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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +442081449760
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mill.parker11@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Google Inc" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mill.parker11@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 01:13:10 -0500
Subject: HELLO

Google Xmas - New Year Anniversary Promo
Belgravia House, 76 Buckingham Palace Road,
London LS12 4TU,
United Kingdom

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Attention: Sir / Madam.

We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our Xmas - New Year lottery draws held on the 20th of AUG, 2012 here in London, United Kingdom. Your Name and Email address attached to
Award Reference code: GOOGLE568A2011
File number: G245
Batch No: MFI/06/APA-53659
Ticket No: 5647560054-188
Pin No: 1217
Serial No: 5368/01 which consequently won 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of One Million Great British Pounds (GBP 1,000,000.00) each as a part of their for-profit philanthropic wing (GOOGLE.ORG) promotion.

Note: ALL participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 Companies and 30,000,000 individual Names, email addresses from all search engines and web sites. This promotional program takes place every year as a Christmas bonus and it's sponsored and promoted by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates of Microsoft, Multi Choice, and other corporate organizations.

This is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

We look forward to your active participant in our next year US$50 Million slot. You are requested to contact our office below to assist you with your winning and subsequent payments. All winning must be claimed not later than one month after the date of this notice. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications remember to quote your reference number, batch number, File number, Ticket number, Pin number and Serial number in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of addresses do inform our Claims Official as soon as possible. Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Send your complete personal information to enable us process your claim.

1, Names in full:...............................
2, Country of Residence:.................
3, Nationality:.....................................
4, Residential Address:....................
5, Date of Birth/Age:........................
6, Marital Status/Sex:.......................
7, Telephone /Fax No:........................
8, Mobile No:.......................................
9, Occupation:.....................................
10,Company name:.............................

Director of Operations: Mr. Mill Parker
Email: mill.parker11@gmail.com
Tel: +44 (208)144 9760

please do not reply if you are NOT the owner of this email address.
Congratulations!!

Sincerely Yours,
Google Management
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After so many 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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