419 scam: =?utf-8?Q?Facebook=20Company?= <facebookinfo84@gmail.com> =?utf-8?Q?CONGRATULATIONS=20TO=20YOU=20FROM=20THE=20FACEBOOK=20COMPANY?=

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million dollars" (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)
- ",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)
- "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!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- facebookinfo84@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?Q?Facebook=20Company?= <facebookinfo84@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 00:48:32 +0000
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?CONGRATULATIONS=20TO=20YOU=20FROM=20THE=20FACEBOOK=20COMPANY?=

FACEBOOK COMPANY 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California, USA, 94025. CONGRATULATIONS FROM FACEBOOK! Facebook the largest Social Networking site valued more than $100 Billion Dollars and also expecting its One Billion Users to come mainly from Mobile devices than desktop Users in 2018, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has decided to boost Users and Companies a WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY by Lottery Program and Initial Public Offer said in a press release. So We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Facebook Promo held on July 1st by Facebook Company in cash Promotion to encourage the usage of Facebook users world wide, your Name and Email was among the 50 Lucky winners who won $5,000,000.00 (Five Million Dollars) each on the Facebook promotion Award Attached to Ticket Number (5647600545189), Ref No (2551256002/244) and Serial Number (55643451907). The online draw was Conducted by a random selection of email you where picked by an Advanced automated random computer search from the Facebook Data base, the lottery program which is a new innovation by Facebook, aimed at saying A BIG THANKS to you all our users for making Facebook your number one Social Networking to hook up with their families and friends all over the World. You also need to know that this information given to you has to be kept confidential, until your winning amount of $5,000,000.00 has been released to you so as to avoid double claims which can lead to disqualification, your winnings will be issued to you by the Facebook Payment Department, what is required from you by the payment department are some details which you will need to send to their email address from which they will begin issuing out your winning certificate and also your winning amount of $5,000,000.00 fill the details below accordingly and send it to the email address of the payment department which is (facebookinfo84@gmail.com) Name: Home Address/Country: Date Of Birth: Cell Number: Occupation: Email Address: These details are to be sent directly to the email address of the Facebook Payment Department which was given to you (facebookinfo84@gmail.com) after they get these details from you, they will begin with the process of issuing out your certificate and also get your winning amount of $5,000,000.00 to you, we the Facebook Company are saying congratulations to you and we also do hope you be among the lucky winners of the Facebook 2019 Promo Matthew Fox Facebook Promo Coordinator

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