. Appraiser and Co.ltd

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