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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" <info@thehorizonhotel.az>
Reply-To: ru.porat@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2017 21:02:38 -0700
Subject: Winning Notification


Google Incorporations-
Belgrave House,
76 Buckingham Palace Road,
London SW1W 9TQ,
United Kingdom.
Your e-mail address winning details:
Ref N0: GUK/877/798/2017
Batch: GUK/699/33/2017
GOOGLE ANNUAL PROMOTION
=

We wish to congratulate you over your success in the official publication o=
f results of the E-mail electronic online sweepstake organized by Google, i=
n conjunction with the Foundation for the Promotion of Software Products (F=
.P.S.P) and confirmed by our co-sponsors Visa-/MasterCard- International. G=
oogle earns its profit mainly from advertising using their very own Gmail, =
Gala, Sify e-mail services, Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut social networki=
ng, You Tube video sharing, Google search engine and the Google ancillary s=
ervices which are all offered to the public for free.
This is to formally inform you that you are among the Ten (10) lucky winne=
rs of Category A, E-mail electronic online sweepstake organized by Google. =
Hence we do believe that with your winning prize, you will continue to be a=
ctive to the Google search engine/ ancillary services. As you are aware, Go=
ogle is now the biggest search engine worldwide and in an effort to make su=
re that it remains the most widely used search engine, we ran an on-line e-=
mail beta test which your email address won 950,000.00 and you have success=
fully passed the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, valida=
tions and satisfactory report Test conducted for all on-line winners.
A winning cheque will be issued in your name by the Google Promotion Award=
Team, and also a certificate of prize claims will be sent along side your =
winnings cheque.You are therefore advised to contact the chief financial of=
ficer of Google Incorporations (Ruth Porat via the below email) with the fo=
llowing details to avoid unnecessary delay and complications.
Google Promotion Award Team
Mrs Ruth Porat
Email: ru.porat03@googlemail.com
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM.
(1) Your contact address. =

(2) Your Tel/Fax numbers. =

(3) Your Nationality/Country. =

(4) Your Full Name. =

(5) Occupation/Age.
=

Google values your right to privacy! Your information is 100% secured and w=
ill be used exclusively for the purpose of this award only.
Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the Google interactive Lotter=
ies Board
Commission.
Yours Faithfully,
Sundar Pichai
Chief Executive Officer of Google-

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