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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 Co-operation Team" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <seeric600@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 22:18:43 -0700
Subject: Re: Google Award Notification Letter!

Google Corporations®
1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy,
Mountain View, CA 94043,
United States of America.
 
RE: OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION LETTER
 
We wish to congratulate you over your success in the official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online sweepstake organized by Google, in conjunction with the Foundation for the Promotion of Software Products (F.P.S.P) and confirmed by our co-sponsors Visa®/MasterCard® International. Google earns its profit mainly from advertising using their very own Gmail, Gala, Sify e-mail services, Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut social networking, You Tube video sharing, Google search engine and the Google ancillary services which are all offered to the public for free.
 
This is to inform you that you are among the Ten (10) lucky winners of Category (B). Hence we do believe with your winning prize, you will continue to be active to the Google search engine /ancillary services. Google is now the biggest search engine worldwide and in an effort to make sure that it remains the most widely used search engine, we ran an online email beta test which your email address won $1,500,000.00 USD {One Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars} and also a winning certificate of your prize money will be sent alongside your winnings Cheque.
 
THESE ARE YOUR IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS.
 
Ticket number.....................005-12876099-04
Serial number.......................62790-83002-71
Lucky number...................07-15-92-14-28-37
Ref number...................GPAT/1552167004/19
 
...........................................................................................
 
To begin your lottery claims, you are advised to contact Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors (Eric E. Schmidt via the below email) with the following details to avoid unnecessary delay and complications.
 
Name: Eric E. Schmidt
Tel: (650) 623-1441
Email: seeric600@gmail.com
 
...........................................................................................
 
(1) Your Full Name.
(2) Your Contact Address.
(3) Your Direct Tel/Fax Numbers.
(4) Your Nationality/Country.
(5) Occupation/Age.
(6) Marital Status
(7) Ticket Number, Serial Number, Lucky Number AND Ref Number.
(8) Ever Won An Online Lottery?
(9) How Do You Feel As A Winner?
 
Google values your right to privacy! Your information is 100% secured and will be used exclusively for the purpose of this award only.
 
Sincerely,
 
Larry Page
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Google™
 
__________________________________________________________________________________________
 
         ©2016 Google Corporations® all rights reserved. This email was sent from a notification email address.
                             The information in this email is confidential and legally privileged.
                                    It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s).
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