419 scam: "Frank Green"<syozo@tka.att.ne.jp> YOUR EMAIL ID HAS WON

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- "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)
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.
- fbkolffice@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Frank Green" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fbkolffice@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 19:33:10 -0000
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ID HAS WON

Good day Beneficiary,

In light of the this wonderful season of Christmas and the forthcoming New year, I would like to congratulate you for this wonderful Lottery granted to you. I am one of the representatives of the Ongoing Facebook Lottery Promotions Team and I am here to pass a message across to you. Facebook is aimed at saying A BIG THANK YOU to all it's Online Users for making Facebook their number one means to Connect, Communicate, Relate and Hookup with their Families, Love Ones and Friends over the years. You might be wondering that you didn't enter for a lottery, Yes, but a draw was held today on frequent users/ Friends of Facebook Users and you are fortunate to be among the lucky ones chosen.

I am Delighted to Inform you that you have been selected and you are among the 50 Lucky winners in the Ongoing Facebook Chritmas Lottery promotions and you are yet to claim your winnings. You have won a lump sum of $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) alongside other winners and I will like to know if you are ready to claim your winnings. If yes, you are to provide some information about yourself before we go further so that we can verify and process your winnings with no delay, below are the information we need you to provide to further process your winnings, send all information to the claims agent direct email address via:

Agent Name: Frank Green
Agent Email: fbkolffice@gmail.com

FULL NAMES:
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS:
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
MARITAL STATUS AND AGE :

Regards,

For Facebook Lottery Promotions Team 2019.

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