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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 ONLINE PROMO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <onlinefacebook.lottclaimsdept@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 10:35:51 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

FROM: FACEBOOK ONLINE PROMO
THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR,
LOTTERY DEPARTMENT,
PROMO UNIT, FACEBOOK INC.

Dear Facebook User,

Inline with our aim to say A BIG THANK YOU to our Online Users for making Facebook their number one means to Connect, Communicate, Relate and Hookup with their Families, Love Ones and Friends over the years, I wish to sincerely congratulate you, because your Facebook Account won the online draw conducted by a random selection of email in an Advanced Automated Random Computer search.

The DRAW which was held on the (17th OF DECEMBER 2018) by Facebook Inc. selected your Facebook Account attached to Ticket Number (E4AF3748-2015) among the 35 Lucky Winners who won US$500,000.00 ( Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) each.

Kindly contact the Lottery Department via email (onlinefacebook.lottclaimsdept@gmail.com) for further instructions as regards fund claim. Also signify your interest by providing the following information:

FULL NAME:

PHONE NUMBER:

CONTACT ADDRESS:

AGE:

MARITAL STATUS:

OCCUPATION:

STATE:

Congratulations!

Yours Faithfully,
Howard Lincoln
Secretary, Promo Coordinator.
FACEBOOK INC. © 2018.

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