419 scam: "Sundar Pichai,"<pu999aaa@gmail.com> TAESING

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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.
- normanko929@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sundar Pichai," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pu937aaa@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 18:28:26 +0200
Subject: TAESING

Google LLC,
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View,
CA 94043, United States of America (U.S.A).

BATCH ID: 20653-1520 REFERENCE: GI/7352071/632/21821

Dear Google Beneficiary,

RE: OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION LETTER:-

Your e -mail has been RANDOMLY selected as one of the main beneficiaries in the E-mail Electronic Online Reward, organized by Google LLC.

This Promo is powered by Alphabet Inc. The main objective is to appreciate everyone who has in one way or the other made use of Google Products and Services and also, has been RANDOMLY SELECTED as a Winner/Beneficiary.

You are entitled to $1,350,000.00 USD {One Million Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars Only} as your Official Winning Prize.

REQUIREMENTS: To process your payment, please ensure you fill and send via e-mail all the required information as stated below:

PAYMENT/BENEFICIARY RELEASE FORM
1) Name (As it would appear on your Winning Document):
2) Full Contact Address:
3) Country/Nationality:
4) Telephone/Mobile Number(s):
5) Occupation: 6) Age/Gender:
7) Alternative E-mail Address(Apart From Gmail):
8) Have You Ever Received Such an E-mail Before?
9) How Do You Feel As A Selected Beneficiary?
Send all required information for verification via e-mail to our Claims Administrator/Foreign Payment Bureau:- …………………………………………………………………………………………………......

Name: Norman Ko, Claims Administrator/Foreign Payment Bureau/Google CEO. E-mail: normanko929@gmail.com {{ normanko929@gmail.com }}
…………………………………………………………………………………………………......

Please note that Google values your right to privacy and will never violate the Privacy Policy! Your information is 100% secured and will be used exclusively for the purpose of this award values.

NOTE!!! Please keep confidential, all winning information until your Winning Prize/ENTITLEMENT is remitted to you. This is part of our Precautionary Measure to avoid Double Claims and Unwarranted Abuse of this Program; Please be WARNED!!!!

Sundar Pichai,

Chief Executive Officer

© 2021 Google LLC, All Rights Reserved.

Anti-fraud resources:

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