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Facebook Cash Rewards Program Scam - "You Have Been Selected to Receive $1,500 in Cash"

The Facebook cash rewards program below is a fake. If this program is posted on your Facebook Wall or Time, please report it as spam. Do not take part in this scam by following the instructions. Their website claims that you have been selected to take part in the weekly cash rewards, where you can win a large amount of cash. It then states that you have been selected to receive $1,500.

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The "Facebook Cash Rewards Program Scam" Website

You Have (1) New Message
Congratulations!

Dear Facebook User,

Due to your recent online activity, you have been selected to take part in a weekly cash rewards program, where someone is selected to receive a significant cash reward. Based on today's random draw... You have been selected to receive $1,500 in cash!

To claim your cash reward, please click below and follow the instructions.

Thanks,

The FB Cash Rewards Team

The Facebook cash rewards program scam is locate at this website address:

The website also claims that if you leave, your reward will be forfeited:
"WARNING: If you leave now, your reward will be forfeited."

Clicking on any of the links in this message will take you to the following website:

The website above doesn't work and may have been disabled or removed.

This scam is also located at the following websites:

These scammers will register new website names every day for the same scam. So, please note that the website name may change.

The scam is a trick to deceive persons into completing surveys by promising them cash rewards. The scammers behind this scheme will be paid for every survey completed. And, you will not receive the cash that was promised, instead, you will only make them (scammers) richer.

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Note: Some of the information in samples on this website may have been impersonated or spoofed.

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