419 scam: Wendy Warren <wwarren@melroseschools.com> GOOGLE LOTTERY 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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand great british pounds" (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)
- "cheque " (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. )
- "and cash it" (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!
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.
- marcusbenard007@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Wendy Warren <wwarren@melroseschools.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2015 08:18:29 +0100
Subject: GOOGLE LOTTERY NOTIFICATION

Google Promotion Award DepartmentÂ®
44 Oakleugh Road
South London N11 INP
United Kingdom.

2015 GOOGLE ANNIVERSARY.

Dear E-mail User,
Your e-mail ID has emerged as a winner of Â£500,000.00 GBP (Five hundred
thousand Great Britain
Pounds) in our on-going Google Promotion Award. We wish to congratulate you
once again on this
note, for being part of our winners selected this year. This promotion was
set-up to encourage the
active users of the Google search engine and the Google ancillary services.
Hence we do believe
with your winning prize, you will continue to be active and 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.

The Google Promotion Award Team collects the E-mail ID of all active users
online, among the people
that subscribed to GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINE, GOOGLEMAIL, YAHOOMAIL, MSN,
HOTMAIL, AOL,
REDIFFMAIL, ALTAVISTA, BIGPOND, FACEBOOK and all the social networks
online, among the billions
users that subscribe to internet in which your email ID did emerge as one
of the lucky winners that won
Â£500,000.00 {Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds Sterling} through
electronic balloting System
without the winner applying, we are congratulating you for having been one
of the lucky people that won
for this Month of June.

A winning cheque of Â£500,000.00 {Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds
Sterling} will be issued
on your name by our fiduciary agent, and also a certificate of prize claims
will be sent alongside your
winning cheque.

Note that all winners cheque are certified international bank draft,and
when delivered and received by
you, you can deposit and cash it in any bank of your choice without any
delay.

To claim your won prize, please contact the Google Award claims Fiduciary
Agent (Mr Marcus Bernard )
neatly filling the verification details below.

GOOGLE AWARD CLAIMS FIDUCIARY AGENT
Mr Marcus Bernard
Contact Email: marcusbenard007@gmail.com

Kindly forward your verification details as stated below to the Google
Fiduciary Agent;
1. Full Name:....................................
2. House Address:.........................
3. Occupation:................................
4. Sex:...............................................
5. Age:...............................................
6. Marital Status:................................
7. Direct Phone No:.............................
8. Country:.......................................
9. Ticket Number: 00869575733664
10. Serial Number: BTD/8070447706/06
11.Lucky Number: 12-12-23-35-40-41(12)

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 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.

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

Mr Jeffery Daniels
Promotion Award Manager.
C2015 Google Corporation.

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