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"Google Annual Promotion Reward 2018" Lottery Scam

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Google Annual Promotion Reward 2018 Lottery Scam

There is no "Google Annual Promotion Reward 2018." Therefore, recipients of the email message below, which claims that they are winners in the "Google Annual Promotion Reward 2018," is a lottery scam. The lottery scam was created by scammers to trick the recipients into sending their personal information and money, by claiming that they are the winners of the Google Annual Promotion Reward 2018. But, there is no such Google lottery, and Google will never ask online users to send their personal information via an email message.

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This type of lottery scam will ask you to send your personal information and subsequently ask you to send money in order to receive your prize. But, please do not respond to the email message or follow the instructions in it. Google is not taking part in or endorsing any lottery games, so if you receive an email claiming that you have won some lottery prize endorsed by Google, it is a scam.

The "Google Annual Promotion Reward 2018" Email

From: Notification@google.co.uk <fes@jokerswild.jp>
Sent: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 21:14:12 +0330 (IRST)
Subject: Notification letter to
Google Incorporation
I - 13 St.Giles High Street,
London, WC2H8AG,
United Kingdom.
Attention: ,
Congratulations on becoming a selected winner of the Google Reward Promotion.
Attachment is for your perusal.
Regards,
Sundar Pichai,
C.E.O, Google Inc.

This e-mail is Confidential and it is intended only for the addressees Any. review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, kindly notify us immediately by telephone or e-mail and delete the message from your system. The sender does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which may arise as a result of the e-mail transmission.

There is no prize, so please do not send your hard earned money to these cybercriminals. If you send your personal information, these cybercriminals will use it to further scam you.

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Oct 13, 2020 at 10:13 AM by an anonymous user from: India

I got a mail saying I have won 9,500000 rupeess and I have received a cheque and id proof of david brown and his passport so please tell is it a scam or its real?

Oct 13, 2020 at 11:57 AM by info

It is a scam.

Jan 11, 2020 at 11:48 AM by an anonymous user from: Boone, North Carolina, United States

A girl I don't know said she won 150,000.00 from the financial yearly rewards thing and that my name was on the beneficiary list....I done sent a picture of my ID but the guy stopped answering bk when I said I couldn't afford to buy two 100 steam gift cards to take pictures of to send them just to get 150,000.00.... could they still steal my identity or anything? Help

Jan 11, 2020 at 12:11 PM by info

Not really, but just be careful going forward.

Dec 14, 2019 at 1:28 AM by an anonymous user from: Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Got message that said I won US$500,000 from Apple, is this correct?

Dec 14, 2019 at 3:41 AM by info

No, it is a fake and scam.

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