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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 Awards" <gooogleasia@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Google Awards" <googleawards@asia.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 16:46:05 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS



Google Corperations
Belgrave House 76
Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 9TQ
United Kingdom.
Ref No: GFSP/ 7748/782/2014
Batch: GFSP/ 955/GPWIN/UK
NOTIFICATION OF OFFICIAL AWARD
we congratulate you over your success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail Electronic Online Sweepstakes Organized by Google, in conjunction with the foundation for the Promotion of Software Products, (F.P.S.) held on May 2015 here in London UK.
We wish to congratulate you once again, for being among the Twelve (12) selected winners in the ongoing E-mail Electronic Online Sweepstakes. Hence we do believe with your prize, you will continue to be active in your patronage to Google and its Products. A Bank Draft of £1,950,000.00 GBP {One Million Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds} will be issued in your name by our Foreign Payment Bureau and also a certificate of prize claim will be sent alongside your Bank Draft.
You are advised to contact our Foreign Payment Bureau for the Processing of your Claims:

Support :
Sir Brain Hopkins
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Zurich Finance House UK
+441618506760
Email: google.inc@europe.com
googleawards@asia.com

NOTE!!! For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you.
Google(c)2015


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