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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 Security Department" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drdoerr@163.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 00:56:18 -0700
Subject: OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION

Google UK Ltd
Belgrave House
76 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 9TQ
United Kingdom.
 
Ref No: GUK/ 8900/88/2014
Batch: GUK/ 955/GPKLI/UK
 
 
 
OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION LETTER.
 
 
 
It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail Electronic Online Sweepstakes Organized by Google, in conjunction with the foundation for the Promotion of Software Products (F.P.S.). Google earns its profit mainly from advertising using their very own Google search engine, Gmail, Gala, Sify, e-mail service Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut social networking and You Tube video sharing, which are all offered to the public for free.
 
 
 
 
We wish to congratulate you once again, for being among the Twelve (12) selected winners in the ongoing E-mail Electronic Online Sweepstakes; we do believe with your prize, you will continue to be active in your patronage to Google and its Products. A Bank Cheque have been issued in your favor, hence you have won for yourself the sum of£950.000.00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling), One Google Nexus 10 Tablet and also you have been enlisted as one of the Google Ambassadors for 2014.
 
 
 
To claim your reward, please contact our Foreign Payment Bureau officer below by neatly filling the verification and funds release form below, as your payment will be released and arranged by our United Kingdom Office.
 
 
 
MANDATORY FOREIGN PAYMENT RELEASE FORM.
 
(1) Your Contact Address:
(2) Your Contact Telephone/Mobile Number:
(3) Your Nationality/Country:
(4)Your Full Names:
(5) Occupation:
(6) Age/Gender:
(7) Marital Status:
(8) Private Email Address:
(9) Ever Won An Online Lottery?
(10) How Do You Feel As A Winner?
(11) Your preferred mode of prize remittance stated below:
*Courier Delivery of your certified winning cheque in your name and other Winning documents safely to your home address.
 
 
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
 
Contact our Foreign Payment Bureau officer below:
David C. Drummond
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer with the E-mail account as follows:
Email: drdoerr@163.com
……………………………………………………………………………………………
 
 
 
Note: You can either fill your claims verification form by printing and manually filling out the requested details or you can fill directly on e-mail, or provide the details on Microsoft Word.
 
 
 
 
NOTE:For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please beWARNED!!!!
 
 
 
Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of Google Board Commission.
 
MD Matt Brittin,
Chairman of the Board and Managing Director,
Google United Kingdom
©2014 Google Corporation.
 

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