Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
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Facebook users, beware of scammers posing as Facebook or FB Agents or representatives, requesting friend requests. Facebook doesn’t have agents who send friend requests to their users. So, Facebook users are warned not to accept friend requests from users posing as Facebook agents. Most of the friend requests from users claiming that they are Facebook agents, are lottery scammers, claiming the potential victims are winners of the so-called Facebook lottery, but there is no such lottery.
Once scammers have tricked their potential victims into accepting their friend requests, they will start sending them fraudulent messages, spam or unsolicited messages, phishing links that will take them to fake websites to steal their information, or malicious links that will take them to dangerous websites that will infect their computers with spyware or Trojan horse. The fraudulent messages will claim that potential victims are so-called lottery winners and they need to send money in order to claim their prizes.
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Lawrence Duane On-Line Claim Agent (?)Sounds like a scam to me, this was sent by a friend/son. He already received a check in the mail. Said that the bank verified the check. I informed him for such a check, it may takes weeks for it to clear and by then, it's too late! All the monies will come out of his savings or checking account. My email address is: shaniwhite19@yahoo.comLet me know and I will pass this information on to my friends, son and other relatives.Thank you,Sandra 7/18/2020
I too have been having issues. a Mike Smith contacted me through Facebook messenger through a contact she thought was legit.said " agent " claimed I was in their database to receive $120,000 then asked for $800 in amazon cards to deliver bt FedEx within 5 hours of getting the cards? I pulled his chain long enough to then find out when was so called en route it was confiscated by IRS agents that wanted $4500 to release it,okay,red flag number 2 or three,my friend talked me into the amazon cards that are proving difficult to unload but still they are working on it for me and this smith fella has been reported to the FBI ...beware this scam has taken some for $100's literally via amazon cards,I was nailed for $400 . DO NOT let someone tell you you won something then have to pay to get it.it is the oldest trick in the book. and sad weirdos have to prey on seniors, yet they do. be careful out there.
I had someone claiming to be a facebook agent, claiming to be me and looked me out of my Facebook. I had to create a new one
Just got a message from someone claiming to be an online agent. Its in regards to a $850,000 giveaway. They wanted my info; name, address, cell number, email, and copy of dl. I told them i lost my wallet and they quit talking to me. This is a bunch of b.S..
I have just received a friend request from Stella AdebisI More, claiming to be an online claiming agents for face book. I deleted it, and marked as spam.
I have received calls for 2 days...Facebook lottery, and Facebook lotto game. Never wanting money, just information. Such as..cell number, address,city,state,country,full name. Never any money. The first agent wanted me to transfer the information to FedEx and then l would find out what my winnings would be. On August 6th Christy Davis told me I won $600,000 in the lotto drawings.. needed the same type of information transferred to a Charles Johnson. I just told them l have reported this to channel 5 news, posted it on Facebook. Notified Facebook...everything l can do. Cannot block these people. Can't get rid of them. Please help me.
Contact your telephone service provider and ask them if they can help you block the numbers.
When I got one of these I reported to FB and they said it did NOT violate their terms. I was like, for real? Ok then.
Back in June of this year I was sent a friend request by a girl stating she worked for Facebook. She said that I had won a Facebook lottery worth $1,000,000.00 but I had to send $350.00 for taxes and shipping and handling fees . I can't remember her, but I think her name may have been Jennifer, but not 100% on that.
I have been approached TWICE in this manner...both times I reported it to facebook and the profile disappeared.
I received an email from one of my friends after his account had been hacked. He then asked me about something called the Worker's Compensation reimbursement fund. At which point a so-called Facebook agent named "Stephanie" started to go on about some payment I was eligible for if I would just send them a total of $2000 for taxes and an agent fee...TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS and follow all of the rules from MoneyGram...Do NOT send money to people that you do not know; NEVER send MONEY to Get Money...
