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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 11th Anniversary Presentation Centre <paner@anet.net.tw>
Reply-To: inqecom87@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:02:45 +0000
Subject: Re: Your email address has been selected .

Google 11th Anniversary Presentation Centre,
Africa branch office.=20
Lagos, 25530. Nigeria.=20

REF: CONGRATULATIONS !!! DEAR LUCKY WINNER !

Your email address has been selected as one of the lucky winners in t=
he second batch of the on going Google 11 Anniversary Award as organi=
zed by Google Asia branch office in Bangkok, Thailand. Therefore, you=
have been awarded the sum of Five Hundred Thousand United states Dol=
lars ($500,000.00USD) only.

Note: Lucky winners do not have to purchase a ticket to participate i=
n this lottery program, all email was selected from the Canada, Austr=
alia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions. E=
mail account holders who receive this notification are hereby advised=
not to neglect this alert, because this is their chance to be part o=
f the favor.

This promotion was set-up to encourage the active usage of the Intern=
et Google Chrome=AE. Hence we do believe that with your winning prize=
, you will continue to be active and patronage to the Internet Google=
Chrome=AE.

Your winnings can be access by the issuement of an Atm card.

Award Reference code:GOOGLE568A009
File number:G245
Atm Code : ATM822

To claim your winning prize kindly contact Llodys Bank Africa which h=
as been mandated to give you cash outs with below details ASAP:=20
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Mr Charles Brown
inqecom87@gmail.com
Telephone: +2348073690610
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VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM. (ASAP)
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(1) Your Full Names:=20
(2) Your Tel/Mobile Number:
(3) Your Nationality:
(4) Current Country:
(5) Your contact Address:
(6) Occupation:=20

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Once again: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Regards,=20
Google Management.=20
Africa, Branch,
Nigeria,Africa.


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