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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 <kertesz.janos@businesstel.hu>
Reply-To: updateservice.facebook@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:58:57 +0000
Subject: -- www.facebook.com Herzlichen =?UTF-8?Q?Gl=C3=BCckwunsch=2C?=



--
www.facebook.com
Herzlichen Glückwunsch,

Achse Wir feiern unsere 10 Jahre oder Internet Journey und Global
Communication Wir sind rutschig, um Ihnen mitzuteilen, dass Ihre
Facebook-Konto wurden nach dem Zufallsprinzip als Begünstigter in der
2014 Facebook-Konto des Jahres Sieger} {Belohnungen Groß ausgewählt oder
$ 1,000,000.00usd.

Mailen Sie uns die Details unten:
updateservice.facebook@outlook.com

1) Facebook-Benutzername:
2) Vorlage von Land des Wohnsitzes:
3) Betrag: Gewonnen: $ 1.000.000,00 usd
  

Eduardo Saverin
Programm-Koordinator,
Facebook-Rewards-Programm,
+ 1-209-300-9000
www.facebook.com
Alle Rechte vorbehalten 2014.

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