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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: euro-wins@yandex.com
Reply-To: dr.luistomez@yandex.com
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:52:23 -0700
Subject: =?utf-8?q?Google_Award_Department=C2=AE**You**Win*****?=

Google Award Department®
Belgrave House,
76 Buckingham Palace Road,
London SW1W 9TQ,
United Kingdom.
Dear Lucky Winner.
We wish to congratulate you on this note, for being one of our lucky winners selected this year.
This promotion was set-up to encourage the active use of the Google search engine and the
Google ancillary services. Hence we do believe with your winning prize, you will continue to be active and patronage to this company. Google is now the world leading search engine worldwide
and in an effort to make sure that it remains the most widely used search engine, an online e-mail
balloting was carried out on the 15th of July 2015, without your knowledge and was officially released recently.

We wish to formally announce to you that your email address was attached to a lump sum of of €950,000.00EURO {Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand EUROS Pounds}only
A winning amount will be release in your name by the Google Promotion Award Team, and also a certificate of prize claims will be sent alongside your winning prize.
Your Award Winning Details.
Code Number: EUG/3554749405EU
Ticket No: EUG/1008272745EU
Winning Number: EUG/99334353734EU
Information's required from you are part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program. To claim your won prize, please contact the Google
Award claims Manager (Dr David Drummond) neatly filling the payment release form below.
PAYMENT RELEASE FORM.
*First Name
*Last Name
*Residential Address
*Telephone/ Mobile
*Nationality/Country
*Age
*Sex
*Occupation/Position
*Amount Won
*Alternate Email
*Have you ever been an Online
Winner?
You are advised to contact your Foreign Claims Manager with his private email details below to
avoid unnecessary delay and complications:
**************************************************
GOOGLE AWARD CLAIMS MANAGER.
Dr.Luis Tomez
Google Security Department (European Union)
interPh:+1.917) 310-2985
E-mail: dr.luistomez@yandex.com
************************************************
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning informations confidential till your
claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
Note: You can fill your payment release form by printing and manually filling or you can fill
directly on mail, or provide the details on Microsoft Word
Please do not reply if you are NOT the owner of this email address.
Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of Google Board Commission.
Yours Sincerely,
Matt Brittin,
Chairman of the Board And Managing Director
Google European Union.
©2015 Google Corporation

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