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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 FOUNDATION"<DHOLGUIN@CAUCHOSIERRA.COM>
Reply-To: info@goglefundation.com
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 20:46:25 -0700
Subject: GOOGLE FOUNDATION 2019 GRANTS


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 cu=
stomer this year. This promotion was set-up to encourage active users of Go=
ogle search engine and the Google ancillary services and confirmed by our c=
o-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 pu=
blic for free. EACH YEAR, GOOGLE DONATES One Hundred Million United State D=
ollars IN GRANTS, and One Billion United State Dollars IN PRODUCTS. Hence=
we do believe with your grant, you will continue to be active and patroniz=
e Google search engine. Google is now the biggest search engine Worldwide a=
nd in an effort to make sure that it remains the most widely used search en=
gine, we ran an online e-mail beta test which your email address won Two Mi=
llion Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pound Sterling (2,450,0=
00 GBP). We wish to formally inform you that you have successfully passed t=
he requirements, statutory obligations, verification, validations and satis=
factory report test conducted to all on-line winners. A bank draft of Two M=
illion Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pound Sterling (2,450,=
000 GBP) will be issued in your name by Google Foundation Board (UK). Fur=
thermore, your details falls within our UK representative office as indicat=
ed in our database and your grant will be released to you from our UK regio=
nal office in London United Kingdom. You are required to Contact Google F=
oundation Board (UK), using below contact details for the documentation and=
processing of your grant. CONTACT DETAILS Name: Mr. Burge Dykes Emai=
l: info@goglefundation.com Do e-mail the Foundation Board office at once =
with the Verification and Funds release form below for validation of your g=
rant. You are also advised to contact our Google Payment Coordinator (Mr. B=
urge Dykes via the above email) with the following details below to avoid u=
nnecessary delay and complications. MANDATORY VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELE=
ASE 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 privac=
y! Your information is 100% secured and will be used exclusively for the pu=
rpose 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 kee=
p your winning information confidential till your claims are processed and =
your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to av=
oid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupul=
ous elements. Please be warned! Congratulations from the Staffs & Members=
of Google and Google Foundation Board. Sincerely, Jacquelline Fuller =
Director Powered by Google.
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