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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 INC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Consultfacebookinc@126.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 03:18:09 -0700
Subject: Promotional Lottery program

FACEBOOK INC
1601 WILLOW ROAD MENLO PARK, CA 94025
www.facebook.com
infoconsult.facebookincs@gmail.com

Dear Facebook users:

This is to inform you that your Facebook account has won a $ 1,000,000 (One Million United States Dollars) prize money for the 2019 Facebook promotion.
We congratulate you on being one of the chosen people.

You are therefore advised to send the following information to the management of FACEBOOK INC to process your claim [infoconsult.facebookincs@gmail.com]


1. Full name .............
2. Country ..............
3. Contact address ........
4. Phone number .....
5. Marital status ........
6. Profession .............
7. Company ...............
8. Age .....................

Congratulations!! Again.


For security reasons, we recommend all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid duplicate claims and unauthorized use of this program by non-participants or unofficial staff.

Send information to the official processing application address
{Infoconsult.facebookincs@gmail.com]

Presidential Office
CEO of Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg
infoconsult.facebookincs@gmail.com

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