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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Facebook" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <david.wehner@fb-groups.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 22:34:08 +0100
Subject: We notify you of your prize from Facebook

Hello, I am pleased to notify you that you have won $5,000,000 (Five million dollars) star prize from the just ongoing Facebook midyear promotion. The Facebook company is promoting its network services and giving out Financial prizes to their loyal subscribers for their good patronage and helping to make Facebook one of the best social network around the world today.The Facebook is also using the opportunity to enjoin other subscribers to sign up for a free account on Facebook a free Facebook account for a chance to win a prize in the subsequent promotion. This promotion was based on using Facebook email addresses where your Facebook email was picked as the winner of the prize from millions of other emails drawn into the contest. Outside your winning the $5,000,000 as the star prize, there are also the 2nd and third runners up who won $3,000,000 and $1,000,000 respectively. This promotion is regularly held online without prior notice to the Facebook users but the winners will be notified after being selected for the prize. The motive of giving out the prize is to support Facebook users financially and to also encourage them to be good follows of Facebook. The accolades and support we have received from Facebook followers from these 12 years of Facebook existence cannot be over emphasized .So the Facebook Company is primarily giving back to the people what they have given to us for their support and encouragement through all this years of our service to humanity. We cannot say 'THANK YOU" enough You will be receiving your prize money from the Facebook Chief Financial officer, Mr David Wehner.To receive the money, you are required to confirm your personal data including full names,country,address,age,sex,occupation and telephone number to Mr David Wehner for accreditation and fund release process. Kindly send the above requested information to Mr David Wehner via email at david.wehner@fb-groups.com Please be guaranteed that your data is safe and secured with Facebook as the Facebook already have it in our data base but only needed this confirmation from you so as to ascertain that you are the real beneficiary and winner of the prize to avoid double claims, Mr David Wehner after due receipt and clarification of your information will inform you of the necessarily steps to remitting the fund to you. Thank you for being a part of Facebook family and congratulations once again on your winning. Sincerely , Shearil Sandberg Chief Operating Officer Facebook Inc,U.S.A Facebook Groups © 2018

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