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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: "Dr. Tom Lambertt" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tomlambertt0022@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:27:33 +0100
Subject: Congratulation!!! Congratulation!!! Congratulation!!!

Google 10th Anniversary Awards Centre
London W1U 4RY, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 704 574 4348
Fax: +44 970 495 6388,

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 this month, 2011 in London, United Kingdom. Google Inc. randomly selected 20 email addresses through a computer ballot system to receive an award of Eight Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds (?800,000.00) 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 3 weeks from the day of notification.

Award Reference code: GOOGLE568A2010
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. Telephone/Fax no.:
5. Marital Status:
6. Occupation:
7. Sex:
8. Age:
9. Email:

Director of Operations: Dr Tom Lambertt
Tel: +44 704 574 4348
Fax:
Please do not reply if you are NOT the owner of this email address

Congratulations!! Sincerely Yours,

Google Management
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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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