419 scam: "Google" <h-jc@hitachijc.or.jp> Google Official Payment 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:

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:
- "jeffreydean011@yandex.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "jeffreydean01@yandex.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Google" <h-jc@hitachijc.or.jp>
Reply-To: jeffreydean01@yandex.com
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 22:12:04 -0800
Subject: Google Official Payment Notification.

Google Inc=E2=84=A2
Belgrave House
76 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 9TQ,
United Kingdom
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Winning No: GUK/877/798/2020
Ticket No: GUK/699/33/2020
Google 2020 AWARD
=

We wish to congratulate you on this note, for being part of our selected wi=
nners in our just concluded internal promotion draw this year, this promoti=
on was set-up to encourage the active users of the Google search engine and=
the Google ancillary services.
=

Hence we do believe with your winning prize, you will continue to be an act=
ive patronage to the Google search engine and services. Google is now the b=
iggest search engine worldwide and in an effort to make sure that it remain=
s the most widely used search engine, we ran an online e-mail beta draw whi=
ch your email address won Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pou=
nds Sterling (950,000.00). We wish to formally announce to you that you hav=
e successfully passed the requirements, statutory obligations, verification=
s, validations and satisfactory report test conducted for all online winner=
s.
=

A winning check will be issued in your name by Google Promotion Award, for =
the sum of Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling (9=
50,000.00) and also a certificate of prize claims will be sent alongside yo=
ur winning check cashable at any bank in your country.
=

You are advised to contact the assigned Google Program Administrator/Coordi=
nator with the following details to avoid unnecessary delay and complicatio=
ns:
=

GOOGLE PAYMENT AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
(1) Your Contact Address/Private Email Address
(2) Your Tel/Fax Numbers
(3) Your Nationality/Country
(4) Your Full Name
(5) Occupation/Company
(6) Age/Gender
(7) Ever Won An Online Lottery?
(8) Comments About Google
=

Jeffrey Dean - Google Senior Fellow (Program Administrator/Coordinator)
Emails: jeffreydean011@yandex.com
jeffreydean01@yandex.com
Tel: 00 44 970 165
=

Google values your right to privacy! Your information is 100% secured and w=
ill be used exclusively for the purpose of this award only.
=

The Google Promotion Award Team has discovered a huge number of double clai=
ms due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties about=
their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, the=
se friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. The Goog=
le Promotion Award Team has reached a decision from its headquarters that a=
ny double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the cancelin=
g of that particular winning, leading to 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.
=

Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the Google interactive Lotteri=
es Board Commission.
=

Yours faithfully,
=

Sundar Pichai
Chief Executive Officer of Google

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