Email Fraud Alert received from: Farouk
I recently received an email with this subject line: GOOGLE WINNING NOTIFICATION and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
PLEASE OPEN AND VIEW ATTACHED WINNING FILE.
Belgrave House
76 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1W 9TQ United Kingdom.
Ref No: GFSP/ 7748/782/2014
Batch: GFSP/ 955/GPWIN/UK
OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION LETTER.
It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully as we
congratulate you over your success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail Electronic
Online Sweepstakes Organized by Google, in conjunction with the foundation for the Promotion of Software
Products, (F.P.S.) held on october 2014 here in London UK.Google earns its profit mainly from
advertising using their very own Google search engine, Gmail , Gala , All Asia e -mail service Google Maps,
Google Apps, Orkut social networking and You Tube video sharing, which are all offered to the public for free.
We wish to congratulate you once again, for being among the Twelve (12) selected winners in the ongoing E-
mail Electronic Online Sweepstakes. Hence we do believe with your prize, you will continue to be active in
your patronage to Google and its Products. A Bank Draft of £950,000.00 GBP {Nine Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Great British Pounds} will be issued in your name by our Foreign Payment Bureau and also a
certificate of prize claim will be sent alongside your Bank Draft.
You are advised to contact our Foreign Payment Bureau with the following details below for the Processing of
your Claims:
FOREIGN PAYMENT RELEAS E FORM.
(1) Your Contact Address:
(2) Your Contact Telephone/Mobile Number:
(3) Your Nationality/Country: (4)Your Full Names:
(5) Occupation: (6) Age/Gender: (7) Marital Status:
(8) Private Email Address:
(9) Ever Won An Online Lottery?
(10) How Do You Feel As A Winner?
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Contact our Foreign Payment Bureau officer below: Dr. David Drummond
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with the E-mail accounts as follows:
Email: dr.daviddrum@email.com
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NOTE!!! For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims
are processed and your money 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 Board Commission.
MD Matt Brittin,
Chairman of the Board and Managing Director,
Google United Kingdom.
©2014 Google Corporation.
The above email was sent by “Google Lottery Award” from this email address: google.award@googlemail.com
I, Farouk, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Google Lottery Award”:
I was not aware that Google was headquartered in London – thanks for that 🙂