Here we go already:
Sir.Anderson ClarksGoogle Promotion Award TeamEmail: sir.anderson_clarks@hotmail.co.ukYou are advised to contact your Foreign Transfer Manager with thefollowing details to avoid unnecessary delay and complications:VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM.(1) Your contact address.(2) Your Tel/Fax numbers.(3) Your Nationality/Country.(4) Your Full Name/Sex.(5) Occupation/Age.(6) Ever won an online lottery?(7) Your Preferred Method of Receiving Your Prize (From Below)Mode Of Prize Remittance.(1)Cash Pick-Up (You coming Down to United Kingdom Personally to Pick YourPrize).(2)Courier Delivery Of your Certified Winning Cheque Name and other WinningDocuments safely to you.The Google Promotion Award Team has discovered a huge number of doubleclaims due to winners informing close friends relatives and third partiesabout their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result ofthis, these friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the realwinners. The Google Promotion Award Team has reached a decision fromheadquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board willresult to the canceling of that particular winning, making a loss for boththe double claimer and the real winner, as it is taken that the realwinner was the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So youare hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictlyconfidential until you claim your prize.Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the Google interactiveLotteries Board Commission.Sincerely,Dr. Leslie Spears.Google Promotion Award Team
Now this is quite obviously a scam; they don’t know who they’re contacting, they want an overabundance of information that they would already have access to were it legitimate, and they’re making contact from a live.com free email address. You’d think if they worked for google at the very least they’d have a google.com or gmail.com address, not a microsoft one.
Still, Bjorn is nothing if not thorough, and shot this email back:
Dear User,Thank you for your recent email. Before we can proceed with your case we need the
following information:* No entry to any raffle is on file. Please specify what raffle, when, who entered and
which email address they gave.Until we receive the requested information your enquiry ticket will be placed on hold.
If we do not receive the required information within 28 days, we will close the ticket
and assume you have resolved the original issue yourself.Best regards,
Bjorn Yestadae
For Emergency Computer Technicians
Let’s see if the scammers take the bait.