419 scam: "Google Corporations"<Info@uklotto.com> GOOGLE ANNIVERSARY WINNING AWARD 2012 NOTIFICATION

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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:

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:
- "certified bank draft" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Google Corporations" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <claims@goooglepromotionalaward.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:17:14 -0000
Subject: GOOGLE ANNIVERSARY WINNING AWARD 2012 NOTIFICATION

Google Corporations.
Belgrave House 76
Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 9TQ
United Kingdom.

GOOGLE ANNIVERSARY WINNING NOTIFICATION.

WINNING NO: GOOGLE-UK/2012/2041984

We wish to congratulate you once again on this note, for being part of our winners selected this year 2012. This promotion was set-up to encourage the active users of the Google search engine and the Google ancillary services.

Hence we do believe that with this your winning prize, you will continue to be active and continue patronage to the 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 which your email address won £750,000.00 {Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds}.

We wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully passed the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report Test conducted for all online winners in this anniversary.

A winning Cheque/international certified bank draft will be issued in your name by Google Promotion Award Team, we write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message for more information concerning the verification, processing and eventual payment of the above prize to you.

PAYMENT PROCESSING DETAILS/FORM:
PLEASE BE SURE TO INCLUDE.

(1) Your complete contact address
(2) Your Tel/Mobile numbers:
(3) Your Nationality/Country:
(4) Your Full Name:
(5) Occupation/Company:
(6) Age/Gender:
(7) Alternative email account if any:
(8) How Do You Feel As A Winner?

To file for your claim, Please contact your Validating Officer for VALIDATION of your winnings within Twenty-nine working days of this winning notification.
Winnings that are not validated within Twenty-nine working days of winning notification are termed void and invalid.

The Google Promotion Award Team has discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, these friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners.

The Google Promotion Award Team has reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the canceling of that particular winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner, as it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize.

********************************************************
CONTACT:THE CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR,
GOOGLE PROMOTION AWARD TEAM,
DIANE B. GREEN.
Email: claims@goooglepromotionalaward.net

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Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the Google interactive Lotteries Board Commission.
Google Promotion Award Team.

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