"I Saw Your Name on the Winning List" Facebook Lottery Scam Messages

Watch out for Wayne Hulley on FB - claims to know you from school many years ago and then tries to scam with asking if I have received my winnings yet!!!

Call me stupid. But it was the first time I heard about it. And I fell for it. I lost R2,200 of which I had to buy these people iTunes gift cards. How stupid of me.
So what am I to do now? I lost it and I suppose there is no way to get it back.

Someone as I know told me this in my name on Facebook the winner she sent me the connection it was right wanted me to send money for the tax send a cheque to London address and they send me the other check with the winnings so I haven’t bothered send it because I’m not sure if it’s a scammer she’s just been in touch again on messenger what am I doing with my money

Danny William/Carlos/Scott Paul/all scammer using fake names.
Posing as agent/loan reps using Walmart and Americans express gift cards to scam people.

Agent Scott scammer 916-234-7838 Scammer.

Today, I got a message on Facebook Messenger. It was from my adult nephew. I’ll call him JT. The fact that JT was sending me a message at was was a red flag. Before you decide that I must be THAT aunt, let me elaborate. JT is my brother-in-law, JB’s son from his first marriage. JT was nearly 30 when he found out his dad was actually JB. A couple of years later, his JB passed away. My husband and I moved up north the following year. So, it makes perfect sense that getting a message from JT seemed off. Anyway, the message was this: “I saw your name on BCD list have you also heard from them?” Nothing about the message, even remotely, makes any sense to me. So, I googled the sentence. It led me here.

I got suspicious with the poor grammar as I know my true friends better than that, then they asked for money upfront by mail transfer to cover costs, I knew this was a scam but how & to whom do we report this?

You have reported it to us by leaving your comment.

My name is Tapu Vaai, Kelly Love,send me a txt on my Facebook messenger,I'm a winner of lottery,but my prize sitting on the database,he need all my ID,my mother name and my address to delivery my prize,but I don't buy it,bcoz I know about scammer,so plz help out to solve this problem.
He told me that,not to tell anyone,but I'm still not trust the guy,I'm doing some research and hunt the guy,if he was a Facebook Agent for real,plz help to solve this plz,thank you,for hear me out,I appreciate from the bottom of my heart,I pray to God to show me if this a real thing or not,hope not,,thank you again,love to hear from you soon

It is a scam or a fake. There is no Facebook lottery, so do not send your information.

Oh yes this is absolutely true I learned my lesson months ago when scammers posing as publishers clearing House contacted me and told me I won PCH and if I wanted my money delivered on Sunday by UPS to go to Walgreens and get money card to pay ups and they even had a picture of a security guard puting stacks of money in brown bag and signing papers.
Remember pch will never ask for money to win a sweepstake, Patricia.

Got a message from a friend about Over Winning Facebook Lottery. Message was supposed to be from Frankie Crider in Ky. Red flag went up. Just contacted me again. Told them I was reporting them!

Call the help line 1-833-272-O777 and
I GOT THE FOLLOWING:

"Hello, I would like to ask you if you have received your $200,000 from fb and Megamillions Anniversary Promo, they have delivered it to me here at my house and you need to text them your name and address so that you can also get yours because I saw your name and profile picture when I was signing for me from the delivery agent.

Here is William Mitchell contact INFO: megafbkclaimprizes-gmail.com or (605) 951-0534

I GOT THE FOLLOWING:

"Hello, I would like to ask you if you have received your $200,000 from fb and Megamillions Anniversary Promo, they have delivered it to me here at my house and you need to text them your name and address so that you can also get yours because I saw your name and profile picture when I was signing for me from the delivery agent. Here is William Mitchell contact INFO: megafbkclaimprizes-gmail.com or (605) 951-0534

I EMAILED HIM AND GOT THIS RESPONSE:
Congratulations ,you have won $2 00,000.00, all you need to do now is to go to http://megamillionsfbkpromo.com/claim.html fill the CLAIM FORM and submit it

SOOOOO... I WENT THERE AND THERE WAS THIS FORM WANTING TO KNOW NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE, EMAIL PASSWORD, FACEBOOK PASSWORD, AS WELL AS THESE:
What is the name of your first pet *
What was the last name of your first grade teacher *
What street did you live on when you were 8 yrs old"

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? WHAT SCUM!

I got a message from Deb Wright saying she got $150,000 from the Mega Millions Monetary in Collaboration with Facebook. She wanted me to go to web.facebook.com/danny.church.315 to claim my money.

I didn't.

Dial the help number 1-833 272_O777, this might be working okay.
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I got a message from Deb Wright saying she got $150,000 from the Mega Millions Monetary in Collaboration with Facebook. She wanted me to go to web.facebook.com/danny.church.315 to claim my money.

I didn't.

Someone hijacked a family friend of mine and message me about a prize cash of $100,000. The coordinator name is JIBSON RAY.

He message me: This coordinator JIBSON RAY. Welcome to Government Facebook Max Lottery. Reply with full name to confirm you are on the winning list. The number is 1-547-334-9552. What should I do or how do I report this to Facebook?

Received via email:

"These people are scamming me, am trying to forward it to you.
They want $500.00 dollars sent to Wal-Mart's for John Santell 4040 Vago Circle Lad Vagas NV.89121,

The agent is Peggy Carolyn Petruskevich, supposedly she works for Federal Agency Economic Development Adm.

Their telephone number is 1-646-547-3811,

They send a text asking for a claim and a form, " my neighbor said to text them, she saw my name on the list, it is for poor people" she just got a $100,000.00 dollars, but you have to pay $3,500 for tax and clearance fee."

Received via email:

"Please note, that I was contacted by an old school friend through messenger yesterday, who told me that he had won 150k and saw my name on the winners list and that I should contact them to claim my prize. I said this must be a scam and he replied no, he thought so too but paid for clearance and delivery fee and the package arrived the next day. I should contact facebooksocialpromo-gmail.com the claim agent"

I was told earlier today my name is on this winning list and a lady said yes and asked for money for me to get my funds, is this real

Once you are asked to send money in order to receive a lottery prize, it is a scam.

Is "Angel Grannuts" part of this lottery scam as shehas stated that I am a winner of R150,000. And must do cash send for R3,000: before FedEx can deliver my prize winnings. Is this true or is it a scam. I have already paid R2,000: she now wants another R1,000: for delivery. Please answer me asap. Thank you.

It is a scam.

Watch out for Jayne Meyers and Frances Bartlett, they are doing this too.

Here is another scam:

"Hello
Heeeey

It's really good to hear back from you. I have been trying to reach you on here lately, You won't believe what happen to me?
Haven't you heard about the facebook Federal Mega Millions funds in collaboration with President?

I got a sum of £200,000 the promotion made by facebook & Mega millions Monetary lottery funds for the annual seasoning
if may ask , have you gotten your money yet?
The reason why i am asking is because i saw your name on the winners list , when they came over to deliver my winning package to me
Nope,I have already save it up to the bank

it was shown to me when they came over to deliver my money to me . You were right after my name and also friend of mine on the list"

Received via email:

"I was first contacted by messenger from a friend on Facebook that appears to be hacked. I am unable at this time to verify anything, but they are refusing to talk to me, so I can assume they were hacked. Lisa(the friend), informed me that there was a power-ball lottery that she had won, and they had brought her money to her door. She said that there was a list that she had saw my name on it, and all I needed to do was friend the facebook employee. I was contacted by someone pretending to work for facebook under the name Tracy Figueroa. Here is the fake account:

https://www.facebook.com/tracy.figueroa4

I added her believing the story. Whoever it was got my name, address, age, picture from drivers license. I figured it out at the end when they wanted me to send money to them in cash! I started asking questions that only Lisa could answer!Of course, I have not heard back from that Lisa. Oh, the amount was 450.00. The pic that was used on her page was just put up yesterday, and I believe it was from the FBI from 2016. I just should have taken more time, and thought. In my defense, I am going thru a lot medically; including brain surgery. This evil person also knew. So, please someone make them pay! Find them for me, and make them pay!"

Received via email:

"I received a Messenger message from one of my contacts.. He asked me if I had heard from the department on health and human services empowerment program yet. I won’t list the complete message here, as it is long. Suffice it to say that it indicated that he been randomly picked for a special Federal Government program and had $150,000 cash delivered to his door.

He had seen my name on the list and if they hadn’t yet contacted me, I should check to see if my name was still on the list of winners.

I sent a text, and guess what? Yes, I was still on the list. Seemed too good to be true, which is always one of the red flags. I asked my friend to call me who had been sending me Messenger messages throughout the process. Guess what? Suddenly he had a sore throat, couldn’t talk, and was going to the doctor on Friday.

I left a voicemail message for my real friend. He called me back and confirmed it was a scam and they had contacted a couple of other folks on his list of friends already. He is working with Facebook to see what can be done.

Are their other steps that can now be taken or anything else you recommend that I do? I will post on Facebook about this scam.

Eva"

Thanks, I have had the same and I believe it to be a scam too . Have asked for proof if they are from DHHS USA as I’m not a US citizen .. very interesting reading. Took me awhile to find information

Do they send this as text message or message on Facebook

It was thru a text message.

On both, but mostly on Facebook.

Receive via email:

"I received a message from a Facebook friend about the 'list' my name might be on. The name of the person to contact was Nancy Allen (662)4876067. She stated that I was on the list to receive money from the federal government Workers Compensation and DHHS. I deleted the messages once I realized it was a scam. Is there anything else I need to do to protect myself?"

Watch out people scammers everywhere.

I think that I have been scammed by this same people. How do I go about reporting them?

I received a message by messenger from a high school classmate that I have seen in years telling me he saw my name on the winners list when he received his winnings. I didn't believe him for a minute. He gave me the number to text to. I brushed him off and told him I would check it out. Searched on Facebook and found this page. This guy has a reputation as being a shady character. Thought you would like to know someone on Facebook is using this as a tool to swindle people.

These fake lotteries suck.

I was just scammed by someone pretending to be my friend on FB, who said she saw my name on a list of winners.

I communicated with my FB friend to ask if this is legit and real. I felt comfortable chatting with my friend to confirmed. So, obviously it wasn't my friend I was chatting with but I didn't realize it at the time. So I followed instructions and gave fb password, personal info, name, address, and drivers license.

They did ask for money for Samsung tablet. Also said I won a large sum of money. I didn't give money but now I can't log into my account. Is there anything I can do to protect myself now that my information is stolen.

How can I get my fb account back. I'm completely embarrassed but feel the need to share this. Beware please. I know better, but got sucked in. Keep safe.

I was done the same way.

Click here for help to recover your account.

Yes, I was contacted by a lady named Sarah mary claim she works for Facebook, claiming I won 500000. she said it would be delivered by ups. My radar went up when she asks for money to send before receiving.

Here is another scam, please do not follow the instructions in it:

"Congratulations ,you are a winner, all you need to do now is to go to www.megamillionsfbkprizeclaims.tk Click on claim prize, fill the claim form and submit it or send us a mail to: winningprizesclaims2016-gmail.com"

I got one of these over the weekend. Fortunately I called the person who I was supposedly being messengered by to ask her if this really happened. Of course she said no!

I did look at the Facebook page they sent me with the picture of winners asking me to post. I didn't post. My question is two fold. Just by looking at that page, would they be able to get my information? What can you do if someone has hijacked your account---How do I protect myself?

They cannot get your information by visiting the page. And, if your Facebook account has been hacked, go to https://www.facebook.com/hacked for help.

Hi,I have a friend,working as OFW in Kuwait. She contacted us claiming she won on Facebook lottery, but the agent said she had to pay the tax for her money before she can get it. Is it true?

Keenzel Davidg is the name of her agent from India Facebook lottery.$500,000.00. I want to know if its true. Thank you.

It is a lottery scam. Once you are asked to send money in order to receive a lottery prize, it is a scam.

Received via email:

"Somebody name Charity Anna Shaw contact me and said I won the lottery drawing so I would like to know if they are real or not?"

It is not real, it is a scam.

This was from Chris Harrison and was sent from Brian Henry Carrey

"Congratulation you will have to fill up the form
form .
Name
Country
State
Home Address
Email
Telephone number
Occupation.
Gender.
Marital status.
date of birth.
Snap your passport or driver licence."

Received via email:

"Freedom Lottery scam. Here is a message I received:

Oh yes am serious i saw your name on the winning list,Oh am not sure that is true
I already got my own, i saw your name on the winners list when the delivery agent came to my home to deliver my winning to me and they told me that you can also get the money too. There are two people and ones name is Clayton Yulunda and the other one sending me these message name is James Gozzard. Just thought I would report before other people get their accounts Hacked."

Received via email:

"This is a bold Scam, one of your FB "friends"???? Dale Edward Chenoweth will start up a conversation with you and claim he saw your name on the "Facebook lottery winners list and ask you to contact a person named Dwayne Denice Colton who will check this "so called" winners list and confirm you have won a large sum of money! He will then ask you questions about you and eventually ask you for hundreds of dollars to pay for UPS to deliver a package with your money! Do not send them any money nor any personal information!!! This is a vicious SCAM!!! REPORT THEM TO FACEBOOK AND BLOCK THEM! "