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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: Jenny Smith <info@google.org>
Reply-To: enrr18@aol.com
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 06:27:13 -0400
Subject: Re:Notification



Attention: Email Account Holder,


This is to inform you that you have won yourself an Award of Two Million Five
Hundred Thousand British Pounds ( £2,500,000 GBP ) in the Google 14 Years
Anniversary Awards as organized by the Anniversary Center of Google Inc., held
on August 15th, 2015 in London,United Kingdom.The Anniversary Center of Google
Inc selected your email ID as of one its 20 chosen fortunate persons to
receive this award. The Anniversary Center of Google Inc as a part of their
for-profit philanthropic wing (GOOGLE.ORG) promotion. Awards MUST be claimed
by the email owner, not later than 10 days from the day of notification.

Award Reference code: GOOGLE568A2008
File number: G245

Send your
Names:
Address:
Country:
Gender:
occupation:
Age &Tel.Contact:

Regards,
Mrs.Jenny Smith

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