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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "FACEBOOK POST COVID19 LOTTO FOUNDATION !!!" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Contact Claims agent>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 05:38:59 -0800
Subject: FACEBOOK DONATION.. Your E-mail has won for you $ 5 Million USA Dollars !!!===

 
FACEBOOK POST COVID19 LOTTO FOUNDATION !!!
(Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg)
www.faceboo.com
European Region Office:
10B Widemarsh Street
Hereford Square,
London HP1 8HFD
England.
 
We happily announce to you that upon conclusion of the 2021 Facebook Post
Covid 19 bail Lotto Program, your E-mail address has emerge as one of the newly
introduced Digital Lottery Program winner which was conducted via your
registered email on Facebook. at our Lotto Draw Headquarters London,
United Kingdom organized by Facebook Inc on which your E-mail address has
emerge as one of the newly introduced Digital Lottery Program winner which
involves the use of email addresses. Facebook Lottery offer this winning
every year to promote the use of Internet and facebook . Your e-mail address
has won Five Million United States Dollars ( $5,000,000 USD) in the 2nd
category and in this category (50) E-mail address came out as winners and
your E-mail is one of them. Congratulation,
 
FACEBOOK POST COVID19 LOTTO FOUNDATION ,
have WARNED all winner to keep this notification secrete to
avoid cancellation because your Country Government prefer to get the donation
than individual, so do not expose your winning till you get your won amount in you
account.
 
 
List of Facebook Donation:
 
1:http://fortune.com/2015/06/17/zuckerberg-donation-immigrants
 
2:http://www.lifenews.com/2014/02/12/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-donates-
992-2-million-to-charity-funding-planned-parenthood/
 
3:http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/facebooks-donate-button-has-raised
-10-million-nepal-2-days-164436
 
 
YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION:
 
Ticket number: 00545 188 564756,
Prize #77801209/N,
WINNING NUMBER: FB/575061725.
Serial number 5368/02
Lucky numbers: 17 98 09 67 46
 
 
Kindly forward below details for your won amount payment Processing:
 
==================== Chief Financial Officer =============
 
Contact Person: Prof . Jerry Hoffman
Contact E-mail: jerryhoffman701@gmail.com
Phone Number: +44-7031-9868-92
 
=========================================================
(**) Your Full names:
(**) Your Mobile Number:
(**) Your Contact address:
(**) Your Occupation:
(**) Your Country:
(**) Your Age & Sex:
(**) Marital Status:
(**) And your lucky number above:
(**) Won email address:
(**) Have you won online Before ?:
===================================
ATTACHED IS FEW PAST WINNER PAYMENT PROOF
 
Note: Any prize not claimed within this period (7 days) from now will be
forfeited. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this
information confidential from the public notice until your claims is
processed and released to you. This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by
non-participant or unofficial personnel.
 
Yours in service,
Prof.Clifford Watt. Head Of Lottery Organizer.
Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook CEO)
Facebook Lottery Facilitator.
 

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