419 scam: "FACEBOOK"<customerservice@facebook.com> YOU WON SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "consultcentre@w.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +448713132001 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "FACEBOOK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <consultcentre@w.cn>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 02:24:54 +1200
Subject: YOU WON SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS

FACEBOOK EMAIL LOTTERY PROMO
FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD.
REG NO: GLNL/009842/04.
REF. NO. GLNL/107654/04
May 3rd, 2011 @ 1:57am
http://www.facebook.com
http://www.facebookonlinepromotions.webs.com/

Are you the owner of this Emailaddress or do you have authorized access to it in the absence of the owner? If yes! then you have every reason to rejoice as we are pleased to inform you of the announcement made in the FACEBOOK PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM. All Emailaddresses were RANDOMLY drawn from a collation of database from all over the world from Africa, Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted BIA-annually.

Your Emailaddress was attached to ticket number 006-130877 with ballot number NL46560 which drew the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You are among the 10 lucky winners of the 2011 FACEBOOK INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM. Your Email has won £600,000.00 (Six Hundred thousand Great Britain Pounds) and a Facebook annual magazine in the concluded draw held today. Read more on the Facebook homepage...

For your Prize Claiming, Contact your Claim department with the Informations below:

Full Name: Mr. John Edward
Contact: consultcentre@w.cn
Telephone #: +448713132001

You are required to detail him with your informations below:

* TICKET NUMBER: 006-130877
* BALLOT NUMBER: NL46560
* FULL NAME:
* ADDRESS:
* AGE:
* CITY:
* STATE:
* ZIP CODE:
* DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:
* OCCUPATION:
* COUNTRY:
* WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT FACEBOOK?:
* CHOOSE A MODE OF PAYMENT BELOW:
OPTION 1. Do you want to visit the payment branch in London?
OPTION 2. Do you want a Bank Draft Delivered to your Home Address?

Note: In our past program, Facebook has discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends, relatives and third parties about their winnings and also sharing their Claim numbers. As a result of this, such friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. So you are hereby strongly advised to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize. Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the interactive Lotteries Board Commission.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to Disqualification. Please Contact the claim department with the informations above.

Regards,
Member&Staff
Straicy Sweeny
2011 Lottery Program
Congratulations once again.
Facebook Profile Lottery Promo

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