419 scam: "GOOGLE NOTIFICATION" <praca@reinter.sk> OFFICIAL WIINING NOTIFICATION LETTER

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
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!

Fraud email example:

From: "GOOGLE NOTIFICATION" <praca@reinter.sk>
Reply-To: roberthodgeoffice@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 16:11:16 -0800
Subject: OFFICIAL WIINING NOTIFICATION LETTER

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WINNING DETAILS: =

Winning No: US/C/A992197732B2GK
Ticket No: US/CA/1008272745GK
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GOOGLE. Google Incorporation. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway. Mountain View=
, CA 94043 USA Website: http://www.google.org =

Dear Google User, You have been selected as a winner for using Google se=
rvices. kindly be advice to view Attached Winning Letter on how to claim yo=
ur winning Or Respond for more details . Congratulations, Announcer, Er=
ic SchmidtChairman of the Board and Managing Director,
Google Anniversary Award Centre. =A92017 Google - Terms & Privacy
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IMPORTANT WARNING: !!! For security reasons, you are advised to keep your=
winning information confidential till your claims are processed and your m=
oney remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid do=
uble claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous el=
ements.Please be WARNED!!!!

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