Google Forms Scams Steal Personal and Financial Information

Google Forms Scams Steal Personal and Financial Information

There are hundreds or maybe thousands of Google Forms email scams like the one below, created by scammers to steal information from potential victims. Therefore, online users are asked not to follow the instructions in unexpected or suspicious Google Forms emails. The scammers send out Google Forms emails instructing their potential victims to click the link in it. If the link is clicked by the recipients, they will be taken to a Google Form created by the scammers to steal account credentials, personal and financial information.

If you have been tricked by a Google Forms scam, please change your online account passwords and contact your bank or financial institutions if you gave out financial information.

A Google Forms Scam

A Google Forms Email Scam

From: owizzy64@gmail.com

Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2020, 09:51:01 AM EST

Subject: Attention Sir/ Madam,

Google Forms

This may be coming too late to you.

Nevertheless, be informed that the AU government is aware of what happened to you between 2010 to 2019, which you lost a lot of money.

AU,US and EU Government have concluded arrangement to compensate you with the of $1,500,000.000 (one million five hundred thousand united state dollars)

Our government is rebuilding the image of our great Nations which has been damaged by fraudsters and imposters. In view of this, you are one of the victims who has been selected for the above amount.

Note: to avoid going through corrupt bankers or company officials in Africa again, arrangements have been put in place for easy payment of your fund.

All you need now is to prepare yourself to meet with government officials which will be sent overseas for smooth payment to all beneficiaries.

Full details will be given to you upon the receipt of your acknowledgement of this letter and reconfirmation of your full details.

For more clarification and directive, kindly call Director Public Admin Mr. Peterson Wiredu . Ph: +233 272560351.Reply to : ecowasunit0@gmail.com

Best regards,

Jeffrey Daisy.

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November 25, 2021 at 2:54 PM by
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December 28, 2020 at 7:54 AM by
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"ATTN /PROFITABLE INVESTMENT FROM ACCOUNT OFFICER

Reply to gilbertjones2018@outlook.com

My name is Mr.Gilbert Jones and I am a staff of Access Bank Plc,

attached to Investment Banking Services, I am contacting you concerning a customer and an investment

placed under our bank's management; as a matter of fact, it was roughly

11 years ago. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents

of this mail private and also to kindly respect the integrity of the

information you come by as a result of this email. I contacted you

independently and no one is informed of this communication; I would

like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of

interest to you and benefit the both of us. All I want is an honest

business transaction between us. First, I will start by introducing

myself. My full name is Mr. Gilbert Jones . I am a British

citizen/Beninese because i have a British Mother and a Beninese

Father and I am currently working with Access Bank. I have been

working here for 21 years now, and I have a good working record with

my bank.

I am also the personal accountant to the account owner, a foreign

contractor who has a financial portfolio of 20,499,500 (Twenty

million, four hundred and ninety-nine thousand, five hundred United

States Dollars.) 10.5M USD in fixed and additional approx10.0M USD

accrued dividend with indefinite interest

My proposal; I am prepared to place you in a position whereby an

instruction is given to officially release the deposit to you as the

business associate, and all etiquette shall be done in accordance

with the rule of banking law, I certainly can guarantee you that, by

the common law, the power of bequeathing is coeval with the first

rudiments of the law, and this power has been extended to all. There

is no ruling which prevents an inheritance from being so exhausted by

legacies as to render it unworthy of the heir's acceptance; basically

all persons of sound mind are competent to bequeath and devise real

and personal estate, excepting infants, with all this I would say we

have the clear advantage to carry out a smooth and perfect operation

whereby the paper work shall be coordinated in such a way that your

status as a sole beneficiary is confirmed. Upon receipt of the

deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you in half and no

more; that is: I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have

them release the deposit to you; afterwards we share the proceeds in

two equal parts.

If we can be of one accord, I shall have the pleasure of meeting you,

after this task has been completed. The content of this mail should be

treated with utmost confidentiality and a quick response from you will

be highly appreciated. However, if you are not interested in this

proposal, please accept my apologies for sending you the message and

kindly delete message, I promised that you will never hear from me.

I anticipate your co-operation.

Thanks for your time and do have a great day.

Warm Regards,

Gilbert Jones

Reply to gilbertjones2018@outlook.com

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December 27, 2020 at 7:56 AM by
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"satu225@gmail.com

Sat 12/26/2020 9:31 AM

Google Forms

Having trouble with viewing or submitting this form?

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Dear one,

I am Miss.isatu kone I and my brother need you to stand as our guardian

to retrieve our inheritance usd (US$5,200,000.00.) which our father

deposited in a finance house before his assassination for reasons which we will

let you know as soon as we hear from you,contact me here in my privet

mail adress:(koneisatu28@gmail.com)

Thanks,

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December 26, 2020 at 6:15 AM by
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"From: officeoffrs1@gmail.com

Date: December 25, 2020 at 10:46:13 AM MST

Subject: Mrs. Shannon Rodgers

Reply-To: officeoffrs1@gmail.com



Google Forms

Attn. Dear Friend.

I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your

money but I did not hear from you since then as we fixed. Then I went

and deposited the $1.950,000.00 US Dollars, as PACKAGE to Stars Global Trust

DELIVERING COMPANY in the USA, because I will be traveling to SAUDI

ARABIA to visit my family and I will not come back till next year-end.

You are advised to contact the Stars Global Trust DELIVERING COMPANY NEW YORK CITY

to know When they will deliver your package. Note that I have paid for

the delivering Charges, the only money you have to send to them is

their security keeping fee, which is $75 Dollars to received your

package safely. Please bear it in your mind that there is NO other

payment required after paying $75 being there official security

keeping fee.

Note; The Stars Global Trust Company doesn't know the contents of the Package. I

registered it as a Package of an American Magazine. They don't know

that it contains money, this is to avoid them delaying with the

Package. Don't let them know that money is in that package ok.

Contact person: Dr. Benjamin Brown

Manager GT Global Trust DELIVERING COMPANY USA

E-mail: (starsglobalcompany@yahoo.com)

Contact phone: ( 1-347-941-2620)

Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasing the

security keeping fee. I gave them your delivery address but you have

to reconfirm it to them again to avoid any mistake on the delivery.

Reconfirm the below information to the company.

Your Full Name-

Your Address-

Home telephone-

Office telephone-

5.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE

6.YOUR NEAREST AIRPORT

Let me know as soon as you receive your package, and check the content

of the package to ensure that your total $1.950,000.00 is completed.

Best regards,

Mrs. Shannon Rodgers .

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December 26, 2020 at 6:13 AM by
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"From: "millslewis012@gmail.com" <millslewis012@gmail.com>

Sent: Friday, December 25, 2020, 11:59:52 AM EST

Subject: UN(United Nations Relief Fund

Google Forms

UN(United Nations Relief Fund

$100 Million Covid19 Global Relief Fund

Relief Fund Covid19 Pandemic.

United Nations has Establishes $100 Million COVID-19 Global Relief Fund (2020/8/8) announced the payment

of “United Nations Relief Fund for COVID-19,” a $100 million US dollar fund to support those around the world

affected by the Covid-19 virus.

You are eligible to benefit a minimum of $200,000 US Dollars to $1.6 Million US Dollars fund from this amount to

support your family and community against Covid19 and also those affected with Covid19 in your family and community, provide your following details for the release of fund. Country, State, and City,

You are to contact the payment and screening officer with your particulars as stated below: to Email: (millslewis0888@yahoo.com)

Full Names:

Full Address:

Nationality:

Profession:

Date of Birth:

Country of resident:

Telephone Number:

Mobile Number:

Fax Number:

United Nations

Covid-19 Global Relief Fund.

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December 25, 2020 at 9:00 AM by
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"Donation Fund Your Urgent Response Needed!

This message was identified as junk. We'll delete it after 10 days. It's not junk | Show blocked content

ikhjohn029@gmail.com

Thu 12/24/2020 9:51 PM

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Hello Dear Friend,

Greetings To You! I Firstly Introduce Myself To You. My Name Is Rev. Father Abraham Smith, As An Philanthropist And the CEO And Chairman Of The Rev. Father Abraham Smith Foundation Charitable Foundation, It's Been Rated As one Of The Largest Private Foundations In The World.

I Believe Strongly In Giving While Living' I Had One Idea That Never Changed In My Mind - That You Should Use Your Wealth To Help People And I Have Decided To Give {$5,300,000.00} To Randomly Selected Individuals Worldwide.

On Receipt Of This Email, You Should Count Yourself As The Lucky Individual. Your Email Address Was Chosen Online

While Searching At Random. Kindly Get Back To Me At Your Earliest Convenience, So I May Final Know Your Email Address Is Valid.( revabrahamsmith@outlook.com ).

Yours Faithfully

Rev. Father Abraham Smith

C.E.O.Smith Charitable Foundations Inc.

E-Mail: revabrahamsmith@outlook.com

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December 21, 2020 at 4:13 AM by
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"From: tomothyjose55777@gmail.com

Date: December 20, 2020 at 4:38:10 PM EST

Subject: Attention

Reply-To: tomothyjose55777@gmail.com



Google Forms

Attention

We have deposited the check of your fund ($3.800`000.00USD) through

Western Union

department after our finally meeting regarding your fund, All you will

do is to contact

Western Union director DR Edward via E-mail joyalex22244@gmail.com He will give you

direction on how you will be receiving the funds daily.Remember to

send him your Full

information to avoid wrong transfer such as,

Receiver's Name_

Address: _

Country: _

Phone Number: _

Though, Mr Bambang Sudjatmiko has sent $5000 in your name today so

contact DR Anthony or

you call {9406005423} him as soon as you receive this email and

tell him to give you the

Mtcn, sender name and question/answer to pick the $5000 Please let us

know as soon as you

received all your fund,

Best Regards.

Mr William Eze"

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December 16, 2020 at 5:08 PM by
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"From: davmoyes1876@gmail.com

Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 4:39 PM

Subject: SHIPMENT

Google Forms

SHIPMENT OF YOUR CONSIGNMENT TRUNK BOX

From Mr. David Moyes

Head Officer-in-Charge

Administrative Service Inspection Unit

P.O. Box 20509 Atlanta, GA 30320.

I am David Moyes, Head of Inspection Unit United Nations Inspection Agency in Harts field-Jackson International Airport Atlanta, Georgia. I came across an abandoned consignment box weighing approximately 242.508IBS and it had your details on it. Fortunately after a scan, it revealed that the content of the box is some amount of money. By my assessment, the box contains about 8M USD or more.

As I write, the box is in airport storage facility. The Consignments like I said is a metal trunk box weighing about 242.508IBS (Internal dimension: W61 x H156 x D73 (cm) effective Capacity: 680 L) Approximately. The details of the consignment including your name, address and email on the official document from United Nations' office in London where the shipment was tagged as personal effects/classified document is still available with us. As it stands now, you have to reconfirm your Full name, address and Phone Number, so I can cross-check and see if it corresponds with the one on the official document. It is now left to you to decide if you still need the consignment or allow us repatriate it back to United Kingdom (place of origin) as I was instructed.

Warm regards,

David Moyes,

Head Officer-in-Charge,

Administrative Service Inspection Unit.

P.O. Box 20509 Atlanta, GA 30320.

Email: davidmoyes855@gmail.com

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December 9, 2020 at 2:54 PM by
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"From: <lefebrejohn6@gmail.com>

Date: Wed, Dec 9, 2020, 8:59 AM

Subject: Hello my dear friend,

Google Forms

Hello my dear friend,

How are you over there in your country or elsewhere? I believe you are fine and doing well. I hope my mail meets you in good health today. I am much delighted and privileged to contact you again, after all these time, it takes destiny and courage to remember good friends like you and at the same time, show gratitude to you despite circumstances that made us separate and disrupted our transaction, which ultimately did not work out as we had projected then.

I use this opportunity to inform you that the transaction has finally worked out and I am contacting you to let you know that I have credited $1.8 million in ATM Master Card and I left the ATM master card with Rev Father David Manley before I traveled to India to invest my own share of the money with my new partner in India.

Here is the email to contact Rev Father David Manley:

NAME: Rev Father David Manley

EMAIL: jjockken@gmail.com

Fill your info as bellow while contacting Rev Father David Manley

Full Name:-

Home Address:-

Your country:-

Your phone number:-

A copy of your Identity:-

Name of your International airport:-

Greetings

Mavis L. Wanczyk

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December 5, 2020 at 7:28 AM by
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"From: <mgmt02871@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 8:27 PM

Subject: CONTACT GT CREDIT UNION FINANCE

Google Forms

Attn; Please.

How are you doing today? Congratulation! It is my pleasure to inform you of this good news. By God grace we have successfully succeeded ingetting your fund sum of $25.7 Million deposited with GT CREDIT UNION FINANCE on November 20th, 2020, We thank God for making things goes well and safety with us, with this idea you will have your fund transfer by yourself at your own convenient time for easy and safety of your fund.

Kindly contact GT CREDIT UNION FINANCE at below information. And also we wish to inform you that this management has two options which you are free to decide on the way you want to receive your fund.

(1) Bank to Bank transfer:

(2) Online Banking Transfer:

Contact Person: Mr. Jackson Douglas

Assistant Manager

GT CREDIT UNION FINANCE

AND ASSET MANAGEMENT.

96 Snooze ln,George Town

Ky1 1202, Cayman Islands.

E-mail: gbcreditunionfinance@accountant.com

Tell: 1(224)707-8876

Thanks & My Regards,

Dr. Ahmed Ibori.

United Nations General Secretary

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