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Saturday, March 14, 2015

Lottery scam email from Matt Brittin CEO Google UK Google Anniversary Award Centre alert@google.org afo-fs@cc.ac.mw daviddrummonduk.uk@googlemail.com +44 844 774 5996

Originating IP: 41.216.50.102
Originating ISP: Opt Benin / Benin Telecom
City: Cotonou
Country of Origin: Benin

from: alert@google.org <afo-fs@cc.ac.mw> 
reply-to: "daviddrummonduk.uk@googlemail.com" <daviddrummonduk.uk@googlemail.com>
to: 
date: Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 4:44 AM
subject: ©2015Google Incorporation®

Dear Google User,

You have been selected as a winner for using Google services. Find attached email with more details.

Congratulations,

Matt Brittin.
CEO Google UK.
©2015Google Incorporation®

Google Anniversary Award Centre
Belgrave House, 76 Buckingham Palace Rd. London SW1W 9TQ, United Kingdom.

Your email address winning details:
Award Batch No: GUK/FPSP/DRW24/08
E-No: GUK/FPSP/1472/915/218

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, in conjunction with the Foundation for the Promotion of Software
Products (F.P.S.P) and confirmed by our co-sponsors Visa®/MasterCard® International. 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.

This is to inform you that you are among the Ten (10) lucky winners of Category B and therefore entitled to
£850,000.00 GBP {Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand British Pounds}. A Cheque will be issued in your
name by our Foreign Payment Bureau and also a certificate of prize claim will be issued alongside your
Cheque. Hence we do believe with your prize, you will continue to be active in your patronage of Google and
its products.

Your prize will be released to you upon meeting the requirement of the promotion award board authority
which includes your statutory obligations. You are advised to contact our Foreign Payment Bureau with the
details below to file your Claims:

PAYMENT CLAIMS FORM
1) Your Full Names:
2 Your Contact Address:
3) Your Telephone/Mobile Number:
4) Occupation/ Age/Gender:
5) Private Email Address:
6) Ever Won An Online Lottery?
7) Your preferred mode of prize remittance from the two options below:
(a) Cash Payment (You as the beneficiary coming to UK to claim your prize or retaining an
(b) Courier Delivery of your certified winning cheque in your name and other winning documents

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 or fax to our Foreign Payment Bureau officer below:

...............................................................................................................
Name: David Drummond
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Email: daviddrummonduk.uk@googlemail.com
Fax: +44 844 774 5996
...............................................................................................................

NOTE!!! For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims
are processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be WARNED!!!!

Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of Google Anniversary Award Team.

accredited attorney to act on your behalf).
MD Matt Brittin
Chairman of the Board and Managing Director,
Google Anniversary Award Centre.

©Copyright 2015 Google Incorporation. All rights reserved.

This email was sent from a notification only email address. The information in this email may be confidential and legally
privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). Please consider the environment!

51 comments:

  1. Thank you for posting this Scam Alert letter. I also got one and was researching the identity of Matt Brittin and found this post.

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    1. I'm glad that you weren't caught in the scam. Thank you for visiting and for commenting!

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    2. I also received this email today 8th February 2016. I also researched the people mentioned in the email and forwarded the email on to them for authentication.

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    3. 03/01/16 - I just got this email. Pretty funny, actually.

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    4. Just got the email. He actually changed his name into Britten, LOL

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    5. Yeah, i got by 28/9/2016 wow and name still Md. Mat Brittin

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    6. i got too, 0n 28/12/16.. thanks for sharing

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    7. Same here, thanks for posting it.

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    8. Just received this email and decided to google it to find out and I found this notice....The information letter looks so genuine...lol..

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  2. Thanks for posting this, I got a similar scan award of 950,000 pounds, as I was searching the identity of the CEO I landed here

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  3. I just received a variant where Matt is welcoming me as an ambassador for using their products. Rather than ask for info in the email, there is a pdf attached which I surmise would not safe to tamper with.

    I'm always of a mind to respond in some way but I'd rather they not even know if my address is valid, and hopefully avoid future nonsense. Well, at least from the one but not the hundred other idiots bombarding us with this ludicrously phony (Seriously, who is still falling for this stuff and giving the scammers the courage to continue?) garbage. How many people really think a female Apache pilot in the US Army needs you to facilitate the movement of oil money from the Middle East to the States and you'll get a buttload of $$, no questions asked? WHO ARE THE PEOPLE STILL FALLING FOR THESE COMICALLY BAD EMAILS!!??

    Still waiting for my check from Microsoft for writing all those emails on AOL back in the 90's. You, too? Yeah, thought so.

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    1. Thank you for visiting and commenting! Many times the victims we see fall for scams like this are mostly people who may not be English-speaking, or may be from areas of the world where Google and Microsoft aren't household names. Scammers tend to mass email hoping that maybe 1 in 100 may fall for them. Anyone can fall victim, that doesn't mean that they're stupid or ignorant, it may be a simple culture difference.

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    2. I already gave my personal info before I read this warning. What do I need to do? Please, help me, sir/maam! :'(

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    3. There's nothing you need to do unless you have sent them a copy of your ID. If they only have your information and realize they can't get money from you, they will just move on to their next victim. If they have a copy of your ID, you need to contact your country's authority for your ID and let them know your identity has been compromised.

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  4. Received the same email of 950,000 pounds. How I wish it's true haha..

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    1. I got same mail regarding Google winner online lottery.but I'm still trying to confirm all about that.
      Dashi from Dubai

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  6. Received the same today and almost believed it. Thank you for information.

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  7. Haha...I got the same email today, and searching for Matt Brittin and found this page. Got similar email about winning lottery or somebody seeking for partner to transfer their cash, or to invest their money...but I never pay attention to them.
    This one from google really made me curious.
    Lucky I found this page.
    Thank you.

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  8. Thank you for the scam alert - can usually pick them now, but this has to be the most 'convincing' and 'professional' of all I have been sent - mine arrived 2/11/15

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  9. I too got this email notification today. Thank you very much for the warning!

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  10. I too got this email notification with an attachment - a certification with signatures of Matt Brittin and Larry Page! Thanks for posting your warning.

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  11. Не говоря английски и добре, че е Гугъл, за да преведа на български поредния опит за измама.
    Естествено, това, че може да спечелиш по такъв начин е смешно, но помислете колко много хора се подвеждат и започват да плащат за какво ли не. Няма ли начин да бъдат спрени и как намират електронните пощи, на които да пращат тези писма. Потърсих Мат Бритин в Гугъл и реших да пиша тук.

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  12. I received this today! 12.12.2015
    Its a scam e-mail.

    Google
    Google UK Ltd
    Belgrave House
    76 Buckingham Palace Road,
    London SWl W 9TQ United Kingdom
    RE: OFFIClAL NOТIFICAT ION LETTER.
    Ref No: GFSP / 4877 /7782/'Ш15
    Batch: GFSP / 977 /GPWIN/UК
    It is obvious that this notification will come to you аѕ а surprise but please find time to read it carefully аѕ \Ve
    congratulate you over your success in the fOllo,ving official publication of results of the E-mail Electronic Online
    s,veepstakes Organized by Google, in conjunction with the foundation for the Promotion of Soft\vare Products,
    (F.P.S.) held here in London UК for the year 2015. Google earns its profit mainly from advertising using their very
    O\Vn Google search engine, Gmail, Gala, Sify, e-mail service Google Марѕ, GoogleApps, Orkut social net,vorking and
    You Tube video sharing, \vhich are all offered to the public f'or free.
    We \vish to congratulate you опее again, for being among the l\velve (12) selected \Vinners in the ongoing E-mail
    Electronic Online s,veepstakes. Hence \VC do believe \Vith your prize, you \Vill continue to be active in your patronage
    to Google and itsProducts.ABank Cheque have been issued in your favor, hence you have \von for yourself the sum of
    !950.000.00 (Nine Hundred апd Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling), Опе Google Nexus 10 Tablet and
    also you have been enlisted аѕ One of'the Google Ambassadors for 2015.
    То claim your re\vard, please contact our Foreign Payment Bureau officer below by neatly fiLling the verification and
    funds release form below, аѕ your payment \Vill be released and arranged by our United Kingdom Office.
    MANDATORY FOREIGN PAYMENT RELEASE FORl\1.
    (1) Your Contact Address:
    (2) Your Contact Telephone/Mobile Number:
    (3) Your Nationality/Country:
    (4) Your Full Names:
    (5) Occupation:
    (6) Age/Gender:
    (7) Marital Status:
    (8) Private Email Address:
    (9) Ever Won Лп Online Lottery?
    (10) Ho'v Do You Feel Аѕ А Winner?
    (lJ) Your Preferred mode of prize remittance from the t\VO options belo,v:
    (а) Cash Pick-Up (You аѕ the Beneficiary coming Do,vn to UK to receive your д,vard Personally, available to only
    British citizens and residents).
    (b) Courier Delivery of your certified \Vinning cheque in your name and other Winning documents safely to you.

    Foreign Payment Вшеаu Officer:
    Мr. Gecks Brookes.
    E-mail: gecks.brookes@googlefps.co.uk
    Fax:+44 872 110 8742.
    Note: You can either fill your claims verification form by printing and manually filling out the requested details
    or you can fill directly on e-mail, or provide the details оп Microsoft Word.
    NOTE!!! For security reasons, you are advised to keep your \Vinning information confidential till your claims are
    processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming
    and uшvarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous clements. Please be WARNED!!!!
    Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of Google Board Commission.
    Google United Ki11gdo111.
    ©2015 Google Corporation.
    LarryPage
    Co-Fo\Ш

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  13. I too got an email notification with a certificate but with different amount of money 950000 GBP and a Tablet, a different batch number and reference. The email signatory was Matt Brittin while the certificate signatory Larry Page.

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  14. I suppose it is a real fraud. Be extra careful. I got the same notification letter from the details "Google Incorporation ® reply-to: Google Incorporation ® to: date: Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 12:44 AM subject: End Of The Year Winning Powered By Google®". Got to do something for this so as to avoid falling prey to this scam.

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  15. I received the same email. This is the best fake letter I have ever seen. I did the research for Matt Brittin and I found this page. But I still can't understand what is the purpose of this scame letters. If they had received my details what could have happened?

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  16. i received the same email. Thank you for posting this page up.My letter was from eileen. Then i search for matt and i found this. thank you once more.

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  17. I just received this same email...but I don't believe it....950,000.00 Pound, very impossible.....

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  18. I also had this email on the 14th of March
    So I am glad I got in to this side and didi not answer it

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  19. I received the same email today.... 950.000 Pound & one google Nexus 10. so at google fine this posting, thank you for this information,

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  20. Got an email today with offer of 950,000 pound win. Thanks for info on this scam. My elderly father passed away four weeks ago and as we have sifted through his person al belongings we have discovered that he fell prey to a bank scam running through Nigeria. Thousands and thousands of dollars later he was left with nothing. so sad, and maddening that people are willing to rip off the elderly like this. He was foolish but only becasue he was an honest and trustworthy person and two easily believed the same of others. Shame on them!!!

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  21. Just received the above email. Researched Matt Brittin and ended up on this FYI page. Thanks for the heads up.

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  22. I also received this email and search to find out who this Matt Brittin is, steups

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  23. Just received email mentioning that I have won Google Reward Promo. It just that the email address is correct lucky I search for Matt Britten and found this page. Its very convincing email.

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  24. Got myself the same lottery email 11 Oct 2016.. immediately got this as scam but i will agree with many that this letter was prepared by some really good professional, pity he/she is wasting time in wrong direction.. this is why they say do not talk to anyone as this may reveal that several are getting such scam mail..

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  25. Received this email 21 October 2016. I did not open the attachment:
    Google Incorporation
    Belgrave House76 Buckingham
    Palace Road London SW1W 9TQ
    United Kingdom.
    Website: www.google.org

    Google Esteemed User: heliwing@clear.net.nz

    Attached document to this mail is in JPG; kindly take note that you are required to download and read it very carefully. Do follow the guided instructions.

    Thank you for your patronage towards Google Foundation and have a nice day.

    Congratulations,

    Matt Brittin.
    CEO Google UK.
    ©2016 Google - Terms & Privacy

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  26. I got too today 9/112016 the email
    It's too funny , thank for alerting us

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  27. I just got this email as well. I was researching and came across this website. Thank you for saving me a headache!!

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  28. Thanks for this, email i even called Google offices Kenya to notify them on this.

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  29. i also got the same email just now.. thanks for the heads up! i appreciate it a lot.

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  30. Well, hi is active - still:
    Google Corporation®
    123 Buckingham Palace Road
    London SW1W 9SH
    United Kingdom

    Good day Sir/Madam.

    You have successfully been picked as one of our 12 Lucky Winners in this months Lottery Draw, Please see attached file for more details..

    Best regards
    Matt John Brittin
    Google president of EMEA business and operations.

    :)

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  31. Hi, I also got the mail. Thanks for warned us from this fraud...

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  32. This scam has been going on for a long time as i jst got the e mail How do we stop these people ?

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  33. I just received this one today too..good thing google is very good in alerting everyone for scam alert..we must be vigilant in preventing these kinds of fraudulent emails.

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  34. And it is still going around: received this today:

    Google London
    Google UK Ltd
    123 Buckingham Palace Road
    London SW1W 9SH
    United Kingdom

    Ref No: GFSP/ 4877/7782/2018
    Batch: GFSP/ 977/GPWIN/UK

    RE: OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION LETTER.

    It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail Electronic Online Sweepstakes Organized by Google, in conjunction with the foundation for the Promotion of Software Products, (F.P.S.) held on 8th May 2018, here in London UK. Google earns its profit mainly from advertising using their very own Google search engine, Gmail, Gala, Sify, e-mail service Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut social networking and You Tube video sharing, which are all offered to the public for free.

    We wish to congratulate you once again, for being among the twelve (12) selected winners in the ongoing E-mail Electronic Online Sweepstakes. Hence, we do believe with your prize, you will continue to be active in your patronage to Google and its Products. A Bank Cheque has been issued in your favour, hence you have won for yourself the sum of Ј950.000.00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling), One Google Nexus 10 Tablet and also you have been enlisted as One of the Google Ambassadors for 2018.

    To claim your reward, please contact our Foreign Payment Bureau officer below by neatly filling the verification and funds release form below, as your payment will be released and arranged by our United Kingdom Office.

    MANDATORY FOREIGN PAYMENT RELEASE FORM.

    (1) Your Contact Address:
    (2) Your Contact Telephone/Mobile Number:
    (3) Your Nationality/Country:
    (4) Your Full Names:
    (5) Occupation:
    (6) Age/Gender:
    (7) Marital Status:
    (8) Private Email Address:
    (9) Ever Won An Online Lottery?
    (10) How Do You Feel As A Winner?
    (11) Your Preferred mode of prize remittance from the two options below:

    (a) Cash Pick-Up (You as the Beneficiary coming Down to UK to receive your Award Personally, available to only British citizens and residents).
    (b) Courier Delivery of your certified winning cheque in your name and other Winning documents safely to you.
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………

    Contact our Foreign Payment Bureau officer below:
    MD Matt Brittin
    Chairman of the Board and Managing Director Google United Kingdom with these E-mail account as follows,
    Email: winners@airmail.cc
    ……………………………………………………………………………………………

    Note: You can either fill your claims verification form by printing and manually filling out the requested details or you can fill directly on e-mail, or provide the details on Microsoft Word.

    NOTE!!! For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this Program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be WARNED!!!!

    Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of Google Board Commission.

    Singed:
    MD Matt Brittin, Larry Page
    Chairman of the Board and Managing Director, Co-Founder & CEO
    Google United Kingdom.




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