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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 Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <claims.george.herbert@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 07:47:48 -0400
Subject: GOOGLE WINNING NOTIFICATION.

Google Incorporation
Belgrave House,
76 Buckingham Palace Road,
London SW1W 9TQ,
United Kingdom
 
GOOGLE WINNING NOTIFICATION.
 
We wish to congratulate you once again on this note, for being part of our lucky winners selected this year. This End of year promotion was set-up to encourage the active use of theGoogle search engineand the Google ancillary services. Hence we do believe with your winning prize, you will continue to be active and patronage to this company. Google is now the world leading search engine worldwide, and in an effort to make sure that it remains the most widely used search engine, an online e-mail balloting was carried out on the 30th of March 2011 without your knowledge, it was officially released today been the 5th Of May 2012. We wish to formally announce to you that your email address was attached to a lump sum of 500,000.00 {Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling's}.
 
We also wish to inform you that you have successfully passed the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications and our satisfactory report test conducted for all our online winners.  Google Promotion Award Team will issue you a certificate of prize claims.
 
These are your award details.
Security Code Number: GUK/4532345G.
Ticket No: GUK/699/33/2011
Winning Number: GUK/877/798/2011
 
Information required from you is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. To claim your prize, please contact our Foreign Transfer Manager Sir. George Herbert, neatly filling the verification and fund release form below...
 
 
 
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM.
 
 
 
(1) Your contact address.
(2) Your Tel/Fax numbers.
(3) Your Nationality/Country.
(4) Your Full Name.
(5) Sex.
(6) Occupation
(7) Age.
(8) Ever won an online lottery?
 
 
***********************************************
FOREIGN CLAIMS MANAGER
Sir George Herbert
GOOGLE SECURITY DEPARTMENT (UK).
E-mail:claims.george.herbert@gmail.com
Phone Number:+44703591 8562
**********************************************
 
The Google Promotion Award Team has discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties about their winnings and also sharing their identification numbers. As a result of this, these friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. The Google promotion award committee has reached a decision from the headquarters at the United Kingdom that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the disqualification of the winners lottery. 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 Lottery Board Commission.
 
Yours Sincerely,
MRS. VERUMLEM KLEITH.
GOOGLE ZONAL CORDINATOR
LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM.

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