419 scam: "Mrs. Smith Terrence INTERCONTINENTAL BANK LONDON" <mrs.smithterrence@gmail.com> GOOGLE CUSTOMERS NOTIFICATION

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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:
- "million 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)
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.
- mr.mupmikhumalo65@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Smith Terrence INTERCONTINENTAL BANK LONDON" <mrs.smithterrence@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 09:38:44 +0200
Subject: GOOGLE CUSTOMERS NOTIFICATION

Google Enterprise Operation South Africa
Google UK/SA Ltd
Belgrave House
76 Buckingham Palace Road
South Africa SW1W 9TQ
South Africa
EMAIL. Mr.mupmikhumalo65@gmail.com
TEL 00 27 84 464 8855
FAX 00 27 86 228 7325

GOOGLE CUSTOMERS AND USERS AWARD 2015
GOOGLE CUSTOMERS NOTIFICATION

Congratulations on becoming a selected winner of the Google Reward
Promotion. A Copy of Google Customers Award 2015 will be send to you
Immediate Perusal; you are advised to contact the Payment Consultant
immediately for the release of your cash prize of (1 Million pounds)
Congratulations from the Staff & Members of Google Networking United
Kingdom in combination with South Africa,

Call as soon as you received this Email from our office on the above
telephone No and give your details for urgent process of your winning
prize fund without any further delay,

Yours Faithfully,
VP. Mr Mupmi Khumalo,
Chairman of the Board and Managing Director, Google United Kingdom.

This e-mail is Confidential and it is intended only for the addressees
any. Review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message
by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is
prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, kindly notify
us immediately by telephone or e-mail and delete the message from your
system. The sender does not accept liability for any errors or
omissions in the contents of this message which may arise as a result
of the e-mail transmission

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