419 scam: "Doris Coleman"<info@devilsglen.ie> Facebook Loyalty Reward

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- acf.investmentbank@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Doris Coleman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <acf.investmentbank@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 17:51:19 +0100
Subject: Facebook Loyalty Reward

Dear Facebook Reward Beneficiary,

Facebook incorporated was founded in 2004 and this year makes it 13 years of existance and delivering services to its users all over the world.
Your E-mail account was selected among Fifty Thousand (50,000 Facebook Accounts/Emails) for this year's annual FACEBOOK PROMO.
FACEBOOK has Rewarded you as a patron and a long lasting Facebook loyalist a cash prize of $685,000.00 USD (Six Hundred And Eighty-Five Thousand United States Dollars only). Ticket were not sold as we celebrate our 13th year anniversary and reward our loyalist who have made Facebook a better web page.

To claim your Loyalty Reward contact our Payout representative; MR. JEROME B. ATKINS

MR. JEROME B. ATKINS (Principal Partner)
ACF INVESTMENT BANK.
2nd Floor, Moray House
23-31 Great Titchfield Street
London W1W 7PA UK.
E-mail: acf.investmentbank@gmail.com

Once again, we the staff of Facebook Inc., say congratulations.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Doris Colemann
(Regional Co-ordinator)

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam