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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:
- "million us 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)
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 Promotions Teams" <tk.sreejii@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info111mail@gmail.com
Date: 14 May 2017 10:20:01 +0800
Subject: Facebook Promotion..

Facebook Week Draw Lotto
Ref: 990078567
Batch: 9056490602/333
Winning no: FB8701/LPRC
ticket number: 987061725 07056490902
serial number: 7541137207

CONGRATULATIONS.

This is to inform you once again that You have won the sum of $2,
000,000:00 OUR 2017 SWEEPSTAKES (Facebook Inc). This is a New
year bonus to promote our users worldwide through this online
lottery, Which is fully based on an electronic selection.

We hereby approve you a lump sum of $2,000,000:00 (Two Million US
Dollars) in Cash Credit File- ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash
prize for eight lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system
drawn in Nine hundred thousand E-mail address on Facebook website
from the listed continents/countries: Canada, Australia,United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East and Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted annually..

This Lotto was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to
the citizens in the Aspect that impacts peoples lifestyle
worldwide.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our
European representative office in Amsterdam, Holland, as
indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US $ 2,000,000
will be released to you from this regional branch office in
England.

Please quote your reference,batch and winning number as well as
your full name, address and telephone number to help locate your
file easily.

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. Keep it secret. Keep it
safe.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-
participant or unofficial personnel.

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before the end of this
program; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and
eventually donated to charity organizations.

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL
RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

Once again, Congratulations on your winnings.

Yours faithfully,
Mark .Z. Larry
Online coordinator for Facebook
Online lottery

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