419 scam: "Facebook Lottery Jackpot"<sterlingsihi@easynet.fr> Facebook Lottery Jackpot Promotional award h

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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 us 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)
- "headquater" (this email uses bad English)
- "united state of america" (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.
- imfoffice2021@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Facebook Lottery Jackpot" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fisherm052@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 14:50:47 -0800
Subject: Facebook Lottery Jackpot Promotional award h

FACEBOOK HEADQUATER
1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park,
CA 94025, United States

Facebook wishes to congratulate you on your success as the Winner of 02/25/2021 draw Selection ticket in this year’s award to mark our 10th
year anniversary. The late notice was due to a mix up of mobile numbers/ Email Address, and your Email Address was randomly selected
as a star winner.

This prize comes with a sum of $5.000,000.00 USD (Five Million US Dollars ),Facebook Lottery Jackpot, in the ongoing award in which
you were picked randomly by software powered by network worldwide.

You were amongst those chosen this month for the Facebook Lottery Jackpot Promotional award. This promotion is proudly sponsored by
Facebook Lottery Jackpot and other top organizations. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our Computerized
Selection System (C.M.S.S.) from a database of over a million from the world wide networks. You were randomly selected as the star prize
winner amongst other consolation prize winners.

This is Your serial number BLN/77541082/18, and consequently won the award in “A” category. You are therefore been approved for a lump sum
pay out of $5.000,000.00 USD

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our United State of America Booklet representative office in the USA as
indicated. Your winnings will be released to you by our accredited office in the USA We will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your winning funds as soon as you fill the form below.

FILL AND RETURN THE BELOW TO CONFIRM DELIVERY OF YOUR PRIZE
Your Full Name:
Delivery Address:
Age:
Sex:
Occupation:
Mobile / Cell Number:
Country of Residence:
Nationality:

To file for your claim, kindly fill the details above by email,
stating your receipt of this notification. This office has been
mandated to offer you assistance and facilitate the urgent delivery of
your prizes.

Name: Mr Author Miller
E-mail: imfoffice2021@gmail.com

Thanks for being part of this award program. We wish you the best of
luck as you spend your good fortune.

Best Regards
Tienie Louw

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