419 scam: "mike eric" <doswald@optusnet.com.au> GOOGLE FOUNDATION GRANT OF THE YEAR 9/30/2021

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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 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.
- mikeeric43@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mike eric" <doswald@optusnet.com.au>
Reply-To: "mike eric" <mikeeric43@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2021 06:54:01 +1000
Subject: GOOGLE FOUNDATION GRANT OF THE YEAR 9/30/2021

You won

Â $50,000.00 Fifty Thousand United States Dollars for

using Google search engine, Google is now the biggest

search engine Worldwide, You were invited to come and

claim your prize in person on the 1st section 2020

before the lockdown in the UNITED KINGDOM / now your

winnings have been converted well packaged with care

by Google Foundation United Kingdom, Address: 1-13 St

Giles High Street London WC2H8AG, The selection

process was carried out through random selection in

our computerized email selection system (ESS) from a

database of over 35,000 email addresses drawn from

all the continents of the world which you were

selected, Also your winnings have been approved by

the Google foundation licensed by the International

Association of British Gaming board (IABGB). To begin

the processing of your prize you are to contact our

fiduciary claims department for more information as

regards to claim your prize. NOW CONTACTÂ MR. Mike

Eric Email:Â
mikeeric43@gmail.com [1]Â contact him with

your full information such as 1. full name. 2 Â

Address. 3Â Nationality. 4Â Age. 5 Occupation. 6 Â

Phone/Fax. 7 Present Country. 8Â Your Identification

card so that your winnings will be delivered to your

doorstep, but you have to pay a delivery charge of

$70 USD so that the man will commence the delivery

immediately he confirm your payment. Thanks for your

cooperation. yours inÂ service Foundation Board UK.

GOOGLE FOUNDATION GRANT OF THE YEAR 9/11/2021,YOUR

GFB $50,000.00 WINNER OF YEAR CONTACT

mikeeric43@gmail.com [2]Â OR CAILL GOOGLE BRANCH IN USA

KENOSHA +1262 404 8972 FOR YOUR WINNINGS FUNDS.

YOURS IN SERVICE

GFB.

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[2] mailto:mikeeric43@gmail.com

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