419 scam: "Google Promotion Award Department"<info@moderncarpets.com.au> Your email won the prize.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- gprizeclaiming@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Google Promotion Award Department" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gprizeclaiming@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 17:34:08 +0700
Subject: Your email won the prize.

Google Promotion Award Department
14th Floor, Park Ventures Ecoplex
57 Wireless Road
Bangkok 10330
Thailand

Your email address winning details:
Award Batch No: GOK/SFPC/DRW47/05.
E-NO: GOK/SFPC/7874/952/307.

OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION LETTER.

Dear Winner,

We wish to congratulate you over your success in the official publication of the E-mail electronic online sweepstake organized by Google, in conjunction with the foundation for the Promotion of Software Products (F.P.S.P).

When you use Google services (like Search and Maps) we collect various types of data, including cookies, location information, and device identifiers. We also collect those data when you visit third-party sites and apps that use our services(like Google ads, Analytic,and YouTube). We use this data for the purposes described in our policy, including to help our services deliver more useful customized content such as more relevant search results and ads that match your interests; conduct analytic and measurement to understand how our services are used; and improve the quality of our services as well as develop new ones.

This is to inform you that you are among the Twelve (12) lucky winners of category "C" in the ongoing E-mail Electronic Online Sweepstakes and therefore entitled to US$1,000,000.00 (One Million Dollars Only). A bank Draft/Check will be issued in your name by our foreign payment Bureau and also a certificate of prize claim will be issued alongside your bank Draft/Check upon meeting the requirements of the promotion award board authority which includes your statutory obligations. We do believe with your prize, you will continue to be active in your patronage of Google and its products.

You are advised to contact our Foreign Payment Bureau with the details below to file your claim;

PAYMENT CLAIMS FORM.
1. Your Full Names:
2. Your Contact Address:
3. Occupation/Age/Gender:
4. Your Telephone No:
5. Email Address:
6. Ever Won An Online Lottery?
7. Choose your preferred mode of prize remittance from the three options below:
(a)Bank Transfer:(Bank transfer of your official winning prize to your bank account).
(b) Courier delivery of your certified winning bank Draft/Check in your name and other winning documents safely to you.
(c) ATM CARD payment system which will be delivered to you via courier delivery service

Google values your right to privacy! Your information is 100% secured and will be used exclusively for the purpose of this award only.

Send all response via email to our Foreign Payment Bureau officer below:
........................................................................
Name: Mr. Steven Chai.
Prize Payment Officer.
Email: gprizeclaiming@gmail.com
........................................................................

NOTE: 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. Please be WARNED!

Congratulations from me,& members of Google Anniversary Award Team.

Mrs.Sudarat Chinda.
Promotion Award Manager.
C2015 Google Corporation.

Anti-fraud resources:

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