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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: Penny Jackson <ana.fin@karnatakahotel.com>
Date: 05 Jul 2022 07:15:38 -0700
Subject: Credit Notification

Dear email owner,

We hereby inform you that you have won 450,000.00 euros from Google to support the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and that no public draw has been held and no ticket has been sold. The prize draw was conducted electronically over the Internet among all e-mail service providers worldwide and the selection was random. You have been selected for this promo award, the online email voting was taken without your knowledge, it was officially released on 07/04/2022. You have successfully passed the requirements, legal obligations, screening and our satisfactory reporting test conducted for all our online winners. A prize check of $450,000.00 dollars will be issued in your name by the Google Promotion Award Team. Fill out the processing form below:

(1) Your full name........................
(2) Contact address ..........................
(3) Cellphone................/Tell................
(4) Nationality/Country........................
(5) Profession................................
(6) Age........................................
(8) Ever won an online lottery? ...........
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Immediately contact the appointed claims agent, Mr Gorge Calum and Co.

Head Winning Claims Dept.
Contact Email: barristergorgecalum@gmail.com

Congratulations once again from the staff and members of the Google Interactive Lottery Board Commission.

Sign,
Mrs Penny Jackson.
Director of Information

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