419 scam: FACEBOOK AWARD WINNER <facebookawardwinner@accountant.com> FACEBOOK AWARD WINNER

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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 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.
- facebook.award.winner@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: FACEBOOK AWARD WINNER <facebookawardwinner@accountant.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 08:37:58 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: FACEBOOK AWARD WINNER

FACEBOOK SOCIAL NETWORKINGÂ 1601, WILLOW ROAD,Â MENLO PARK CITY,CALIFORNIA, U.S.A
FACEBOOK CUSTOMERS AND USERS AWARD 2014.Â
This is to congratulate you on emerging the 2nd prize winner of $250,000 U.S Dollars & iPhone 6s apple product cell Phone, in our Facebook Users and Customers award for 2014. Your ticket number 50941465206-529, with serial number 5772-54, lucky draw numbers 3-4-17-28-35-44 and consequently won in the 2nd Category
Fill the form immediately for the release of your cash prize from our HQ California. Write your NAME AS IT WILL APPEAR ON THE CHEQUEÂ E-mail To: facebook.award.winner@consultant.com
NAME: ..................................................Â DATE OF BIRTH: .................................Â GENDER: .................................Â OCCUPATION: ...........ADDRESS:..............................Â COUNTRY: ..........................Â TELEPHONE CONTACT: ..............
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in every of your correspondence with your claims agent.REFERENCE NUMBER: LSLUS/2031/8161/14BATCH NUMBER: 14/011/IPD

Regards,
Rebecca Salgado
Regional Director CaliforniaÂ
U.S.A

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