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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 Incorporation®" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <charlestaylorgoodhome111@googlemail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 02:33:43 -0700
Subject: GOOGLE WINNING NOTIFICATION®2018

Google Incorporation®
1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy,
Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
Notification Date: 06/30/2018
Attention: Lucky Winner,
                                                  GOOGLE WINNING NOTIFICATION®2018
We wish to congratulate you once again on this note, for being part of our lucky winners selected this year. This promotion was set-up to encourage the active use of the Google search engine and the Google ancillary services. Hence we do believe with your winning prize, you will continue to be active and patronage to this company. Google is now the world leading search engine worldwide, and in an effort to sure that it remains the most widely used search engine, an online e-mail balloting was carried out on the 1th June 2018 without your knowledge, it was officially released today being 30th June.We which to formally announced to you that your email address was attached to a lump sum of 850,000.00{Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand USD} We also wish to inform you that you have successfully passed the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications and our satisfactory report test conducted for all our online winners. A winning Cheque wi! l l be issu ed to you
 
These are your award details.
Security Code Number: GUS/4532345G
Ticket No: GUS/699/33/2018
Winning Number: GUS/877/798/2018
 
please contact our Foreign Claims Manager  Mr. Charles Taylor! neatly filling the verification and fund release form below:
 
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM.
(1) Your contact address.
(2) Your Tel/Fax numbers.
(3) Your Nationality/Country.
(4) Your Full Name.
(5) Sex.
(6) Occupation.
(7) Age.
(8) Ever won an online lottery
Mode of Prize Remittance.
(1)Courier Delivery Of your Certified Winning Cheque Name and other Winning Documents safely to you
You are advised to contact your Foreign Claims Manager  Mr. Charles Taylor! with his private email details below to avoid unnecessary delay and complications:
******************************
FOREIGN CLAIMS MANAGER
Mr. Charles Taylor!
GOOGLE VALIDATION OFFICE DEPARTMENT (USA).
E-mail: charlestaylorgoodhome111@googlemail.com
***********************************************
Yours Sincerely,
MRS. VERUMLEM KLEITH.
GOOGLE ZONAL CORDINATOR

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