There is NO "E-mail Electronic On-line Sweepstakes" - it is a Lottery Scam

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Updated: Sep. 25, 2017 2017-09-25T13:37:05
Posted: Sep. 25, 2017 2017-09-25T13:18:35
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There are NO "E-mail electronic On-line Sweepstakes," therefore, recipients of email or text messages claiming they are winners in a such a lottery should delete the messages, and should not follow the instructions in them. This is because messages are being sent by lottery scammers who are attempting to trick their potential victims into sending them their personal information and will subsequently ask them to send money in order to collect their so-called lottery prize.

The "E-mail Electronic Online Sweepstakes" Scam

FREELOTTERY ONLINE SWEEPSTAKES INTERNATIONAL

BRUXELLES BELGIUM

Following official result publication of E-mail electronic On-line Sweepstakes organized by the FREELOTTERY CORPORATION,the Heineken prizes in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products.held in Brussels Belgium.

Wherein your electronic email emerged as one of the on-line winning emails in the 1st category.You have therefore been approved for a lump payout of One Million Two Hundred Thousand Eurs(€1,200.000.00 Euros), you are advice to contact the processing officer.

To begin your claim you are to contact Mr Paul Fritzpatrick , The Operations Manager of FREELOTTERY AGENCY INTERNATIONAL BRUSSELS BELGIUM.

TEL: +32-466-380-289

Note,the winning information was released today with the following particulars.

AWARD INFORMATION

Ticket Number 28-44-15-37-11

Draw Lucky Numbers 13-29-34-19-20

You are advise to fill and submit the below form to process your claim and we will contact you within 24hrs.

Remember, once you are asked to send personal information or money in order to receive a prize for a lottery that you didn't enter, it is a scam. This is because legitimate lotteries will never ask winners to send money in order to collect their prizes. And, you cannot win a lottery that you did not participate in.

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August 28, 2019 at 12:40 AM by info
"From: <derussi@amazonas.com.br>
Date: Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 7:52 PM
Subject: Re
Dear Lucky Winner,
We are very pleased to inform you, your email address brought you an unexpected lucky, your email address was selected and confirmed by the Liverpool Football Club the just concluded final Championship League match. Note: no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy, all email addresses used for this draw were presented electronically by Microsoft international.
Your email address was electronically selected alongside five other Winners; your email subsequently won you the sum of £500,000.00(G.B.P) and consolation prizes which include a Dell Inspiration Laptop, Liverpool Branded T-shirt,Liverpool Branded Baseball cap. To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to provide your claims officer with the below information for proper verification before we can proceed with your claims.
Kindly contact your claim officer via email with the details below:
1) MR. / MS :
2) Family Name (Last Name / Surname)
3) Occupation:
4) Country of Birth:
5) Country of Citizenship:
6) Complete mailing address:
7) City / State:
8) Home Phone & Mobile Number:
9) Attach your Photo ID (Driver’s License or ID Working) :
10)Do you speak English and English Understand?:
Name: Mr. Walter Whitman
Contact claim agent: wwhitman109@gmail.com
You are expected to keep this information highly confidential and away from the general public most importantly your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained) and to protect any interest of the unknown claimers.
Thank you and congratulations!
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Benson Lloyd
Processing Director"
Here is another scam.
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June 10, 2019 at 12:36 PM by info
"From: "GOOGLE INC" <eiji@sakuragikagu.com>
To: info@googleinc.org
Sent: 6/9/2019 6:41:37 PM
Subject: Urgent Info!
Please find attached pdf file for details of your official Google notification letter and claims instruction.
Jon Alferness
Vice President and Payment Administrator
Google Inc .
BATCHID: 10084-202807
REFFERENCE ID: 2807 /0708/1408
RE: OFFICIAL WINNING NOT IFICATION LETTER:-
We wish to congratulate you on your success as you were selected as a winner in the official publication of results of the E-mail
electronic online sweepstake organized by Google Foundation and Foundation for the Promotion of Software
Products (F.P.S.P).
You have been selected as one of the lucky winners in the ongoing GOOGLE Electronic Online Sweepstakes and you are entitled to $1,450,000.00 USD {One Million Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand} in your category .
For processing of your payment, you are required to send the following information immediately :
PAYMENT CLAIMS FORM
1) Your Full Names:
2) Your Contact Address:
3) Your Country /Nationality :
4) Your Telephone/Mobile Number(s):
5) Occupation:
6) Age/Gender:
7 ) Private Email Address (OPTIONAL):
8) Ever Won An Online Lottery?
Your prize will be transferred to you through our accredited paying bank upon meeting the requirements. All Payments will be made to you through our accredited paying bank (ELECTRONIC SWIFT TRANSFER) to your bank account in your country without you coming down to our office.
Send your payment verification information via email to our Vice President and Foreign Payment Administrator
below:
Name: Jon Alferness
Vice President and Payment Administrator
Email: jonalferness.vice@gllcawardprom.com
NOTE! For security reasons, you are advised to keep this notification confidential as part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program ."
Another scam.
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September 11, 2018 at 12:44 AM by an anonymous user from: Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Here is another scam:
"Dear Google User.
You have been selected as a winner for using Google services, attached to this email is Our Official Notification Letter for your perusal.
Sundar Pichai,
Chief Executive Officer,
Google Inc.
GOOGLE INC.,
HEAD QUARTERS.
BATCH ID: 10084-202807
REFFERENCE ID: 2807/0708/1408
RE: OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION LETTER:-
We wish to congratulate you on your success for being selected as a winner in the official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online sweepstake organized by Google Foundation and Foundation for the Promotion of Software Products (F.P.S.P).
You have been selected as one of the lucky winners in the ongoing E- mail Electronic Online Sweepstakes and you are entitled to $1,450,000.00 USD {One Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand} in your category.
For processing of your payment, you are required to send the following information immediately:
...
Name: Sundar Pichai
Chief Executive Officer/Payment Administrator.
Email: sundarpichai@gpromotionawarduk.com
NOTE! For security reasons, you are advised to keep this notification confidential as part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program.
Sundar Pichai,
Chief Executive Officer,
Google Inc."
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August 23, 2018 at 10:13 AM by info
Here is another scam:
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De: "GOOGLE INC" <info@googleinc.org>
Envoyé: Jeudi 23 Août 2018 15:47:40
Objet: Official Notification Letter .
Dear Google User.
You have been selected as a winner for using Google services, attached to this email is Our Official Notification Letter for your perusal.
Sundar Pichai,
Chief Executive Officer,
Google Inc.
GOOGLE INC.,
HEAD QUARTERS.
BATCH ID: 10084-202807
REFFERENCE ID: 2807/0708/1408
RE: OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION LETTER:-
We wish to congratulate you on your success for being selected as a winner in the official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online sweepstake organized by Google Foundation and Foundation for the Promotion of Software Products (F.P.S.P).
You have been selected as one of the lucky winners in the ongoing E- mail Electronic Online Sweepstakes and you are entitled to $1,450,000.00 USD {One Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand} in your category.
For processing of your payment, you are required to send the following information immediately:
PAYMENT CLAIMS FORM
1) Your Full Names:
2) Your Contact Address:
3) Your Country/Nationality:
4) Your Telephone/Mobile Number(s):
5) Occupation:
6) Age/Gender:
7) Private Email Address (OPTIONAL):
8) Ever Won An Online Lottery?
Your prize will be transferred to you through our accredited paying bank upon meeting the requirements. All Payments will be made to you through our accredited paying bank (ELECTRONIC SWIFT TRANSFER) to your bank account in your country without you coming down to our office.
Send your payment verification information via email to our Vice President and Foreign Payment Administrator below:
Name: Sundar Pichai
Chief Executive Officer/Payment Administrator.
Email: sundarpichai@gpromotionawarduk.com
NOTE! For security reasons, you are advised to keep this notification confidential as part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program.
Sundar Pichai,
Chief Executive Officer,
Google Inc.
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April 28, 2018 at 10:24 PM by an anonymous user from: Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Just wondering, how do they even get one's email address?
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- April 28, 2018 at 10:48 PM by info
  Using phishing websites, and spyware that infects computers and find and send email addresses back to then.
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January 10, 2018 at 1:24 AM by an anonymous user from: Bratislava, Bratislavský, Slovakia
Here is another scam:
"GOOGLE INC.
AWARD AND PROMOTION INFORMATION
Belgrave House 76
Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 9TQ
United Kingdom.
Ref No: GAAP/6168/657/2018
Batch: GAAP/690/GAPRO/UK
OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION LETTER
We wish to congratulate you over your success in the official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online sweepstake organized by Google Inc for the end of this year 2017, officially sponsored by THE GOOGLE FOUNDATION in conjunction with Visa®/MasterCard® International and confirmed by our co-sponsors the Foundation for the Promotion of Software Products (F.P.S.P). Over the years Google earns its’ profit mainly from advertising using their very own Google search engine, Gmail, Gala, Sify e-mail services, Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut social networking and You Tube video sharing, which are all offered to the public for free.
Due to your active use of Google services, you have been selected as one of the Ten (10) winners in the ongoing E- mail Electronic Online Sweepstakes 2017. Hence we believe with your prize, you will continue to be active in your patronage to Google and its Products, we wish to inform you that you are entitled to ₤350,000.00 GBP {Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling}. An International Certified Bank Draft will be issued in your name and also a Certificate of prize claim will be processed alongside your Bank Draft.
You are advised to contact our processing office/Foreign Payment Bureau officer with your payment verification details below:
PAYMENT CLAIMS FORM
1) Your Full Names:
2) Your Contact Address:
3) Your Country/Nationality:
4) Your Telephone/Mobile Number(s):
5) Occupation:
6) Age/Gender:
7) Private Email Address (OPTIONAL):
8) Ever Won An Online Lottery?
*KINDLY INDICATE YOUR PREFERRED MODE OF PRIZE REMITTANCE FROM THE OPTIONS BELOW:
1. COURIER DELIVERY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT AND OTHER WINNING DOCUMENTS TO YOUR ADDRESS/RESIDENCE.
2. BANK/SWIFT TRANSFER: (BANK/SWIFT TRANSFER OF YOUR OFFICIAL WINNING PRIZE TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT).
Google values your right to privacy! Your information is 100% secured and will be used exclusively for the purpose of this award only.
Send all response via email to our Chief Executive/Foreign Payment Bureau officer below:
Name: Martin Hillman
Chief Executive Officer
Email: verificationsector@webname.com
NOTE! For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are processed and your winning prize remitted to you through our accredited paying bank. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program please be WARNED!"
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December 10, 2017 at 7:45 PM by an anonymous user from: Richardson, Texas, United States
I received an email from whats my food intolerance stating that I had won 2,500,000.00 & wanted to congratulation me for being a winner selected this year as a results of the E-mail Electronic Online Sweepstakes organized by MasterCard in conjunction with Microsoft International MasterCard(r)Credit Card Lottery Promo held on 02 June 2017, where I (through an electronic email & phone database random selection) emerged as one of the lucky twenty.
It also stated that I had been approved by M/C(r)/Visa Card International to receive $2,5000,000in credit card credited to M/C No. 52** *** ***3621 with Reg.No. MCIMJ: 5148/4178. It said more, & I would be delighted to email/fax you a copy of this letter. It said to process my winning prize delivery, please contact there Foreign Payment Bureau Officer electronically by filing the verification details which I did not. I wanted to investigate this scam thoroughly.
Thanks,
Linda
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