419 scam: facebook_20182018@outlook.com Winning Notification

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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)
- "facebook_20182018@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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_20182018@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 18:31:53 -0700
Subject: Winning Notification

Ticket number (5647600545189) Ref No (2551256002/244) Serial Number (55643451907):

I'm Nick Robertson from Facebook headquarters based in USA menlo park California. I am Agent in charge of Facebook/YAHOO/MSN Power-ball Lottery Promotion which was instituted and authorized by the CEO/ Founder of Facebook Mr Mark Zuckerberg. You have been shortlisted for the worldwide promotion for Disable, Unemployed, Worker's, Retired, Young's & Old's people as well as most developing countries in the Global South. I am delighted to inform you that your name has finally been selected among the 20 Lucky winners who won the sum of $200,000.00USD in the just concluded Facebook Lotto Promo. The Online Draw result was conducted on the 18th of July and the result was announced on the 20th of July.Each winner has been awarded the sum of $200,000.00USD each. The draws were conducted by a random selection of emails picked by an advanced automated random computer search.

Kindly provide this information below in order for us to complete your winning certificate and for further information regarding the disbursement of your Facebook Microsoft Promotion.

FULL NAME:

FULL CONTACT ADDRESS:

MOBILE NUMBER:

OCCUPATION:

MARITAL STATUS AND AGE:

NATIONALITY / COUNTRY:

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS:

Please mention your ticket and reference number while replying and copy your reply to: facebook_20182018@outlook.com

Yours faithfully,
Nick Robertson

NOTE: Be well assured that this Microsoft Promotion is 100% Real and Legitmate and we also want you to know that this Promotion is not a Joke or a scam and it is fully approved by the The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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