Mr. Eliberto Cantu, the 71-year-old construction worker from Abernathy who won the $177 million Arkansas lottery jackpot, is not sending email messages to individuals around the world requesting their personal information or money in order to receive a charity donation from him. Therefore, online users who have received email messages like the one below, claiming they have been selected to receive millions of dollars from the Mr. Eliberto Cantu and his wife Anita, are asked to delete them. This is because the email messages are fakes being sent by online scammers, who are attempting to trick their potential victims into sending them their personal information, and subsequently ask them to send money.
Once the online scammers have received their potential victims' information, they will use it to contact the same potential victims and attempt to scam them. The scammers will then ask their potential victims to send them money in order to collect their so-called donation. But, if the money is sent, the scammers will take it and disappear, leaving the victims broke and depressed. The scammers will also sell their potential victims' information to other scammers, so the same victims will be contacted multiple times.
Remember, once you asked to send personal information or money in order to receive a donation via an unsolicited email message, it is an online scammer attempting to rob you.
The "Eliberto Cantu Charity Donation" Scam
From: Eliberto Cantu <Paulc113@dupage.edu>
Date: Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 12:52 PM
Subject: Re:
I (ELIBERTO CANTU) from Lubbock Texas construction worker, won a Jackpot of $177 Million US DOLLARS fortune in Mega Millions Jackpot Lottery in April 17, 2017. After seeking financial advice from my legal counsel with my pastor who advised to donate 10% of our lottery winnings to people as a tithe and thanksgiving. I have now decided to fulfill the promise I made to donate the sum of $500,000 USD (five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) each to 10 unknown lucky people as part of my charity project to improve the lives of these lucky individuals from around the world.
Fortunately, if you receive this automated email transmission which was electronically selected as beneficiary of this giveaway then you are one of the 10lucky recipients to receive $500,000 USD (five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). All you should do is to contact my attorney In-Charge BARRISTER Raymond Patrick via E-mail with the following information below for fund release from my paying bank.
Barrt. Raymond Patrick
Solicitors & Advocate
Email: Raymondpatrick6@ewaenmail.com
Telephone: Tel: +1 908 666 6939
To verify the genuineness of this email and my winnings, please see the links web page below;
Kindly send the details information below when contacting the attorney in-charge:
1. Full Name:
2. Address:
3. Country / Postal Code:
4. Tel Number:
5. Date of Birth:
6. Occupation:
7. Next Of Kin:
8. Alternative Email:
Contact my attorney with REF NUMBER: SD/2017/QR919/17
Good-luck,
Mr. Eliberto Cantu