419 scam: "Erskine .B. Bowles"<random@random.org> CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN FROM FACEBOOK!!!!

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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.
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.
- facebookfeedbackunitd@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Erskine .B. Bowles" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <facebookfeedbackunitd@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 10:05:58 -0400
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN FROM FACEBOOK!!!!

Facebook Corporate Office & Headquarters

1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD.

Erskine .B. Bowles

(650) 204-0532

E-mail: facebookfeedbackunitd@hotmail.com

Date: 1/08/2017

CONGRATULATIONS FROM FACEBOOK !!!!!

Facebook is one of the largest Social Networking site which valued more than $100 Billion Dollars and also expecting its One Billion Users to come mainly from Mobile devices than desktop Users by this year 2017, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has decided to boost Users and Companies a WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY by organizing a Lottery Program and Initial Public Offer said in a press release. We are pleased to inform you of the result of the NEW YEAR DRAW held on (1st August 2017 ) by Facebook Company in cash Promotion to encourage the usage of Facebook users world wide, your Name and Email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won Us$750,000.00 USD ( Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand United States Dollars ) each on the Facebook promotion Award Attached to Ticket Number (5647600545189) Ref No (2551256002/244) Serial Number (55643451907) The online draw was Conducted by a random selection of email and you were picked by an Advanced automated random computer sear ch from the Facebook in o

FULL NAME : .....................

FULL CONTACT ADDRESS : .....................

MOBILE PHONE NUMBER : .....................

OCCUPATION : .....................

MARITAL STATUS AND AGE : .....................

NATIONALITY / COUNTRY : .....................

TICKET NUMBER : .....................

REF NUMBER : .....................

SERIAL NUMBER : .....................

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS : .....................

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your Ticket, Reference and Batch Numbers in all correspondences. Furthermore, if there is any change in email address please contact us on time. If you are not interested please do not bother to reply and CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN FROM FACEBOOK!

Thanks,

Erskine Bowles.

Promo Coordinator.

FACEBOOK (c) 2017

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