Facebook Powerball Lottery, Sweepstakes and Promotion Scams

Money from a powerball lottery. Agent named Larry Paul . Massage came from a cousin.

"From: Stephen Deal
Date: May 14, 2020 at 7:50:58 PM EDT
Subject: Re: Legal payment office. Did I really win?


Attn: Brent

Thanks, your payment option has been noted.

I want you to know that it will cost you 0.04% of your total winnings $975,000.00, which is equivalent to $390.00 for the document handling fee and courier charges. Please note that the mentioned payment must be confirmed upfront.

Attached is your winning certificate.

I will send you payment instructions upon the receipt of my email.

Regards,


Stephen Joseph Deal

Legal Payment Office
Facebook Organization"

Here is another scam.

Is there such a thing as Individual Enlargement Grant?

Have seen this scam alot on social media.

The message I got was very close to the same. The agent's name was Maurice Andrew and his phone # was 406-534-5103. This address given was 1600 W Pennsylvania Ave. Washington D.C.

When I Facebooked a friend yesterday(via Messenger), she said she was thinking about what to do with the grant money she was about to receive. I asked her about it, and she said that she had received $100,000 from the Powerball Grant Program. Remembering a recent news story about a Powerball award that went unclaimed, I believed it and, stupidly, didn't ask if she'd gotten the money yet. She gave me the name of a man she said was an FBI agent, and suggested I contact him immediately, also by Messenger.
I did so, and after filling out a form online which included my address and phone number but not my SSN or bank information, was told I had been awarded $200,000. First though, He wanted me to pay the Fedex fee of $800. I told him I didn't have that kind of money, and after some back-and-forthing, the number came down to $100 up front, & pay the courier the rest out of the grant money when it came.

I was supposed to go to CVS or Wal-Mart and buy $100 of either Steam or Google-play cards and send him a picture of them and the receipt number. I went to CVS and tried to buy the cards, but they wouldn't take a check for them (I don't have a debit card just now). I messaged Michael back & made arrangements that I would get them after 9 this morning, when the bank opened, and message him back at 10.
Now I won't do either.

I received the above information about being on a winning list. I was to contact an agent at 506-708-5268 I was asked to contact Terry Smith at https//m.me/terrysmith.122 to say a friend ask me to contact him after seeing my name on the winning list. There was a picture of the man. I was asked to fill out personal information; which I didn't do but asked more questions.

They gave me another agents name Richard https://m.me/agents.richard.96 I asked him some questions, he has not responded. I felt this was a scam and wanted you to know what had transpired. They are clever but was anxious in trying to get me to respond quickly, hurried. My friend nor I do things without checking things out first and getting more information. If it's legitimate, they'll answer your questions. Too bad this is happening.

I have been told by a trusted friend that she has seen my name on a list of winners of the facebook powerball lottery, but all my efforts to see the list for myself have failed. She referred me to a messanger address, hxxps://m.me/onlineclaiming.agentcaro, which she used and paid 450 pounds delivery charge. SHE THEN RECEIVED CASH WINNINGS OF 60,000 pounds.

The contact, Jane Dreey, has told me I am a winner of 85,736 pounds. I asked for a cheque to be sent to me by post but, saying that all winners pay a delivery charge, she requires 400 pounds up front. I am having difficulty making up my mind only because my friend received her winnings as a result of paying an up front fee (having to provide her bank details). Shirley

That was not your friend. Contact your friend via telephone or ask your friend questions only he/she would know.

Remember, there are scammers hijacking people's Facebook accounts and sending fake and fraudulent messages to them.

Also, once you are asked to send money, it is always a scam.

This man named Lawrence Rosenblum keeps texting me that I won 200,000.00 and I need to pay 2000.00 for it to be released by the ups driver. He says he is an agent from the federal government.

He is a scammer or thieves, report the texts to your service provider.

facebook-powerball.webnode.com/winners-list/

This is the link who contacted me using my former bosses messenger and claimed he won and that I should play.

I fell for it as I thought it was my former boss and we were great friends . and I got conned USD$54k ..and by the time I realized it was a scam too late .. I lost out .

so pls watch out for this link
https://facebook-powerball.webnode.com/winners-list/

and let your friends know . I have reported to US authorities and they are still in business >> where else do we report this to?

ka

My friend just notified me that he had just received 50,000dollars from a Facebook contest. And noticed my name on list when the UPS driver delivered. I Texted a man named Alex who claimed he worked for the IRS. And Dept. Of Health. He sounded legit. And since my friend told me he really did get the money, I gave Alex my name, address and email.

Then he proceeded to tell me I needed to purchase 7, 100$ Itune cards to get my tracking number and certificate. Red flags popped up and I told him to stop everything.

I wasn't giving him any money and I did not want him sending me anything. Told him this twice.

UPS has not showed up on my doorstep. Do I Need to be concerned about what information I did give.

No as long as you did no give them your vital information. But, alert all you friends to disregard this, as it may contain your name.

No, just careful next time because they will contact you and attempt to trick you.

Got a new Factbook friend, "Joe". Here's the first thing he said:

Joe: I am doing pretty good did you hear that I won money from the empowerment program

Me: No

Joe: It is a new set up program in conjunction with Power-Ball Program to improve and support the communities by handing out money for people to do anything they like in order to improve their standard of living and anybody can benefit from this program especially people that are on their list of winners they are Helping the SemI Retire ,Retired,old, Young,Disable,Deaf, Hard of Hearing,Widowed,Divorced and Workers , hope you have gotten yours ?

Me: Joe I think your Facebook profile has been compromised (hacked). This is a scam. You may want to change your password.
7:39AM

Joe: What did you mean by that are you kidding me

Me: The Powerball thing is a scam. If you are unaware that you sent it, then someone has hijacked your account.

Joe: This for real legit and legitimate.
9:57AM

Me: What is the name of your pastor?

Obviously the person responsible for these messages doesn't know the name of his pastor. (I'm the pastor.)

I fell for their tricks. So slick they were. Lost over $8000 .Almost cleaned me out.

Can you please check out menlo park California that is the headquarters for power ball lottery in conjunction with Facebook and ask if they have claim officers. This will make my day also a phone number as I live in new Zealand.
Thank you.

There is no such lottery.

Unfortunately I have victimized by 3 different posing agents of powerball lottery. Two fellows who claimed to be Legit agents for Facebook powerball. They bilked $1500 from me , rushed me to pay instantly to pay for” Clearance fees and to pay for taxes “in order to receive my $250k award.

They even showed a copy of certificate of winners from different countries n the amount of winnings. I got suspicious after sending this large amount of remittance to another conspirator and they told me the last minute. “there’s a delay due to Govt ruling and refused to pay additional $3800 to pay IRS Tax .”they kept at me and said I must pay or the price will be forfeited and my money can’t be refunded.

I searched on your web links to report this incident and another so called agent answers me KAREN HARRISON who claimed those people were scammers , that she s not and these agents will be reported and my money will be refunded.

She proceeded to convince me she s to be trusted n she ll take care of my case. However I didn’t trust her bec her dialogues sounded much like those 2 other agents. I did not follow her instructions to remit $500 for clearance fees.

Could you please help do something to stop these people from posting on FACE BOOK MESSENGER ?

The 2 original agents involved still have Facebook account.
EDDIE BILL STORCH and ROGER ROBINSON
Although the latter is a popular name.so not sure which one he is.

I was a victim of Facebook lottery and that I live here in nz. Have forked out 25,000 nz dollars and haven't got a cent back.

Ask for all the money returned or refunded they came up with bs after bs and even had the fbI contact me.

Tried everything to get my money returned no answer. So now I have no option but to go to the media and ask there names to be published and to see if I get a answer back from these so call agents.

I want to make people aware that this is a scam. Now they are wanting 3500.00 us dollars to finish this and I have still no answer from either of them.

OK I admit it was stupid of me but I managed to track one of them to a office in menlo park in the US but know one will give any phone number to contact there headquarters in California.

I have every intention to make a fuss and get my money from them.

I received a message from Yvonne McLaren [friend] regarding my winning a prize. She gave me the site number as 419479935138732/

Is this for real??? Would be nice but_______????

Thelma

It is not real, it is a scam.

Received via email:

"Hi there,

I want to let you know about a message I got from a friend alerting me to the fact that I had my name on the winners list of lotto, but I had to choose an amount and deposit money to receive my winnings. After that, I received a message saying that I had to pay insurance on that to ensue safe delivery. Total of $2500 to receive $15,000. The next day I was told that the tracking number had been lost and I would have to pay more money to secure a higher winnings now $85,000, a few minutes after that, it jumped to $100,000. They even sent me a picture of the cheque. I thought it was legitimate as the original message came from my fb friends messenger account which I now believe has been hacked."

I have been sent an instant messaged by Elaine Norris claiming that I have won $150,000 dollars in the FB lottery sweepstakes. She has contacted me several times first time said I had to send $1,000 to cover insurance and taxes. Then about 2 weeks later said I could pay after I received the money. She swears it is legit. But I just have a bad feeling about it. She is from Texas. Is this a scam? I would greatly appreciate your help.

Yes, it is a scam. There is no FB sweepstakes or lottery.

I was actually contacted by a scammer via Facebook:

-- start of conversion --
You and Dawn Rennee Carter aren't connected on Facebook
Lives in Ferndale, Michigan

I am Dawn Carter from FACEBOOK.I hope you have been having the best internet experience with us?

you mean you work for facebook

Yes i do
Our records clearly shows that you have been a constant and consistent Facebook user,thus making me bring a good news to your hearing.

what is that Dawn

A new year promo has just been organized by MR MARK ZUCKERBERG (CEO FACEBOOK INC) for our consistent users to show appreciation towards the incredible use of this website,Your Facebook Name was randomly selected amidst our infintite number of users,You have won a whooping amount of One Million USD in the Promotion.

sounds sweet, what do I have to do to receive this awesome "Gift"

i am here to take you through the steps on how to claim your winnings,do you know how to send an email?

You are to send the needed details listed below to the claims department department immediately for instant confirmation. details goes to this email address-------
onlinefacebook.claims1-usa.com
Needed details are full name,address,age,occupation and mobile number

-- end of conversion --


I haven't messaged with them anymore.

Received via email:

"I am dealing with a scammer as I type! It is coming from a friends Facebook Messenger and I know it is not my friend, but they don't know that!! LOL! Powerball 2017 New Year Grant in conjunction w/IMF fund awardings. Too funny, saying they received $26,000.00 at their doorstep and they saw my name on the list, and I have to send an email to the agent mail oh, they just changed that to Claim Agent so I can check their list to see if my name is on it. The email they sent to me is officialflowers-yahoo.com it also says I can text them - 437371177. THIS IS A SCAM!! DO NOT USE ANY OF THESE NUMBERS!! THEY ARE TRYING TO STEAL INFORMATION FROM YOU!"

Here is another scam:

"WIN.

Your Phone Number has been selected for the Power Ball Mobile Promo of $320, 000.00. For Claim Send; Name,Address,Tel No:,Date of Birth, email and Occupation via E-mail to Steve Donald on (powerballlott-outlook.com)."

I've been getting emails from a Mr. Smith Bruce claming i've wone $975,000 in a facebook lotto. I knew it was a scam so I played with him for awhile.

Told him to send money to an address. Then he wanted $850 filing fee. Told him to take it out of winnings and to deliver rest in small unmarked bills.

He said he couldnt do that because the winnings were sealed. Finally told him I knew it was a scam and had reported him. 3 days later I get email saying Why The Silence and wanting all my info. So I told him I had reported him again. The next day I get the same email. Guess he can't take a hint.

Just got a facebook message from a blind friend, possibly via a cloned account, that said he had won $100,000 via the facebook power ball, and my name had showed up on the winners list, and to contact an Agent Paul Smith to claim it.

Sounded ok, but after giving some info, the agent said I'd need to pay $750 for UPS delivery. Any way to prevent facebook accounts from being cloned for this purpose?

It is virtually impossible to stop cloned Facebook accounts. The best thing to do now is to report them.

Received via email:

"I had a friend message me this morning about winning the power ball lotto on Facebook and wondered if I collected mine claimed she seen my name on the list, I'm worried now because I gave out my information before I called and found out it wasn't her what do I do?"

Just be careful next time, because the scammers will contact you and attempt to scam you with the information that you have sent.

The lott- came to me via text message!

Received via email:

"I was contacted via a Facebook friend, with a "new" profile, telling me about the Facebook Powerball Lottery - his profile is G* Brion Foulke (as two profiles)..."

d**n......I answered to the wish scam, gave them information that I wasn't suppose to and now people are sending me messages wanting to know this and that.

This just happened to me. I got a message from a friend in Alabama that I haven't talked to in a while saying UPS delivered $150,000 to her home and she saw my name on the winner's list. She gave me the number to text and we've been texting back and forth. When they said I had to pay for the case file and something else, I knew it was a scam! I was excited at first and gave them my e-mail, phone # home address, can they do anything with that info. This makes me so mad!

Is there a facebook winnings from Alex Eric, Sr. Government organization. He said that I won $100,000 and I think it is a scam but wanted to check it out.

No. It is a scam. There is no such Facebook lottery, giveaway or promotion.

Received via email:

"I received a message from an old friend saying that she won the Facebook Powerball Lottery and received $250,000.00. When questioning her, via messanger she instructed me to contact: micheal80hastings-gmail.com so I sent email and received a reply that seemed very secure however it asked for Full name, Full address, Email, Country, Text phone, Deaf/hearing, s*x and occupation???? very weird especially since I haven't talked to her in years. BEWARE"

I received something from my friend back home that said she seen my name on the winners list for the Facebook promotion lottery winnings. I'm glad I checked it out first. I already sent them a picture of my I.D though.

Anyone know a Micheal Fedraw....so called Facebook Powerball Lottery Agent?

It is a scam. There is no Facebook lottery.

Here is a sad story that we have received from a victim of Facebook lottery scam:

"On August 1 I received a message from a good friend on Facebook saying he had won the Facebook lottery and that I SHOULD CHECK IT OUT AS MY NAME WAS ON THE LIST. I did check the list and my name was one it and so I preceded to click on this lady Mary Allen who was supposedly in charge of the lottery and she then accepted me as her friend and then she told me I had won the Facebook lottery of 400,000.00 and that if I send them a $1000.00 dollars my winnings would be delivered to me in 4 hours.

I did think it was legit as my friend said he had won and got his money, but finding that this Mary Allen was using my name and profile to make me think that he had one and that I could get my winnings. I then waited the four hours and nothing came so was watching for her to chat with me and she had text me that they had an accident with the ups truck and in order to finish the delivery she needed another 220 and which then seeing the pictures of accident I sent her the money, which all money was sent by Moneygram, which I have all receipts for these transactions. Well then another four hours had past and she had text me saying that they got caught by the IRS and needed another 120 to finish coming to my house with my winnings in a box.

I then realized after talking to my friend that he had not won any such thing and they were using him as a way to get to me and then when she text me I refused to send anymore money as I knew than that it was a scam. I am now out of my bill money for my rent, lights, gas and other funds as she scammed me saying she was the president of Facebook. I am asking for my refunds to be refunded back to me as it was my social security money and I cant live the rest of the month this way."

Received via email:

"Recieved a message on facebook about the power lottery. A high school friend of mine made contact and then pushed the lottery info on me.

The number I am suppose to call is 313-230-4895. I am suppose to tell them I am contacting them to claim my package. Good luck!"

I got one and they told me to go to Carol Hedinger page and it has many fake pages Facebook needs to get them down as they claim to work for FB.

Received via email:

"Yes I've been overwhelm with my Powerball winnings by five six different people n they still coming .l have no personal info on phone but sure might be something. They good, but not that good.

I'm work 40 yrs now on ssid and don't make enough for doctors or meds and or bills can't afford to go or do anything. They should be rounded up and put in jail. I've never scam, lie, wrong anyone and I've been rob,lie to and stole from. Always believe in right thing.

Guess that's why I'm in the shape I'm in now. What can be done about this. I'm sure they scammed and blackmailed many people. Tony McEntire called from 405 315 1311, but don't answer. numbers. I don't know text or leave message. Can we get into there computers phones find how many people they rob turn the tides on them? And help all that's been had?"

Unfortunately, we can hack the scammers' phones or computers, and turn the tides on them. That is illegal. Right now, the best defense it to educate people about those scams so they do not become victims.

What about AOL Addresses?