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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 10th Anniversary Award <happy_4u132@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ukgoogle_claim@live.com
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:57:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATONS!!!!


 






 Google 10th Anniversary Awards Centre,
                 London W1U 4RY, United Kingdom.
                 Tel:       +447014225788      Fax: +44 870 4956313,
                                                                   


We
are pleased to inform you that your email address has won an Award in
the Google 10 Years Anniversary Awards as organized by Google Inc.,
held on JANUARY 1 ,2010. in London,
United Kingdom. Google Inc. randomly selected 20 email addresses
through a computer ballot system to receive an award of Five Hundred
Thousand Great British Pounds(500,000.00) each as a part of their
for-profit philanthropic wing (GOOGLE.ORG) promotion. Awards MUST be claimed by the email owner ONLY, not later than  4 weeks from the day of notification.

Award Reference code: GOOGLE568A2009
File number: G245

Send your complete personal information with your Award
Ref. and File no. to
us to enable us process your claim
1. Full name: ...............................................
2. Country: ................................................
3. Contact Address: .................................
4. Mobile no/Fax no: ..............................
5. Marital Status: ......................................
6. Occupation: ..........................................
7. Sex: ........................................................
8. Age: .......................................................
9.. Email:.....................................................
10 Amount won……………………..
Director of Operations: Dr. Frank Moore
E-Mail:ukgoogle_claim@live.com
Tel:  +447014225788      
Fax: +44 87049 56313
Please do not reply if you are NOT the owner of this email address.
Congratulations ONCE MORE 
 Sincerely Yours,
Google Management
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
After
10 years of establishment, Google Inc is worth over 23 Billion US
Dollars with over 20,000 workers worldwide making it the best and most
successful online search engine in the world.
 




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