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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: "GOOGLE" <rachael@rock3.net.nz>
Reply-To: gluckawards@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 06:06:30 +1300 (NZDT)
Subject: THE NEW 11TH GOOGLE ANNIVERSARY PRESENTATION




Google 11th Anniversary Awards Centre,
Unit 1, Royds Park, Whitehall Road, Leeds LS12 4TU, United Kingdom

Your email address has being selected as one of the winner of Award of
Five Hundred Thousand Pounds in the Google 11 Years Anniversary Awards as
organized by the Anniversary

Send your complete personal information with your Award Ref. and File no.
to us to enable us process your claim;
Award Reference code: GOOGLE568A2008
File number: G245

1. Full name: 2. Country: 3. Contact Address: 4.Sex: 5. Age: 6.
Occupation: 7. Telephone/Fax no. 8. Email:

Director of People Operations: Mr. Laslo Block

Tel: +44 704 5788 887

Google Management


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