419 scam: "Poul M. Andreas"<baonc@tbnci.com> Dear Facebook User, Sept 9th.

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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 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.
- facebookdirector@programmer.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Poul M. Andreas" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <facebookdirector@programmer.net>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 18:02:10 +0100
Subject: Dear Facebook User, Sept 9th.

Dear Facebook user,

Facebook team would like to inform you, and congratulate you for emerging as our 2015 Facebook Rewards winners. Facebook Rewards program is done every two years. You have been selected at random by Facebook internet draw administrator. The draw administrator is an automated program that selects random Facebook users.

You have been approved to claim a total prize money of US$ 1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars).

See below your winning details:

Your award sum : $ 1,000,000.00 USD (One Million United States Dollars)
Your Batch number: TFB 12329317635197437-Sept / 2015
Your Ref number: 29501870209289 TFB / ES 877

Facebook Rewards program is proudly sponsored by Facebook management. Your prize award will be release to you upon you contact to our Rewards program director on
following e-mail: facebookdirector@programmer.net

You are required to fill out the form below and forward to our Rewards program director :

Your name:
Nationality:
Your current country of residence:
Your Address:
Your age:
Your Phone no:
Occupation:
How long have you been using facebook?:

Name of Facebook rewards program director: Joan Craig Bailey
Series: Cash Drop department.
Position: DIRECTOR, Facebook Rewards program.

Once the information is received in the email above, the program director will contact you with information about how to claim prize money will be relased to you
without any interrogations.

For your safety, you are strongly advised to keep winning information confidential until you have received prize money. Do not give out your
winning information to any third party. This is a precautionary measure to protect yourself and to avoid unwarranted abuse of Facebook rewards program.

Again, we say congratulations from all members and employees of the Facebook Team. Be sure to send feedback or inquiries to (Joan Craig Bailey), at his
email: facebookdirector@programmer.net

Thank you for using Facebook.

Greeting,

P. M Andreas,
Program Coordinator,
Facebook Rewards Program,
2015. All rights reserved.

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