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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: "Mr. Adam Pratt" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gv.adampratt0@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 18:16:36 -0700
Subject: Google Uk©2017. ZWXBZXFERL

Google Uk©

GOOGLE EMAIL BALLOT DRAWS

Your Email address has been selected as one of our lucky winners in the Google United Kingdom Weekly email ballot draws. Your Email address attached to email ticket number 23-45-67-11 is one of our jackpot winners for Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds. For verification and claims, do contact

Google Uk Payment Officer
Mr. Williams Reeale
Email: gv.adampratt0@gmail.com
Tel: +447452088959

On behalf of the Google Foundation, Board of trustees, kindly accept our warmest congratulations.

Dr. Pichai Sundar
Chief Executive Officer, Director, Member of Executive Committee and Member of Acquisition Committee, Google Inc


Disclaimers: This e-mail and its contents are directed uniquely to the intended recipient, which is the exclusive addressee of any information contained herein. For any abuse of the content of this message, Google Inc. will file a law suit for damages occurred to third parties as well. In case the e-mail should be addressed to other than you, or the content should reveal any transmission errors or manipulations, please contact the following address: [Email: gv.adampratt0@gmail.com]

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