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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 =?iso-8859-1?b?SU5DT1JQT1JBVElPTq4=?= <awards@google.co.uk>
Reply-To: dr.obriengibbs@britpost.com
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 08:07:43 -0300
Subject: VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM.



Google Incorporation=AE.
Belgrave House,
76 Buckingham Palace Road,
London SW1W 9TQ,
UnitedKingdom.

Notification Date:2/10/2010.

Itis obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but pleas=
e find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in=
the following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic onli=
ne Sweepstakes organized by the Google Incorporation in conjunction with th=
e foundation for the promotion of software products, (F.P.S.) held on the 29=
th of September 2010, in United kingdom. Wherein your email address emerged =
as one of the online Winning emails in the 2nd category and therefore attrac=
ted a cash award of =A3850,000.00 {Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great Br=
itish Pounds Sterling}

We wish to formally announceto you that you have successfully passed the req=
uirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactor=
y report test conducted for all our online winners. A winning cheque will be=
issued in your name by the Google Promotion Award Team, you have therefore =
won the entire sum of =A3850,000.00 {Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great =
British Pounds Sterling} and also a certificate of prize claims will be sent=
along side your winning cheque.

Award winning details
Security Code Number:GUK/3554749405GK
Ticket No: GUK/1008272745GK
Winning Number: GUK/99334353734GK

Please note thatinformation's required from you are part of our precautionar=
y measure adopted to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this pro=
gram. To claim your won prize, please contact our Foreign Transfer Manager D=
r Obrien Gibbs neatly filling the verification and funds release form below.

_VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM._
(1) Name:
(2) Address:
(3) MaritalStatus:
(4) Age:
(5) Sex:
(6) Nationality:
(7)Country of Residence:
(8) Occupation:
(9) Telephone Number:
(10)Fax Number:
(11)Your award wining details:

You are advised to contact your Foreign Transfer Manager Dr ObrienGibbs with=
his private email details below to avoid unnecessary delay and complication=
s:

**********************************************
FOREIGN TRANSFERMANAGER.
DR OBRIEN GIBBS=20
GOOGLE SECURITY DEPARTMENT.
E-MAIL: dr.obriengibbs@representative.com
CALL: +447035961922 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +447035961922 end_=
of_the_skype_highlighting
*************************************************

The GooglePromotion Award Team has discovered a huge number of double claims=
due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties about th=
eir winnings and also sharing their identification numbers. As a result of t=
his, these friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. T=
he Google promotion award committee has reached a decision from the headquar=
ters at the United Kingdom that any double claim discovered by the Lottery B=
oard will result to the disqualification of the winners lottery. So you are =
hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidentia=
l until you claim your prize.

Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the Google interactive Lottery =
Board Commission.

Yours Sincerely,
MattBrittin
Google Director.
London,
United Kingdom

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