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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: =?UTF-8?Q?Dr=2E_Kozma_Istv=C3=A1n?= <dr.kozma.istvan@szszbmk.hu>
Reply-To: vfacebookcenter2022@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2023 09:58:41 -0700
Subject: FACEBOOK 2023



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FACEBOOK INC
1601 WILLOW ROAD MENLO PARK, CA 94025
www.facebook.com

Kære Facebook-bruger:

En lodtrækning blev afholdt i sidste uge på Facebook HOVEDKONTOR, og din
Facebook-konto var blandt de 10 heldige konti, der blev udvalgt til at
modtage summen af $920,000.00USD som en del af Facebook INC CUSTOMER
REWARD PROGRAM. Tillykke med at være en af de få (10) udvalgte i dit
land til at modtage dette kundebelønningstilskud på $920,000.00USD.

Du bliver bedt om at opdatere dine oplysninger nedenfor for at begynde
dit krav.

Fulde navne...................
Køn.......................
Land......................
Besættelse...................
Alder..........................
Telefonnummer................. +

Alle oplysninger skal sendes til skrivebordet på Facebooks kundeadresse
(vfacebookcenter2022@gmail.com)

BEMÆRK: Hvis du får denne besked to gange, betyder det, at du endnu ikke
har afsluttet fonden med banken.

Endnu en gang tillykke, og vi ser frem til at høre fra dig snart.

Formandens kontor
Administrerende direktør for Facebook
Mr Mark Zuckerberg
................................................................................
Dear Facebook User:

A raffle draw was held last week at FACEBOOK HEAD OFFICE and your
Facebook account was among the 10 lucky account selected to receive the
sum of $920,000.00USD as part of Facebook INC CUSTOMER REWARD PROGRAM.
Congratulation for been one of the few (10) selected in your Country
to receive this $920,000.00USD Customer Reward Grant.

You are requested to Update your information s below to begin your
claim.

Full Names...................
Gender.......................
Country......................
Occupation...................
Age..........................
Phone number................. +

All information's are to be send to the desk of Facebook Customer
address (vfacebookcenter2022@gmail.com)

NOTE: If you get this message twice, its means you are yet to complete
the fund with the bank.

Once again, congratulations and we look forward to hearing from you
soon.

Office of the President
CEO of Facebook
Mr Mark Zuckerberg


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