419 scam: "Google Lottery Dept" <carlos@goiasatacado.com.br> Official winning notification letter!

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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.
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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447441392239
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.
- sergey.mbrin47@googlemail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Google Lottery Dept" <carlos@goiasatacado.com.br>
Reply-To: bordenreamsd@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 01:34:45 -0500
Subject: Official winning notification letter!

Google Anniversary Award Centre
Belgrave House, 76 Buckingham Palace Road.
London SW1W 9TQ,
United Kingdom.

Official winning notification letter:

Dear Client,
I am pleased to officially congratulate you over your success in the
official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online sweepstakes
organized by Google Incorporation, held on the 1st of March 2019 in London,
United Kingdom.
Be informed that you're among the Ten (10) lucky winners and therefore
entitled to
Â£3,620,000.00 GBP {Three Million Six Hundred and Twenty Thousand Great
British Pounds Only}

To receive your prize some and being that you're not a resident within the
United Kingdom, You will need the assistant of our accredited foreign claim
officer, Mr. Peter Morison.
You're to send a formal reward acceptance letter with details of your
winning credentials to our foreign claim representative Mr. Peter, via
e-mail or telephone with the below contact information;

MD Matt Brittin
Chairman of the Board and Managing Director
Payment Bureau Dept.
Contact Email: sergey.mbrin47@googlemail.com
Contact Phone: (+44) 744 1392239.

You are also advised to fill in your details correctly in the detail below
and send back to us to file your Claims:

PAYMENT/CLAIMS FORM
1) Your Full Names:
2) Your Contact Address:
3) Your Telephone/Mobile Number:
4) Occupation:
5) Age/Gender:
6) Private Email Address:
7) Ever Won An Online Lottery?

Thus, your prize sum will be released to you upon meeting the requirement
of this promotion award Board Authority which includes your statutory
obligations.
Hence we do believe with your prize, you will continue to be active in your
patronage of Google and its products and services.

Google values your right to privacy! Your information is 100% secured and
will be used exclusively for the purpose of this award only.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims are processed and your winning prize remitted
to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please
be WARNED!

Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of Google Anniversary Award Team.

Hellen Adams,
Foreign Claim Director,
Google Anniversary Award Centre.

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