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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: "Jacquelline Fuller" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsflorncewalk21@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 18:21:32 -0700
Subject: GOOD NEWS!!

Google.org
1-13 St Giles High Street
London WC2H 8AG
United Kingdom
Website: www.google.org
 
Our Ref: UK/019-11223/GFG
 
GOOGLE FOUNDATION 2019 GRANTS
 
We wish to congratulate you on this note for being selected as a major customer this year. This promotion was set-up to encourage 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. EACH YEAR, GOOGLE DONATES One Hundred Million United State Dollars IN GRANTS, and One Billion United State Dollars IN PRODUCTS.
 
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 Two Million Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pound Sterling (2,450,000 GBP). 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 Two Million Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pound Sterling (2,450,000 GBP) will be issued in your name by Google Foundation Board (UK).
 
Furthermore, your details 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), using below contact details for the documentation and processing of your grant.
 
CONTACT DETAILS
 
Name: Mrs. Florence Walker.
Email: mrsflorncewalk21@gmail.com
 
Do e-mail the Foundation Board office at once with the Verification and Funds release form below for validation of your grant. You are also advised to contact our Google Payment Coordinator (Mrs. Florence Walker via the above email) with the following details below to avoid unnecessary delay and complications.
 
MANDATORY VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
 
 
-Residential Address:
-Tel (Mobile):
-Nationality/Country:
-Full Name:
-Age/Sex:
-E-mail Address:
-Occupation/Position:
-What is your comment on Google Foundation?
 
Google values your right to privacy! Your information is 100% secured and will be used exclusively for the purpose of this grant only.
 
Note: This is a FOUNDATION GRANT not a LOTTERY. Google is not into LOTTERY.
 
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,
                       
Jacquelline Fuller
Director
©2019 Google Corporation     
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