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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand great british pounds" (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)
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
- "and cash it" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
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 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.
- winersclaimsagnte@googlemail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Google <chlsmchls@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 06:59:56 +0100
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?WW91ciBlbWFpbCBpZCBoYXMgd29uIHlvdSAoNTAwLDAwMC4wMCDCo0dCUCnigI8=?=

*Google Promotion Award DepartmentÂ®44 Oakleugh RoadSouth London N11
INPUnited Kingdom.2015 GOOGLE ANNIVERSARY.Dear E-mail User,Your e-mail ID
has emerged as a winner of Â£500,000.00 GBP (Five hundred thousand Great
Britain Pounds) in our on-going Google Promotion Award. We wish to
congratulate you once again on thisnote, for being part of our winners
selected this year. *

*This promotion was set-up to encourage the active users of the Google
search engine,the Google*
*ancillary services,**support scam victims,uplift poverty **alleviation,charity
aid,community development,*
*improve the level of education worldwide,encourage the use **of Internet
and computers worldwide for*
*vast knowledge and also increase the standard of living of the less
privileged. **Hence we do believe*

*with your winning prize, you will continue to be active and patronage to
the Google search engine. Google is now the biggest search engine worldwide
and in an effort to make sure that it remains themost widely used search
engine.The Google Promotion Award Team collects the E-mail ID of all active
users online, among the peoplethat subscribed to GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINE,
GOOGLEMAIL, YAHOOMAIL, MSN, HOTMAIL, AOL, REDIFFMAIL, ALTAVISTA, BIGPOND,
FACEBOOK and all the social networks online, among the billions users that
subscribe to internet in which your email ID did emerge as one of the lucky
winners that won Â£500,000.00 {Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds
Sterling} through electronic balloting Systemwithout the winner applying,
we are congratulating you for having been one of the lucky people that
wonfor this Month of July.A winning cheque of Â£500,000.00 {Five Hundred
Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling} will be issuedon your name by our
fiduciary agent, and also a certificate of prize claims will be sent
alongside yourwinning cheque.Note that all winners cheque are certified
international bank draft,and when delivered and received byyou, you can
deposit and cash it in any bank of your choice without any delay.**Please
note that your lucky winning numbers falls within **our Cote D'Ivoire
**Regional
Representative Office*
*as indicated in this notice. In view of this, your GBPÂ£500,000.00 would be
released to you after contacting*
*our **Fiduciary Agent in Cote D'Ivoire**. Our fiduciary agent zoned for
our paying bank will immediately *
*commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as
you contact him.*

*To claim your won prize, please contact the Google Award claims Fiduciary
Agent in Cote D'Ivoire *

*(Mr Grahams Benfield) neatly filling the verification details below.GOOGLE
AWARD CLAIMS FIDUCIARY AGENTMr Grahams BenfieldContact Email:
(winersclaimsagnte@googlemail.com <winersclaimsagnte@googlemail.com>)Kindly
forward your verification details as stated below to the Google Fiduciary
Agent;1. Full Name:....................................2. House
Address:.........................3.
Occupation:................................4.
Sex:...............................................5.
Age:...............................................6. Marital
Status:................................7. Direct Phone
No:.............................8.
Country:.......................................9. Ticket Number:
0086957573366410. Serial Number: BTD/8070447706/0611.Lucky Number:
12-12-23-35-40-41(12)Contact Person: Mr Grahams BenfieldContact Email:
(winersclaimsagnte@googlemail.com <winersclaimsagnte@googlemail.com>)The
Google Promotion Award Team has discovered a huge number of double claims
due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties about
their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this,
these friends try to claim the lottery on-behalf of the real winners. The
Google Promotion Award Team has reached a decision that any double claim
discovered by the Lottery Boardwill result to the canceling of that
particular winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and thereal
winner, as it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double
claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to
keep your winnings strictly confidential until you claimyour
prize.Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the Google interactive
Lotteries Board Commission.Mrs. Charlene Richards.Promotion Award
Manager.C2015 Google Corporation.*

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