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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!Email internertional lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <raymondlucas14@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 14:09:47 +0700
Subject: Google International Lottery Organization

Google!Email internertional lottery
Bangkok Branch Office
Address: 3 Rajdamnern Avenue
Bangkok10200 Thailand
                                                 CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Dear  Winner,
Google E-mail Electronic Online Promotion Sweepstakes Organized by Google, in conjunction with the foundation for theof Software  Mail announces you as one of the 25 lucky winners in the ongoing GOOgle Lottery Award of the New Year Held on  2nd of october 2014,
All 25 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually, consequently, you have been approved for a total payout of ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS ( $1, 000. 000.000 USD)
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
Furthermore your details(e-mail address) falls within our Bangkok representative office in Bangkok Thailand, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of ( $1,000.000.00USD) will be released to you from this regional branch office in Bangkok Thailand.
Your fund is now deposited with our Bank in Bangkok Thailand and insured in your name. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed, and your winning Cheque have being sent to you or remitted to your account, as this is part of our security protocol, to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking of advantage of this program by participants, as has happened in the past.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
These are your identification numbers.
Ticket number.....................085-12876077-09
Serial number........................51390-0
Lucky number...................03-05-12-14-28-38
Ref number...................N.EGS/3662367114/13
To begin your lottery claims, Please contact our Google lottry coordinator as follow
Name coordinator :  Rev.Kas Robin
Email: coordinatorrobin@gmail.com
TEL:(+66)990949439
You are to send the completed verification form below to the coordinator whose name and email address is given above so that you will be advised on what to do to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!!.
1. FULL NAME:..................................
2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:...............
3. PRESENT ADDRESS:...................
4. DATE OF BIRTH:.........................
5. SEX:................................................
6. OCCUPATION:.............................
7.PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER:........
8. FAX NUMBER:...........................................
9. MARITAL STATUS:....................................
10. WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER:................
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than End of this month. Any claim not made by this date will be returned to HER MAJESTY'S DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. And also be informed that 10% of your lottery winning belongs to THE PROMOTIONS COMPANY. Because they are the company that bought your ticket and played the lottery in your favor.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with us, furthermore, should there be any change of address, please do inform our coordinator as soon as possible. Google lottry  is a free service that does not require you to be a google ! Registered user.
An original copy of your lucky winning ticket and your deposit certificate will be sent to you by Administrative Remittance Operation Manager.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Once again from all members of our staff and thank you for being a part of our International Promotions program of the New Year. We wish you continued good fortunes.
Yours Sincerely,
Raymond Lucas. Vice President Google Lottry .Org.
Mrs. Tina Akira. Online Coodinator.
 

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