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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: "Loyalty Award" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info@mathfreight.co.cc>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 18:49:35 -0500
Subject: Re: Read Our previous mail????

New Page 1
Google Incorporation Loyalty Award,
 
                           Belgrave House, 76 Buckingham Palace Road, London
 
 
Award winner,
You have won an E-MAIL BALLOT AWARD  of Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds (GBP 500,000) in the ongoing Google Loyalty Award as part of the activities for the Google 12th Year Anniversary Award organized by Google Incorporation, held in London, United Kingdom.  The award reference code is: GOOGLE1458B2010 with File Ref/No: G0965
We wonder why you have not contacted our agent as previously directed to process your winning prize until date. The award committee will roll over your award prize to the next edition of the program if you fail to claim it before then. You are required therefore to forward to our paying agency below (Math freight Consultants), the above winning identification numbers and also reconfirm immediately your personal information's to enable them reprocess your payment.
Math freight Consultants
Contact person: David Mathews
Tel:  +44 702 405 9198
Fax: +44 702 402 8932
E-mail: info@mathfreight.co.cc
 
Dr. (Mrs.) B Janet Beer
 
 
Sincerely Yours,
Google Management

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