419 scam: Mr wasley <stanleyleonard01@facebookidagent.com> FACEBOOK ONLINE PROMOTION!!!!!!!

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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:
- "million united state 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- facebookonlineoffice101@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr wasley <stanleyleonard01@facebookidagent.com>
Reply-To: facebookofficeonline101@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 09:29:23 -0700
Subject: FACEBOOK ONLINE PROMOTION!!!!!!!

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FACEBOOK INC
1601 WILLOW ROAD MENLO PARK, CA 94025

facebookonlineoffice101@gmail.com

Dear Facebook/Instagram User:

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws held by Facebook Lottery Group in Cash Promotion to encourage
the usage of Facebook world wide. The online international lotto promo draws
was conducted from an exclusive list of 50,000.00 companies/ corporate
bodies and 30.000.000 individual users email addresses from Europe, North &
South America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East and Africa, were
picked by an "Advanced Automated Random Computer Search Machine" from the
Facebook Platform. This is a millennium scientific computer which was used.
It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging Facebook Users; therefore
you do not need to buy a ticket to enter for it. "NO TICKETS WERE SOLD".

After this automated computer ballot machine searched, your e-mail
address emerged as one of the twelve (12) winners that won the sum of
$1,000,000,00 (One Million United state dollars) each aims to say a
big thank you to all of our users to make Facebook their number one
means to communicate, relate and connect to their friends and families
worldwide and to enjoy the good characteristics of visitors to our
website and also to help people to fight against the general shortage
and maintain a good standard of living.

This is to inform you that your Social Media Account has won a prize money
of
$1,000,000,00 (One Million United state dollars) for the 2020 Edition
Facebook
promotion.

Below are some important numbers attached to your Winnings and you are
advised to write down this numbers on a safe paper and keep it safe because
it will be require in Future;

REFERENCE NUMBER: BGL/006194/240
BATCH NUMBER: B04/N450-28
SERIAL NUMBER : 00903228/06

You are therefore advised to send the following information to the
management
of FACEBOOK INC to process your claim

[ facebookonlineoffice101@gmail.com ]

1. Full name....
2. Country.....
3. Contact Address.....
4. Telephone Number.....
5. Marital Status...
6. Occupation....
7. Age....

Congratulations!! Once again.

For security reasons, we advise all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
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.

Office of the President
CEO of Facebook
Mr Mark Zuckerberg

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