419 scam: <rebacc18@willldd.website.tk> INTERNATIONAL FACEBOOK LOOTTERY 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:

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:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand great british pounds" (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.
- peterbrownclaimagent21@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <rebacc18@willldd.website.tk>
Reply-To: <peterbrownclaimagent21@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:38:08 +0200
Subject: INTERNATIONAL FACEBOOK LOOTTERY AWARD

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are delighted to inform you that your e-mail ID has won prize money of (Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling (Â£500,000.00) for the year 2016. Prize promotion which was organized by FACEBOOK International Lottery Award programs held in South Africa

FACEBOOK International Lottery Award collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, rediffmail.com! And Hotmail gmail.com and few from other registered e-mail providers. Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of selected Winners. Winner shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. FACEBOOK Prize Award must be claimed on later than 15day from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed
within this period will be forfeited.

STATED BELOW ARE YOUR IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS:
TICKET NO: 00545, WINNING NO: FB/575061725, PRIZE NO: 77801204/N, SERIAL NO: 5368/02, LUCKY NO; 17 98 09 67 46.
You are advised to complete the below form and send it to our prize Administrator/Claim Agent MR.PETER BROWN on:
E-MAIL: peterbrownclaimagent21@gmail.com ADMINISTRATOR/CLAIM AGENT

So that he can process and release your fund to you. While asking in the euphoria of this achievement, I wish to seize this opportunity to acquaint you with guidelines as you must follow in order to complete your claims. On our part, we have a mandate to see you through. We will work assiduously to realize this mandate as we respect your views, opinions and most importantly protect your Privacy.

To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the Claim Agent immediately with the below following details to avoid unnecessary delays and complications:

Name:................................................../Address:........................................................................... Sex:...................................../Phone/Number:.................................................. Occupation............................/Ticket Number /winning Number: â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦.. Ageâ€¦â€¦.
/Countryâ€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦..

Pleas ensure to send the reply to this email (peterbrownclaimagent21@gmail.com) to enable us respond to you in time

Call your claim agent on the phone immediately you receive this mail. For security reasons, we advice 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 dual claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Yours Faithfully

Facebook Director
MR.Mark Zuckerberg

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