Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
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Facebook users are asked to delete or ignore messages that claim they are lottery winners because their names were found on a winning list. The fake messages are sent by cybercriminals and recipients should not respond to them with their personal information or follow the instructions in them, even if the messages appear as if they were sent by a friend or family member. Scammers have cloned or hijacked some Facebook users' accounts, and are sending fake messages to their friends. The messages claim the recipients are winners of Facebook sweepstakes, lottery or promotion. But, Facebook currently has no such lottery, sweepstakes or promotions.
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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?
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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.
