Okay, who are these guys trying to fool? An online cyber draw from a Google Corporations and I apparently won GBP 950,000,00 {Nine Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling} in money? Yeah, sure. Here was the e-mail:
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Message-Id: <201001131930566.SM186064@User>Google Corporations
Stamford New Road,
Altrincham Cheshire,
WA14 1EP
London,
United Kingdom.Your e-mail address award details:
Winning No: GPA/7402/10
E- No: GPA/533/10GOOGLE AWARD GPA/7402/10
We wish to congratulate you over your success in the new year official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online Award organized by Google the internet search engine giant. This promotion 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 active in your patronage of the 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 GBP950,000,00 {Nine Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling}.
The online cyber draws was conducted from an exclusive list of over 5,000,000 email addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer selection from the web. (NO TICKETS WERE SOLD).
A winning cheque will be issued in your name by Google Corporation and a certificate of prize claims will be sent along side your winning cheque.
You are adviced to contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message for the processing and eventual payment of the above prize to you with the following details to avoid unnecessary delay and complications:
Google Promotion Award Team
Email: gpateam@gala.net
Phone: +44 701 114 8814Do e-mail the Processing office at once with all the claim requirements below;
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM.
(1) Your contact address.
(2) Your Tel/Fax numbers.
(3) Your Nationality/Country.
(4) Your Full Name.
(5) Occupation/Sex//Age.Google believes in your right to privacy and your information will be used exclusively for the purpose of this promotion only.
The Google Corporation has discovered a huge numbers of double claims due to winners informing close friends about their prize and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, these friends try to claim the prize on behalf of the real winners. Google Corporation have reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Board will result in canceling that particular prize, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winners. You are hereby strongly adviced one more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize.
Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the Google Award Commission
Sincerely,
Dr. Leslie Spears.
Google Corporations.
©2010 Google Corporations
This email was sent from a notification only email address. This email and any attachments to it contain information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s).
Please don’t tell me people are falling for these.
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