419 scam: GOOGLE CORPORATION AWARD TEAM <hartadi@adyawinsa.com> WINNING NO: GOOGLE-UK/2013/2041984

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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.
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 CORPORATION AWARD TEAM <hartadi@adyawinsa.com>
Reply-To: GOOGLE CORPORATION AWARD TEAM <nikesharora111@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 19:43:04 +0700 (WIT)
Subject: WINNING NO: GOOGLE-UK/2013/2041984

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

GOOGLE ANNIVERSARY WINNING NOTIFICATION.

WINNING NO: GOOGLE-UK/2013/2041984

We wish to congratulate you once again on this note, for being part of our
winners selected this year 2013. This promotion was set-up to encourage the
active users of the Google search engine and the Google ancillary services.

Check the attachment for more information and please reply to the details in the attachment.

Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the Google interactive
Lotteries Board Commission.
Google Promotion Award Team.
NIKESH ARORA G.
_____________________________________________________________________
The information contained in this e-mail message is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. It may contain confidential and privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, transmission, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this communication or taking of any action in reliance upon this message is strictly prohibited . If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail, delete this message and destroy any copies. Please note that views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent the company. Internet e- mail is not guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Messages could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. The sender will not be liable for these risks.

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