The "The Google Foundation Grant Award" email message below is a scam. The fake email message is being sent by scammers, to trick the recipients into sending them their personal information and money, by falsely claiming that they are recipients of the Google Foundation Grant Award. Remember, Google will never ask you to send your personal information via email messages, or ask you to send money in order to receive a grant.
This type of scam will ask you to send your personal information and subsequently ask you to send money in order to receive your so-called grant. But, once the scammers receive your money, they will disappear leaving you disappointed.
The "The Google Foundation Grant Award" Scam
From: Mrs. Lou Ann Allred. <info@info.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2017 11:26:49 PM
Subject: Google Foundation Grant Award...
The Google Foundation.
https://www.google.org/
The Google Foundation, would like to notify you that you have been chosen by the board of trustees as one of the final recipients of a cash Grant for your own personal, educational, and business development. The Google Foundation, established in the year 2005, is one of the biggest Foundation, Grants for Global Development in the World. In the year 2005, they started offering collection for the sole aim of human growth, educational and Community development. In conjunction with the UN, and EU, We are giving out a yearly Grant to 10 lucky recipients each year. These specific Grant will be awarded to 20 lucky international recipients worldwide; in different categories for their personal business development.
The objective is to make a notable change in the standard of living of people all around the Universe (From America to Europe, Asia to Africa and all around). Kindly note that you will only be chosen to receive the Grant once, which means that subsequent yearly Grant will not get to you. Take time and thought in using the Grant wisely on something that will last you a long time.
Based on the random selection exercise of internet websites, you were selected among the lucky recipients to receive the grant award sum as charity Grants from the Google Foundation, EU and the UN in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament. (Note that all beneficiaries email addresses were selected randomly from over 500,000 Internet websites in which you might have purchased something or sign up from). You are required to contact the Google Foundation Executive Secretary below, for qualification documentation and processing of your unclaimed grant. After contacting the secretary, you will be given your unclaimed grant pin number, which you will use in collecting the unclaimed grant. Please endeavour to quote your Qualification numbers (V-9920-1007, K-9770-549) in all discussions.
Executive Secretary: Mr. Travis Moxley
Email: agenttravismoxley368@gmail.com
Please note that the EU, UN, strictly administers these grant. You are by all means hereby advised to keep this whole information confidential until you have been able to collect your unclaimed grant.
On behalf of Google Foundation, UN and the EU, accept our warmest congratulations.
May God Bless you with this Grant.
Mrs. Lou Ann Allred.
The Google Foundation
Remember, please do not send your hard earned money to the cybercriminals behind the donation scam. And, if you send your personal information, these cybercriminals will use it to further scam you.
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