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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: "Dear Facebook User" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <facebookclaimss@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 18:05:43 +0800
Subject: Attention: Facebook User

Facebook, Inc.
471 Emerson St. Palo Alto,
CA 94301-1605
United States.

Attention: Facebook User,

Thank you for your using "facebook.com"

We are oblige to congratulate and notify you that your Face-Book Profile
was used by you or someone else to register an Account with Facebook and has
emerged you as one of the Luck Winners in Category "A" which subsequently
won you $950,000.00 US Dollars. Your fund has been insured and its ready for
the immediate release to you without hitches. Details of your Winning are:

Winning #: FB392-US7720
Batach #: 0024892JT
Serial #: DT119027834SZ

Our Payment Administrator will help processing and releasing to you the
sum of US$950,000.00 (Nine Hundered and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars)
to enable you boost your business, stabilize your region, help the vulnerable
and less-privileged around you, and help stop the spread of Covid-19.

We thank you, and congratulations from facebook Relief
International Post-Pandemic Economic Relief Fund!

email: mrskatherinemoller@gmail.com
Mrs. Katherine Moller
Online Coordinator

Regards,

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg
CEO/President of Facebook
Facebook Inc ©2022

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