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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 <aj.geib@uleth.ca>
Reply-To: winnersclaimagente@googlemail.com
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:41:49 -0700
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?WU9VUiBFTUFJTCBJRCBIQVMgV09OIFlPVSAoNTAwLDAwMC4wMCDCo0dCUCnigI8=?=


*Google Promotion Award Department®*
*44 Oakleugh Road*
*South London N11 INP*
*United Kingdom.*

*2015 GOOGLE ANNIVERSARY.*

*Dear E-mail User,*
*Your e-mail ID has emerged as a winner of £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 this **note, 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 victims, support
widows, 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 the **most widely used search engine.*

*The Google Promotion Award Team collects the E-mail ID of all active users
online, among the people **that 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 emerged as one of the
lucky winners that won **£500,000.00 {Five Hundred **Thousand Great Britain
Pounds Sterling} through electronic balloting system **without the winner
applying,**we are congratulating you for been one of the lucky people that
won *

*for this Month of August.*
*A winning cheque of £500,000.00 {Five Hundred Thousand Great British
Pounds Sterling} will be issued **on your **name by our fiduciary agent,
and also a certificate of prize claims will be sent alongside your **winning
cheque. **Note that all winners cheque are certified international bank
draft,and when delivered and received by **you, you **can deposit and cash
it in any bank of your choice without any delay.*

*To claim your won prize, please contact the Google Award claims Fiduciary
Agent (Mr Grahams Benfield)*
*neatly filling the verification details below.*

*GOOGLE AWARD CLAIMS FIDUCIARY AGENT*
*Mr Grahams Benfield*
*Contact Email: winnersclaimagente@googlemail.com
<innersclaimagente@googlemail.com>*
* or **winersclaimsagnte@outlook.com <winersclaimsagnte@outlook.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: 00869575733664*
*10. Serial Number: BTD/8070447706/06*
*11.Lucky Number: 12-12-23-35-40-41(12)*

*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 Board **will result to
the** canceling
of that particular winning,**making a **loss for both the double **claimer
and the **real 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
claim **your 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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