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"Cash Prize From Trukai/Roots Industries Ltd for This Year 2016 Festive Season"

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Cash Prize From Trukai Roots Industries Ltd for This Year 2016 Festive Season

The email or text message below: "TIPPED TONIGHT as the Lucky WINNER of K75,000 Cash prize from TRUKAI/ROOTS INDUSTRIES LTD," is a lottery scam. So, recipients of the fake email or text message, which claims they are winners of cash prizes, should delete it and not follow the instructions in it. The fake email or text message was sent by scammers and NOT by the name of the company listed in it. Every month, thousands of these email or text messages are sent out by scammers to trick their potential victims into stealing their personal information, financial information and money.

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Remember, never send your personal information to anyone in an email or text message or send money to someone who contacted you via email message. And, legitimate companies will never ask their users, customers, or winners to send their personal information, credit card information, or financial information via email messages, or send money via Prepaid Debit Cards, Western Union, MoneyGram, or other money transfer services.

The Lottery Scam Email/Text Message

+1686 Congratulations!! you've been TIPPED TONIGHT as the Lucky WINNER of K75,000 Cash prize from TRUKAI/ROOTS INDUSTRIES LTD this YEAR 2016 FESTIVE SEASON.For Claims:call promotion manager on:72783497. HURRY NOW!

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Aug 15, 2022 at 9:25 PM by an anonymous user from: Port Moresby, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea

Please, help me with the following text msg that I just received...Is this true...
" 166=888=
Congratulations! your sim card# has been qualified to Won K100.000,00 cash from current TRUKAI 2022 to claim call our department hotline on :71818548"

Aug 15, 2022 at 11:28 PM by info

No, it is a a scam.

Mar 24, 2020 at 8:54 PM by an anonymous user from: Port Moresby, National Capital, Papua New Guinea

I received a message saying that, Congratulation! your SIM Card# has WON' This month Promotion WORTH OF K75,000.00' IN cash from TRUKAI ROOTS Rice For claim call us on/ 79780580\ or email: WWW.trukaipng:com:pg:"
Please, I know its a scam, but, please kindly tack down the owner of Digicel number texted me. These people only discredit the customers of TrukaI Roots Rice in PNG.
Thank You.

Dec 21, 2018 at 11:50 PM by an anonymous user from: Port Moresby, National Capital, Papua New Guinea

I received a message saying that my Sim card has won K50000 .

Oct 24, 2018 at 12:11 PM by info

Received this: "Congrats!Your SIM Card# Approved from "TRUKAI"promotion. You now \WON/ K100,000.00 Cash price,for claim call 79622089 or email.WWW.trukaipng.com.pg"

Apr 16, 2018 at 7:50 PM by an anonymous user from: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

I have just received a call saying that I have work K50,000.00 and I was asked to sent my bank details. Therefore I had to come and check the internet again to confirm if TrukaI had a promotion and found out this so am putting in my comment

Dec 20, 2017 at 1:44 AM by an anonymous user from: Port Moresby, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

l have received a message that my phone number has just win k200 000.

Apr 16, 2018 at 8:33 PM by an anonymous user from: Port Moresby, National Capital, Papua New Guinea

I just received a message that my sim number has just won K95,000. The phone number is 71573077.

Aug 14, 2017 at 9:45 PM by an anonymous user from: Port Moresby, Central Province, Papua New Guinea

I just received a text message saying my phone number has won k65000.

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