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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "rory.gillard@scotlandmail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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 FOUNDATION GRANTS 2017" <nokact@maltexnikvase.com>
Reply-To: rory.gillard@scotlandmail.com
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2017 18:13:57 -0400
Subject: Get in touch ASAP

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Google UK Ltd
1-13 St Giles High Street
London WC2H 8AG
United Kingdom
Website: www.google.org

Our Ref: UK/231-60428AZ/GF

Notification: MARCH 2017

GOOGLE FOUNDATION GRANTS 2017

We wish to congratulate you on this note for being selected as a major
customer this year. This promotion was set-up to encourage the active
users of Google search engine and the Google ancillary services and
confirmed by our co-sponsors Visa*/MasterCard* International. Google earns
its profit mainly from advertising using their own Gmail,Gala,Sify e-mail
services, Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut social networking, You Tube
video sharing, Google search engine and Google ancillary services which
are all offered to the public for free.

Hence we do believe with your grant, you will continue to be active and
patronize 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, we ran an online e-mail beta test which your email
address won Â£864,000.00. We wish to formally inform you that you have
successfully passed the requirements, statutory obligations, verification,
validations and satisfactory report Test conducted to all on-line winners.
A bank draft of Â£864,000.00 will be issued in your name by Google
Foundation Board (UK).

Furthermore your details (e-mail address) falls within our UK
representative office as indicated in our database and your grant will be
released to you from our UK regional office in London United Kingdom.

You are required to Contact Google Foundation Board (UK) below for the
documentation and processing of your grant, between the hours of 8.00am -
7.30pm on Monday to Saturday.

CONTACT:
.....................................................
Name: Mr. Rory GILLARD
Google Foundation Board (UK)

Email: rory.gillard@scotlandmail.com
.....................................................

Do e-mail the Foundation Board office at once with the Verification and
Funds release form below for validation of your grant.

................................................................................................................................................
Google values your right to privacy! Your information is 100% secured and
will be used exclusively for the purpose of this grant only.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to
you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned.

Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of Google and Google Foundation
Board.

Sincerely,

Sundar Pichai

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Â©2017 Google Corporation
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