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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 WINNING CLAIM <csoto@solidario.fin.ec>
Reply-To: <gwiningclaimps@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 18:07:03 +0530
Subject: Google Official Winning

Sehr geehrter Begünstigter,

Herzliche Glückwünsche !! Herzliche Glückwünsche !! Herzliche Gratulation !!

Sie wurden als Gewinner ausgewählt, um als aktiver Nutzer den Betrag von £ 950.000,00 in der gerade abgeschlossenen Google Online 2019 Draw zu erhalten. Kommen Sie mit den Details weiter unten für weitere Informationen und Ansprüche. Ihre Gewinnzahl ist GFP / 955 / GPWIN / US

(1) Ihre Adresse ..........
(2) Ihr Telefon ........
(3) Ihre Nationalität .........
(4) Ihr voller Name ......
(5) Beruf .........
(6) dein Geschlecht ........
(7) Sprichst du Englisch?

Wir gratulieren Ihnen im Namen von Google Team. Vergütungsausschuss
Mr. Larry,
Online-Direktor von Google
+44 (0) 207505786, +31686445100
76 Buckingham Palace Road
WC2H 8AG London, Großbritannien.

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