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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <facebook0cj@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 20:11:04 +0200
Subject: *YOU HAVE WON THE FACEBOOK LOTTERY*

*CONGRATULATIONS! !
 
Welcome to the official site of the FACEBOOK® Seasons
Promotions.FACEBOOK LOTTERY PROMOTION !!!
The Online Consumer Promotions 2015.
European Region Office:
10B Widemarsh Street
Hereford Square,
London HP1 8HFD,
England.
http://www.facebook.com
 
BATCH NUMBER: FB/8056490902.
REF NUMBER: FB/UK/2014.
 
CONGRATULATIONS! !
 
AWARD NOTIFICATION.
 
(After reading this mail, reply to: cfo_mr.davidwehner@yahoo.co.uk).
 
We happily announce to you the official draw of the FACEBOOK® Lottery
Promotions for the year 2015, at our Lottery Draw Headquarters in
London United Kingdom organized by FACEBOOK®. This is to inform you
that you have won a prize money of GBP.£950.000.00 (Nine Hundred and
Fifty thousand British Pounds Sterling).
 
FACEBOOK® Promo Inc arranged and gathered some of the E-mail addresses
of the people that are active online, among the millions that
subscribed to all E-mail Providers most especially Yahoo, Gmail,
Gawabmail, AOLMAIL, Hotmail and many other E-mail domain, we only
selected Twenty (20) candidates per-annually as winners through
Electronic Balloting System(EBS) without the candidate applying, we
congratulate you for being one of our lucky winners. Our winners
includes both subscribers and non subscribers FACEBOOK®.
 
FACEBOOK® organized this lottery in appreciation to encourage people
to use there services. You will receive the amount you won,
GBP.£950.000.00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty thousand British Pounds
Sterling) You will definitely receive your money from our paying bank,
without any problem.
 
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIMS:
 
Your Approval File was sent to London United Kingdom due to we have 3
lucky winners in London, so that you can be cleared and paid
simultaneously there. You are to contact our London Location Claim
Office through the FaceBook Chief Financial Officer Mr.David Wehner on
or before your date of Claim, so that he will direct you on how you
will receive your won money in London.
 
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE;
 
Simply contact the FaceBook Chief Financial Officer (Mr.David Wehner)
through the Customer Service Information Headquarters (C.S.I.H
Department),he will direct you on the bank that will pay you your won
fund in our regional head office in London  United Kingdom, after all
necessary clarification.
Mr.David Wehner.
E-mail: cfo_mr.davidwehner@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +447024033752.
 
YOUR WINNING INFORMATION'S ARE;
 
These are your identification numbers:
Ticket Number: 00545 188 564756.
Prize Number: #77801209/N.
Winning Number: FB/575061725.
Serial Number 5368/02.
Lucky Numbers: 17 98 09 67 46.
 
IMPORTANT NOTICE;
 
Send these following information to the C.S.I.H Department immediately
for further procession.
 
1). Full Name: ............................
2). Telephone Number:......................
3). Contact Address:.......................
4). Date of birth :........................
5). Age:...................................
6). Occupation:............................
7). Sex:...................................
8). Marital Status:........................
9). Country of Origin:.....................
10). Winning Number:.......................
11). Serial number:........................
12). Lucky numbers:........................
 
KEEP THIS WINNING PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL YOU RECEIVE YOUR
PRIZE MONEY. NOTE THAT NOBODY OR EVEN THE APPOINTED BANK HAS THE RIGHT
TO TOUCH, DEDUCT OR GET ACCESS TO YOUR PRIZE MONEY FOR ANY REASON THEY
HAVE BEEN WARNED STRICTLY!
 
The total amount of money you will receive from FACEBOOK® is
GBP.£950.000.00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty thousand British Pounds
Sterling).
 
For security reasons, we advise 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.
 
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Yours in service,
Prof.Adam Isserlis.
 
If you have questions or wish to claim your prize money kindly contact
Mr.David Wehner At...., cfo_mr.davidwehner@yahoo.co.uk; see the
instructions at the body of this message.
 
Copyright © 2015 FACEBOOK® Promotions!!!

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