I received this email today about Google Lottery. I know this email scam for years and I wonder why it was able to pass through my Gmail anti-spam security. Here's the exact email message:
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Dear Sir/Madam,
Congratulations to you!! You have just been picked as one of our luckywinners of £850,000 British Pounds in our online promotions. For more info/ how to claim your winnings,contact the processing officer (Mr. Grahams Benfield) with the email addresses below by sending your winning numbers,full names, sex and location.
Mr. Grahams Benfield,
E-mail(s):[email protected], [email protected].
Phone: +447024028674,+447023032874
This Lottery Promotion is totally free of charge!!
Wishing you good luck!!
Promo Coordinator.
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Dear Sir/Madam,
Congratulations to you!! You have just been picked as one of our luckywinners of £850,000 British Pounds in our online promotions. For more info/ how to claim your winnings,contact the processing officer (Mr. Grahams Benfield) with the email addresses below by sending your winning numbers,full names, sex and location.
Mr. Grahams Benfield,
E-mail(s):[email protected], [email protected].
Phone: +447024028674,+447023032874
This Lottery Promotion is totally free of charge!!
Wishing you good luck!!
Promo Coordinator.
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You are damn right. I received a such message and I even pestered further to send the contact details. Here is an excerpt of the message sent.
ReplyDelete"Dear Mr. -------------,
Accept our sincere apology,for the slight delay in responding to your mail,it was an outcome of the processing of your winning documents.
I/We are pleased to formally announce to you that you have successfully pass the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report Test conducted for all our online lucky winners.
Be aware that this promotion was set-up to encourage the active users of the Google search engine and other Google ancillary services .Hence we do believe with your winning prize ,you will continue to be active and patronage to the Google.
You have been finally cleared as the beneficiary of £850,000 GBP(Eight hundred and fifty British pounds).
I am by this note pleased to inform you also that your winning cheque of £850,000 GBP has been issued and deposited with our accredited paying Bank for your payment. Also, your file which includes valid information has been forwarded to the accredited bank legally in-charge for the transfer of the Winning Funds to all our lucky winners who cannot visit us fo cash pickup. We have instructed our Official Paying Bank(Yorkshire Bank Plc) to initiate a telegraphic online wire transfer of your funds to your Nominated Bank Account immediately all requirements are met.
To finally claim your prize you will have to apply for payment release via email to the accredited Bank with the email contact below.
PAYING BANK E-MAIL CONTACT INFORMATION:
YORKSHIRE BANK PLC UK.
Contact Person:MR CAMPBELL WRIGHT
#48 Oxford Street,High Wycombe,Buckinghamshire HP11 2XQ
Tel: +44 7024074644, +447023055563, +447024074745. Fax: +44 8704791652
E-MAIL:, [email protected] ,[email protected]
TO AVOID DELAY, ENDEAVOUR TO CALL THE BANK IMMEDIATELY YOUR MAIL IS SENT TO THEM SO THEY CAN GIVE YOU URGENT ATTENTION
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To avoid any delay, You are advise to contact our accredited paying Bank with the above contact details by writing an application for the release of your winning funds. This application should be presented to the remittance department via e-mail in the below format.
TO:
THE REMITTANCE MANAGER
YORKSHIRE BANK PLC ,LONDON
Dear Sir,
APPLICATION FOR MY CASH PRIZE(£850,000 GBP) REMITTANCE .
I write in respect of my prize(£850,000 GBP), won in the 2009 Google UK Anniversary Giveaway lotto that is deposited with your Bank. I was directed to apply to this office by my Claims agent/FINANCE DEPARTMENT Mr. Grahams Benfield because of the fact that I cannot make it down to their payment disbursement centre in London for personal prize pickup.
In light of the above,I hereby file a claim for my funds. I would be grateful if you would co-operatively furnish me with your procedure of claims to enable us proceed with the transfer of this funds.
Your fortitude as regards this matter will be highly appreciated.
Yours faithfully,(YOUR NAME ,COUNTRY AND PHONE NUMBER)
Try as much as possible and follow up with the Bank's instructions so as for them to complete your transfer on time as they have already assured the Google Board, I also want you to keep me posted regarding your dealings with the Bank. For your confirmation: Attached to this mail is the scan copy of the winning certificate for your winning confirmation.
Do not hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any difficulties in understanding the process as I will always be here to help you. Let me know when the Bank contacts you.
We wish you a hearty congratulation once again,should you have any difficulty or whatsoever, do not hesitate to contact me.
Best Regards,
MR. GRAHAMS BENFIELD.
Payment Release Department,
Google Lottery Board,United Kingdom.
Asides this, A certificate is also issued to back up his point bearing my names.
All internet users should be aware
Wow! That's a very detailed information, seems like real.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this experience with us.
Cheers,
EM @ KING.NET