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This is a variant of the typical kind of lottery scam message, using the name of Google, a respected company, to try to lure you into the scam. (The real Google has nothing to do with the message, of course.) The message comes with an attachment (deleted here), and you should always remember not to open attachments from unknown senders.
Dear User,
We are pleased to notify you that you have emerged as one of our lucky winners. Please see attached document for details.
Regards,
Samantha Di Clemente
Google Announcer
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This is a variant of the classic abandoned shipment scam, where the scammer claims to have a shipment for you and it needs to be picked up. In this case it is a supposed fortune from a lottery. (And it’s at the Baltimore-Washington Airport in a golden metal box!)
Subject: Your Lottery Golden Metal Trunk Box has now arrived in Baltimore International Airport
From: WREELE DOUGLAS cp12@dazdomin.net
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016
Reply-To: georgeellis382@qq.com
My Name is Wreele Douglas. An FBI Agent. I am a contract staff currently attached to the verification department of the Camelot Group of the Online National Lottery mainly for non UK citizens. Your winning check of $4,306,515 (Four Million, three hundred and six thousand, five hundred and fifteen United States Dollars only) was about to expire due to your inability to travel to our office in London as the Lottery rules and regulations demanded. However, I managed to convert the check to cash in a Golden Metal Trunk Box because it was the only way to circumvent you from losing your life time opportunity.
To avoid multiple taxations and the bank charges as overdue and unclaimed lottery fund, I have successfully dispatched your golden metal box with Reg# UK8100SA through cargo and the golden metal box has arrived Baltimore–Washington International Airport cargo unit, and has passed through custom checks.
The golden metal box is now at the airport storage facility at the cost of $25 dollars daily. Every documentation and process is legitimate because it is a lottery winning fund. Please kindly make sure you contact Mr. George Ellis on (410) 824-4742 and email (georgeellis382@qq.com). I have done everything to make sure you receive your winning. Please call the officer’s number below for a verification and QUICK process.
Cargo Unit
Baltimore–Washington International Airport
Baltimore, MD 21240,
United States
Email: (georgeellis382@qq.com)
Tel: (410) 824-4742
Contact person Mr. George Ellis
The lottery details:
Winning no: …………………..
Serial no: …………………..
Ticket no: …………………..
Amount won: …………………..
Please reconfirm these information’s to Mr. George Ellis
1. Your Full Name: …………………..
2. Your current address: ……………..
3. Your phone number: ………………..
4. Nearest airport to your location: …..
5. Your Occupation: ………………….
Note: Do not disclose the content of the Golden Metal Box to Mr. George Ellis or to anyone for security reasons.
Best regards,
WREELE DOUGLAS
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY,
CAMELOT GROUP,
VERIFICATION AND PROCESSING DEPARTMENT,
UNITED KINGDOM.
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Scammers often use the names of companies and organizations that have a positive public image in order to hook people into their scams. This message claims to be from Google, a company most people know and respect, and says you have won a prize. What could be better? Alas, it’s really a scam message, similar to a lottery scam, and the real Google has nothing to do with it.
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2016
From: Google 2016 anniversary award centre hrodriguez02@mindeporte.gob.ve
Reply-To: null david220drummond@googlemail.com
Subject: Google 2016 Official Award Winning Notification Letter
Dear Google User,
You have been selected as a winner for using Google services. Find attached email with more details.
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The message below is a standard type of lottery scam message, sent randomly to thousands of people around the world. If you make the mistake of replying to it, the scammer will tell you that your (non-existent) winnings are ready to be delivered as soon as you pay a “transfer fee” or “lottery tax” or some such thing. And then if you make the bigger mistake of paying this advance fee, the scammer will disappear with your money, never to be heard from again.
Subject: RUGBYWORLDCUP EMAIL AWARD
From: RUGBYWORLDCUP Kc14v@my.fsu.edu
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015
Reply-To: rugbyemailfondationpromoaward@yahoo.co.za
RUGBYWORLDCUP SA PROMO DRAW :-) Congratulations !! Your Active E-mail address has been selected randomly by RUGBYWORLDCUP SA PROMOTIONAL DRAW 2015. You have won (GBP) £450,000.00 in RUGBYWORLDCUP SA PROMOTIONAL DRAW 2015. Call +27110682225/+27633545764 OR EMAIL: rugbyemailfondationpromoaward@yahoo.co.za {FULL NAMES; PHONE NR, COUNTRY, REFERENCE NR}. for claims with your Reference Number: ( RESA84W/05 ) For Your Cash Prize.
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This is a standard type of lottery scam message, claiming to come from “Monica Torres.” (Read more about how lottery scams work.) In reality, “Monica” is not a lottery official but rather a scammer, probably operating with a disposable cell phone that can’t be traced. If you make the mistake of replying to the message, you’ll discover that you have to send a “release fee” or “transfer tax” before Monica can send you your (imaginary) winnings, and then if you make the bigger mistake of paying, “Monica” will disappear with your money, never to be heard from again.
From: Lisa Tschiderer lisa.tschiderer@rochesterymca.org
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015
Reply-To: euromillionsdpt@qq.com
Your email address has brought you an unexpected luck, which was selected in The Euro Millions Lottery and subsequently won you the sum of €1,000,000.00 Euros. Contact Monica Torres Email: euromillionsdpt@qq.com to claim your prize.
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Several versions of this scam have been making the rounds of the Internet lately. The person sending the message claims to be a lottery winner, and wants to generously share the winnings with you. What could be better? Alas, it’s really just a scammer trying to get you on the hook so he can find a way to pick your pocket.
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR (800,000.00 euro) DONATIONS!!
From: DONATIONS
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015
Reply-To: r.angelamaxwell@gmail.com
I & my husband Angela & Maxwell has donated the sum of Eight hundred thousand euro (800,000.00 euro) to you from part of our lucky life-changing Jackpot of 53 Million from Euro-millions Lottery.please see by visiting the web page below:
Kindly send us the below details so that we can direct our Bank to effect a valid Bank Draft in your name.
Full Name:
Country:
Age:
Occupation:
Sex:
Mobile/Tel:
Warm Regards,
Mr. Richard & Mrs. Angela Maxwell
Email: r.angelamaxwell@gmail.com Or angelamaxwell.donations@yahoo.com
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This is a very familiar type of lottery scam message, send to thousands of random people around the world. (Read more about how lottery scams work.) If you make the mistake of replying to “Daniel Tremblay” you will find you have to pay “taxes” or “transfer fees” before your (non-existent) fortune can be delivered. If you make the bigger mistake of paying, the scammer will disappear with your money, never to be heard from again.
Subject: you won
From: ttremb@Safe-mail.net
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015
Reply-To: danamber1@gmail.com
Greetings
UK National Lottery announce you today as the Lucky winner of the 3rd international draw of the year 2015.
Emails were picked up randomly based on the world list directory of Names and email addresses of individuals from all the countries in the world.
Your email drew as the winning email for the Category “A” draw, with Ref. Number: PF23-711W-9, Batch No: 46-184-WAN and serial NO:215-18. Amount Won on Category “A” Draw: US$1.0Million.
You are advised to come forward for immediate claim by contacting the Verification officer Daniel Tremblay (Email: danamber1@gmail.com) with Your Age, Full names, Physical Address,Telephone number and copy of this notification.
Thank you,
Notification Officer National Lottery UK
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This is a type of scam message that has become quite common in recent months, and is being sent to thousands (and perhaps millions) of people around the world.
The scammer says you have received a donation and need to contact him immediately. (And who wouldn’t be delighted to receive a donation?) The scammer’s strategy is just to get you on the hook and talking, like a telephone salesman who figures if he can keep you talking he can eventually make a sale. The scammer here just wants to get you talking, and then he figures he’ll be able to find some way to pick your pocket (probably by requesting an advance fee before your supposed donation can be sent).
You have a personal donation of five hundred and fifty thousand dollars From a Mega Million winner reply immediately for more information.
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Brief “mystery scam” messages like the one below have become more common online in recent months. Why should a scammer bother to send a long and elaborate message if a short one will do just as well? (See more examples of mystery scams.) Here the imaginary “Benutzer Foundation” claims to have a donation ready for you and asks you to reply.
Messages of this kind are just a new version of the old advance fee fraud. Like a sleazy salesman, the scammer figures if he can just get you to answer, he can “make a sale” — that is, cheat you out of your money.
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015
From: Benutzer Foundation Willi.Kretzschmar@t-online.de
Subject: ATTN
Organization: benutzerberatung
Reply-To: iracurryevelyn@gmail.com
You have a personal donation of five hundred and fifty thousand dollars From a Mega Million winner reply immediately for more information.
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Names in the news attract the attention of scammers, who routinely impersonate rich bankers, foreign generals, and United Nations officials. There apparently is a real person named Neil Trotter who did indeed win millions in a British lottery. But this message didn’t come from him: it came from a scammer who thinks maybe you will recognize the name from the newspaper and fall into his trap:
Subject: Neil Trotter Donation
From: Neil Trotter winner@donation.org
Reply-To: turnelsfinance@foxmail.com
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2015
My wife and I won 108 Million Pounds this year and we have done lot of charity donations, so we have decided to give out $2,000,000.00 each to 5 lucky people this 2015, to mark our Year windfall lucky for you, your email address was given to us by Google management as one of our lucky recipients. Please read the article carefully to confirm the authenticity of this prize donation.
For verification process see below: Contact the finance company in which your prize is been deposited to verify and approve your payment: Finance company contact to approve your payment Tunnels Finance & Loans #1 Kings Square, Liverpool, England.EC4Y 7EQ Phone: (+44) 702 4095 065 Name: Francis Barry EMAIL: turnelsfinance@foxmail.com Yours Faithfully, Neil Trotter.
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Please be aware that scammers often use the names of real people and legitimate businesses in their fraudulent messages. Why? To lend an air of legitimacy to their criminal enterprise. Just because the name of a real person or a real bank or a real government agency appears in a scam message that doesn't mean the person or organization in question is involved in the scam in any way. The scammers are just stealing these names in order to make themselves look legitimate.
