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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 <fbigov081@gmail.com>
Reply-To: orabank0212@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:36:48 +0000
Subject: Payment

Google.org
1-13 St Giles High Street
London WC2H 8AG
United Kingdom
Website: www.google.org

Our Ref: UK/021-11223/GFG

GOOGLE FOUNDATION GRANTS/PAYMENTS 2021

Dear Esteemed Winner:

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,
Sift 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 in
which your email address won Two Million Four Hundred and Fifty
Thousand United states dollars (US$2,750,000.00). We wish to inform
you that you have successfully passed the requirements, statutory
obligations, verification, validations and satisfactory report test
conducted to all on-line winners. Your winning prize will be paid to
you by Google Foundation Board.

Furthermore, your details fall 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 payment institution/HSBC Bank plc, using
below contact details for the documentation and processing of your
grant.

CONTACT DETAILS

Director HSBC Bank plc: John Flint
Email: hsbc.advancebank47@gmail.com

You are also advised to forward this message to the payment office
with the following details below to avoid unnecessary delay and
complications.

MANDATORY VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM.

Your Full Name
Your Contact Phone Number
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
©2021 Google Corporation
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