419 scam: "FACEBOOK LOTTERY " <lotter_4@postm1.sg.tn> CONGRATULATIONS/FACEBOOK MEMBERSHIP AWARD

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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:

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:
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "johnburges@yandex.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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!

Fraud email example:

From: "FACEBOOK LOTTERY " <lotter_4@postm1.sg.tn>
Reply-To: <johnburges@yandex.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:29:48 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS/FACEBOOK MEMBERSHIP AWARD

MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA UNITED STATE
FACEBOOK ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
FACEBOOK MEMBERSHIP AWARD NO FB-9162/51
BATCH NUMBER: FB-0791/544
SERIAL NUMBER: 99352748-2016

Facebook gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly selected as the one of 5 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us.We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of (seven Hundred United state Dollars (700,000.00) for the month of January 2016. Lottery win promotion which is organized by Mr. Mark Zuckerberg the CEO of Facebook (Founder & amp Chief Executive Officer ). The promotion was set_up to encourage the active users of the facebook search engine and the facebook ancillary services.

Facebook, collects all the mail ID of the people that are online on internet, among the millions that subscribe to Online we only select five people every end of the year as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we are congratulating you for been one of the people selected.All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from United States, Canada, Australia, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our United state representative office in california USA, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of $700,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office in USA. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US $1.3 Billion international draw.

Facebook is the first and ever largest means of meeting both old and new friends.The promo was done to serve as a means of appreciation to visitors on our site and also to help people to fight off poverty and to maintain a good standard of living.

Kindly contact Mr. John Burgess the secretary of the FACEBOOK TEAM and appointed as your claims officer via this email ( johnburges@yandex.com ) immediately with the following information about you below:

Full Name:
Residential Address:
Private Mobile Number:
Age:
Occupation:
Marital Status:
Sex:
City:
State:
Country:
Zip/Postal Code:

Note: For security reasons and due to the mix-up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this notification strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by non-participants of this program. BE WARNED"

SINCERELY,

SANDRA LEE,
Promotion award Notification
Dept.FacebookFanCenter.com

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