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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 Lotto Claims Dept" <google-lotto@googlemail.com>
Reply-To: google-lotto@one.co.il
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:25:52 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Your Winning Security No: GUK/877/798/2012

Google Incorporated.
Google UK Ltd
Belgrave House
76 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 9TQ
United Kingdom.

Winning No: GUK/877/798/2012
Ticket No: GUK/699/33/2012
Notification Date: 17/01/2012

GOOGLE ANNIVERSARY WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We wish to congratulate you once again on this note, for being part of our
winners selected this year. This promotion was set-up to encourage the
active users of the Google search engine and the Google ancillary
services.

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses
from an exclusive list of E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate
bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the
internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were
assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. The
selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over
250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by
the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery is
the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

Hence we do believe with your winning prize, you will continue to be
active and patronage to the Google search engine. Google is now the
biggest search engine worldwide and in an effort to make sure that it
remains the most widely used search engine, we ran an online e-mail beta
test which your email address won Ј950,000.00 {Nine Hundred And
Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling} A winning cheque will be
issued in your name by Google Promotion Award Team.

Please you are advised to complete the form below and send it immediately
to our Claims Administrator through email or fax for prompt collection of
your winning fund.


The Claims Administrator Google Promotion Award Team.
Mr. Mr Roland Wailers
Google Promotion Award Team
Email: google-lotto@one.co.il OR rolandwillers.gpuk@gmail.com
Phone: +447010054738

You are advised to contact your Claims Administrator with the following
details to avoid unnecessary delay and complications:

PAYMENT PROCESSING DETAILS/FORM.
(1) Your complete contact address:
(2) Your Tel/Mobile numbers:
(3) Your Nationality/Country:
(4) Your Full Name:
(5) Occupation/Company:
(6) Age/Gender:
(7) Have you ever won an online lottery?
(8) What is your comment on Google Product and services?
(9) Alternative email account if any:

So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings
strictly confidential until you claim your prize.

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


Sincerely,
Dr. Leslie Spears.
Google Promotion Award Notification Dept.


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