419 scam: Google UK <kennyodum47@gmail.com> CONGRATULATIONS !!!

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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.
- hr148908@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Google UK <kennyodum47@gmail.com>
Reply-To: hr148908@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:04:32 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !!!

* Google UK LTD 1-13 St Giles High Street London WC2H8AG United kingdom
Website: www.google.org <http://www.google.org> Our Ref: UK / 312-10642 /
GFG Notification: 2022 *

* GOOGLE FOUNDATION GRANTS 2022*

*We wish to congratulate you on this note for being selected as a major
customer this year. This promotion was set-up to encourage the active users
of Google search engine and the Google ancillary services and confirmation
by our co-sponsors Visa*/MasterCard* International. Google earns its profit
mainly from advertising using their own G mail & other e-mail services,
Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut social networking, YouTube video sharing,
Google search engine and Google ancillary services which are all offered to
the public for free. Hence we do believe with your grant, you will continue
to be active and patronize Google search engine. Google is now the biggest
search engine worldwide and in an effort to make sure that it remains the
most widely used search engine, we ran an online e-mail beta test which
your email address won Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand British Pounds. We
wish to formally inform you that you have successfully passed the
requirements, statutory obligations, verification, validation and
satisfactory report Test conducted to all online winners. A bank draft of
Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand British Pounds will be issued in your name
by Google Foundation Board (UK). *

*Furthermore your details (e-mail address) fall within our UK
representative office as indicated in our database and youâ€™re your grant
will be released to you from our UK regional office in London United
Kingdom. MANDATORY VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM Residential
Address: Tel (Mobile/Cell): Nationality/Country: Full Name: Age:
Occupation: E-mail Address: ID Card: All rights reserved. This email was
sent from a notification email address. The information in this email is
confidential and legally privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the
intended recipient(s). Please consider the environment. Contact:
--------------------------------------------------------- Name: Mr. Ronan
HarrisGoogle Board (UK) Email: hr148908@gmail.com <hr148908@gmail.com>Do
e-mail the Board office at once with the Verification and Fund release form
from below for validation of your grant. *

*You are also advised to contact our Google Payment Coordinator (via the
above email) with the following details below to avoid unnecessary delay
and complications. Sincerely, Mr. Sundar PichaiChairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer Â©2022 Google Corporation Powered by Google *

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