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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. phillip barker" <infor@yahoo.in>
Reply-To: barkerphillip520@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:18:01 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

SENDER:
THE MANAGEMENT
GOOGLE CHARITY FUND 2012
ENGLAND EXTENSION
19, STEVE RODDINGHAM AVENUE,
LONDON, SW46 JH31,ENGLAND


_______ CONGRATULATIONS!______



We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 5th of sep 2012 from the GOOGLE Charity Funds Inc. Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses , your name was attached to ticket number -846594 Winning Number: GOOGLE-0293856-2012.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum of €1,000,000.00 Euros in cash credit file ref ILP/HW 47509/12 from the total cash prize of €10,000,000.00 Euro shared amongst ten lucky winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia, United state, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Programme was promoted and sponsored by conglomerate of some multinational companies listed below as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

1. MSN
2. Mercedes Benz
3. Allianz
4. Microsoft Incoporation
5. Nokia
6. Coca-Cola
7.Volkswagen


All e-mail addresses were selected by GOOGLE and Internet user population registry data banks from across the world.


Your winning data is follows:
Ticket Number: 846 594
Lucky Number: 5
Winning Number: GOOGLE-0293856-2012



For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.


You are therefore advised to make your claims not later than 15th oct 2012, as all unclaimed funds will be remitted back to our central office .


For processing and payment of your winnings, fill the form below and submit it to your GOOGLE Charity fund 2012 claims / disbursement agent: Dr.Sir Robin Wales

Sir Robin Wales
E-mail: robinwals@yahoo.com.hk

==============================
CLAIMS/ DISBURSEMENT DEPARTMENT,
GOOGLE CHARITY FUND
AGENT: Dr. phillip barker
E-mail: barkerphillip520@yahoo.com.hk
=====================================
APPROVED FOR PAYMENT
************************************************** ****
GOOGLE CHARITy FUND WINNERS 2012 ENTRY FORM

PAYMENT
************************************************** ****
FIRST NAME: ...........................
DATE OF BIRTH: ….......................
LAST NAME: ..........................
SEX: ........................
ADDRESS: ............................
NATIONALITY: .....................
OCCUPATION: ..............................
TELEPHONE NUMBER: .....................
FAX: .........................
AMOUNT WON: ...................
REF NO.: ...........................
PROFIT NO.: ........................

************************************************** *****
GOOGLE CHARITY FUND WINNERS 2012 ENTRY FORM

PAYMENT
************************************************** *****


Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of GOOGLE CHARITY FUNDS INC. to all our lucky winners this year. Thank you for being part of this promotional program.


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