419 scam: "Mr.Marc Andreessen"<info@pastor.net> Confirmation Letter

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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)
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.
- +447011148163 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- facebookreport12@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Marc Andreessen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <facebookreport12@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 15:01:07 -0700
Subject: Confirmation Letter

FACEBOOK LOTTERY PROMOTION !!!
(Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg)
European Region Office:
10B Widemarsh Street
Hereford Square,
London HP1 8HFD,
England.

We happily announce to you the draw of the Facebook Lottery Promotions
for the year 2012, at our Lotto Draw Headquarters London, United
Kingdom organized by Facebook on which your E-mail address has emerge
as one of the newly introduced Digital Lottery Programme winner which
involves the use of email addresses. Facebook Lottery is held every
9th, 19th, and 29th of every month. Your e-mail address won
$5,000,000.00 in the 2nd category and in this category (5) E-mail
address came out as winners and your E-mail is one of them.

YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION:
Ticket number: 00545 188 564756,
Prize #77801209/N,
WINNING NUMBER: FB/575061725.
Serial number 5368/02
Lucky numbers: 17 98 09 67 46

You have been approved to claim a total sum of $5,000,000.00 (Five
Million United States Dollars).
This is from a total cash prize of $25,000,000.00 (Twenty Five Million
United States Dollars) shared amongst the (5) lucky winners in every
category.

Prize Claim Inquiries:
Fill in this space below and send it to (C.S.I.H Department)
immediately to facilitate your claims as our beneficiary:

FULL NAME:,,,,,,,,,,
HOME ADDRESS,,,,,,,,,,
RESIDENTIAL,,,,,,,,,,,,
NATIONALITY:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
OCCUPATION :,,,,,,,,,
TELEPHONE :,,,,,,,,,
RELIGION :,,,,,,,,,,,
EMAIL :,,,,,,,,,,,
AGE :,,,,,,,,,,,,
SEX :,,,,,,,,,,

Note: Any prize not claimed within this period (21 days) from now will
be forfeited.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public notice until your claims is processed and
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.

If you have questions or wish to claim your prize money kindly contact
(Sir).David Ebersman Chief Financial Officer At....,
E-mails: facebookreport12@gmail.com
Mobile:+44-7011148163

Yours in service,
Mr.Marc Andreessen
Facebook Lottery Facilitator.

Copyright ©2014 Facebook Lottery Promotions!

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