Beware of "Google/Visa/MasterCard Major Customer this Year" Promotion Scam

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The "Google/Visa/MasterCard Major Customer this Year" Lottery Scam

Subject: Official Winning Notification

Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2017 09:34:51 -0800

From: Google Coporation <ochavez@comfinagro.com.co>

Google UK Ltd

1-13 St Giles High Street

London WC2H 8AG

United Kingdom

Website: _www.google.org_ <http://www.google.org>

Ref. NO: 420 C/MCA,

Batch: 864/17.

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 confirmed by our co-sponsors Visa*/MasterCard* International. 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 Great British Pounds Do e-mail the Foundation Board office at once with the Verification and Funds release form below for validation of your grant. You are also advised to contact our Google Payment Coordinator (Mr. Jeremy Allison via the above email) with the following details below to avoid unnecessary delay and complications.

CONTACT:

Name: Mr. Jeremy Allison

Google Foundation Board (UK)

Email: _drjeremyallison@gmail.com_

MANDATORY VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM

-Residential Address:

-Tel (Mobile):

-Nationality/Country:

-Full Name: -Age/Sex:

-E-mail Address:

-Occupation/Position:

-What is your comment on Google Foundation?

Sincerely,

Sundar Pichai

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer ©2017 Google

Corporation Powered by Google

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