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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: "Mrs. Elizabeth Hens" <mrselizabethenss@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:54:12 +0200
Subject: Hi


Congratulations!

Your email address has been selected as one of the lucky winners in the
second batch of the ongoing Google 30th Anniversary Award as organized by
Google Africa branch office in Sedgefield, South Africa. Therefore? You
have been awarded the sum of Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States
Dollars (US$850,000.00) only.

See below how to claim your prize.
Details of the Winning
BATCH NUMBER: YPB/08/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: YPN560992011
AWARD FILE SECURITY CODE: SA/+ QU34005

Send the following information below:
NAME:
AGE:
SEX:
ADDRESS:
OCCUPATION:
COUNTRY:
NATIONALITY:
TELEPHONE:
FAX NUMBER:


This promotion was set-up to encourage the active usage of the Internet
Explorer® GOOGLE Page. We do believe that with your winning prize, you will
continue to be active and patronage to the Internet Explorer® GOOGLE Page.

TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM...
Contact The Processing Manager

Mrs . Patricia Opland
TEL: +27 73 242 4425
FAX: + 27 867 215 4455
Email: mrspatriciaopland@gmail.com
Email: patopland@consultant.com


The Google Lottery Promotion team congratulates you once again on your
winning.

NB: KEEP YOUR WINNING DETAILS PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL AVOID DOUBLE CLAIM

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Pamela Johnson
(Google Management.)

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