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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" <info@facebook.org>
Reply-To: cdepartment2019@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 16:08:55 +0000
Subject: Facebook promotion

FACEBOOK INC
1601 WILLOW ROAD MENLO PARK, CA 94025
www.facebook.com
Dear Facebook User:


This is to inform you that your Facebook Account has won a prize money of $1,000,000,00 (One Million United state dollars) for the 2019 Edition Facebook promotion.


You are therefore advised to send the following information to the management of FACEBOOK INC to process your claim
[cdepartment2019@gmail.com]


1. Full name.............
2. Country..............
3. Contact Address........
4. Telephone Number.....
5. Marital Status........
6. Occupation.............
7. Company...............
8. Age.....................


Congratulations!! Once again.


For security reasons, we advice 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 double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.


Office of the President
CEO of Facebook
Mr Mark Zuckerberg

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