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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: "Mr. Larry Page : The Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <frank.harrison26@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 01:59:57 +0100
Subject: 2014 GOOGLE AWARD WINNING OF 450,000.00E EURO, YOUR EMAIL HAS BEEN LISTED WON.

©2014 Google Inc.,
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway,
Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
 
 
Dear E-mail Bearer,
 
This is to inform you that you have won 450,000.00Euro by Google and
no public raffle draw was conducted and no ticket was sold.
Google Email Seasonal promotion which is organized by GOOGLE EMAIL INC & WINDOWS LIVE.GOOGLE & MICROSOFT PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM, collects all the email addresses of the people their email Addresses are active online, among the millions that are active online.
 
You have been chosen for this promo award, online e-mail
balloting was carried out without your knowledge, it was officially
released on the 09/8/2014.
You have successfully passed the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications and our
satisfactory report test conducted for all our online winners.
 
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM.
A winning cheque of 450,000.00Euro will be issued in your name by Google
Promotion Award Team.
You are advise to get back to us with your information as required below , Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center.
 
And all Prize must be claimed no later than 7 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. These are your identification numbers:
Batch number..................... YM 09102XN
Reff number................... .... YM35447XN
Winning number.................. .YM09788
 
These numbers fall within the our West Africa Regional Headquarter-Nigeria Center you are requested to contact our West Africa Regional Office Nigeria Co-ordinator ,
Complete the processing form and kindly resend to us the bellow information For proper check up before issuing payment.
 
(1) Your Full Name.............................
(2) contact address............................
(3) Mobile................/Tell................
(4) Nationality/Country........................
(5) Occupation................................
(6) Age.......................................
(8)Have you ever won an online lottery? ...........
*********************************************
 
Contact the appointed claims Agent Frank Harrison and co via
email immediately within the next 24hrs of receiving this Notification
of prize.
 
Head Winning Claims Dept
Name: Mr. Frank Harrison
Email: frank.harrison26@aol.com
 
 
Congratulations once again from the Staffs & Members of the Google
Interactive Lottery Board Commission.
 
Sign,
Mr. Larry Page.
Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O).

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