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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 PROMO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <seniordepartmentdischarg01@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 06:00:13 -0800
Subject: FACEBOOK ONLINE PROMO

Facebook, Inc.
471 Emerson St. Palo Alto,
CA 94301-1605
United States.

Attention: Facebook User,

Thank you for your using “facebook.com”

We are oblige to congratulate and notify you that your FaceBook account profile has being selected by the ongoing Facebook prize and your account with Facebook Daily Lottery and has emerged you as one of the Luck Winners in Category “A” which subsequently won you One Million United State Dollars. Your Winning lotto has been insured and its ready for immediate release to you without hitches/delay.


Details of your Winning are:
Winning Number: 401/49/8969-US280
Batch Number: 4321/874JT
Serial Number: 99252748-20174US

1.Full Name:
2.Residential Contact Address:
3.Country/Nationality:
4.cell Number:

Kindly contact the Winning department for more information

Email:seniordepartmentdischarg01@gmail.com
Sms: +1 814-281-3599

Regards,
John Owen
Online Claims Manager
Facebook Inc ©2019

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