419 scam: "Adam Williams."<rekreatie@comcast.net> GOOGLE Fund Winning 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:

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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "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.
- hardskidfin10001@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Adam Williams." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rc604877@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 14:24:11 -0700
Subject: GOOGLE Fund Winning Notification !!!

Google Promotion Award Department®
44 Oakleugh RoadSouth
London N11 INP
United Kingdom.
2016 GOOGLE ANNIVERSARY.

Dear E-mail User,
GOOGLE Fund Winning Notification !!!

We are pleased to once again congratulate you on this note that part of
our lucky winners selected this year. Your e-mail ID has emerged as a
winner of $2,754,000.00 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, the Google ancillary services, support
fraud victims, support widows, uplift poverty alleviation, charity aid,
community development, improve the level of education worldwide, encourage
the use of Internet and computers worldwide for vast knowledge and also
increase the standard of living of the less privileged. Hence we do
believe that 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 emerged as one of the lucky
winners that won G$2,754,000.00 through electronic balloting system
without the winner applying, we are congratulating you for been one of the
lucky people that won for this Month of August/September.

A winning cheque of $2,754,000.00 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 Herskind Finn )neatly filling the verification details
below.

GOOGLE AWARD CLAIMS FIDUCIARY AGENT
Mr Herskind Finn
Contact Email: hardskidfin10001@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
cancellation 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. Please do not reply if you are NOT the owner
of this Email-ID.

Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of Google Board Commission.
Adam Williams.
Google Promotion.

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