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"Texaco Global Company Award Promotion" Lottery Scams
Texaco Global Company Award Promotion Lottery Scams

Online users, beware of Texaco Global Company Award Promotion and lottery scams like the one below, which are being advertised on social media and the rest of the internet by lottery scammers. The promotion and lottery scams claim that the recipients have won or have been awarded thousands of U.S dollars, and are asked to send their names, addresses, mobile numbers, nationalities or other personal information in order to claim or receive their so-called prizes. But, the information requested is what scammers need in order to trick their potential victims into sending money in order to claim so-called lottery prizes.

Therefore, recipients of Texaco Global Company Award Promotion or lottery email messages claiming that they should send their personal information or money, should delete the messages and not follow the instructions in them.

The "Texaco Global Company Award Promotion" Lottery Scam

TEXACO OIL PETROLEUM UNITED KINGDOM OFFICE

TEXACO PLAZA, P. O. BOX 2869, – Regl….

Dorchester, Dorset, DT1

1PW, UK. No.3812888 VAT No GB 744 6884 10

Texaco Global Lottery Award Foundation

ATTENTION: WINNER

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Good to hear from you regarding the Texaco Global Lottery Award Foundation. My names are Mr.William Denis I am the T.G.L.A.F Cash officer assigned to winners on the Mobile sweepstake.

You have won 500,000 GBP on our latest Texaco Foundation Draw, you may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations or Texaco Online Lotto. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your notification letter that was sent to you, Kindly forward a copy to our office and delete it from your mailbox and give no further correspondence to them. Texaco Foundation Development Company will not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned. See the entire message that you receive from our office their all with the warning message by the side.

In line with the commemorating event marking our 132nd anniversary, we rolled out over £26,000.000.00 (Twenty-six Million Great Britain Pounds) for our 142nd Anniversary Draws. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 28,000 company mobile numbers, and 36,000,000 individual mobile numbers from the 45 mobile networks from New Zealand, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually in Britain, London.

This Foundation Draw is approved by the British Gaming Board and also licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This Foundation Draw is the 1st of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. To begin the verification process of your prize, you are required to fill in the below form, to enable us to process your payment.

The above lottery scam references the British Gaming Board. The actual name of the department is the Gambling Commission which serves the UK and issues licences to gambling operators and regulates the industry. Licensed and approved UK gambling operators include William Hill, Ladbrokes, and bet365.

Remember, legitimate companies will never ask their winners to send money in order to claim their prizes, and will never request personal and financial information via email messages. Lottery scamming is a big business, and scammers are working hard to make their scams appear real or legitimate. Therefore, recipients of email or other messages should not quickly send requested information or follow instructions in the messages before doing their research.

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by an anonymous user from: Okanagan-Similkameen, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada

We just received a message from a James Watson, and the prize handler was Johnson Smith. They are claiming to have a prize for me from Texaco oil. Is this legitimate??

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by info

If they are asking for money or personal information, it is a scam.

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by an anonymous user from: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

I had someone send me a friend request and said im on the winning list I was pregnant at this stage and stupid I did send stream cards and lost $2,000 I want my money back and I don't know how I have proof I can even send screen shot of it all please can anyone help me he will never give up and he says it legal and its not a scam

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by an anonymous user from: Portsmouth, Ohio, United States

I had a new friend on Facebook tell me they saw my name on it the Winner's List and told me to text this phone number about a claim agent 484-243-0378 told me to get with them about winning $400,000 but the only way to get it is to send in like at least $100 through FedEx processing fee and then I'll get my money in 24 hours; ask for my personal information.

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by an anonymous user from: Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States

Received a text from them saying I won money but I had to send money through Wal-Mart to Russell E. Woods, Summerville South Carolina, 20485

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by an anonymous user from: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

I got a text today from Berlin lienen saying I won 800,000,00 from Texas global company. He wants to know if I own my home and yearly income. Why would he want to know this if I have won.

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by info

He is phishing for information to scam you.

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by an anonymous user from: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

I was contacted by a friend who claims he won the money and has already recieved it and was told to contact Fred Smith John who asked alot of personal info questions and then informed me that I need to front $550.00 in taxes and fees to get my money delivered by Fed Ex. Is this a scam?

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by an anonymous user from: Newark, New Jersey, United States

Oh God, do you think those people are going to give that amount of money, wake up. This is scamming, they want your information... don’t let the illusions wash your brain, be smart.

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by info

Yes, it's a scam.

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by an anonymous user from: Ada, Oklahoma, United States

The same thing happened to me. I endex up sending about 800.00 to Tom Manning he texted me today and said my money was on the way.

Now he has asked for 600.00 more because he said customs had it so I have to pay to get it released I told him no to pat it himself.

They used my friends profile Beverly Hall to tell me about this.

Now I'm screwed. I dont have the money to pay my bills, I'm on disability. I thought it was real because of Beverly.

Is there any way I can get my money back? I had to pay with google play cards and smart cards.

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by an anonymous user from: Pittsburg, Kansas, United States

Just that this agent call my brother n almost took $400 from him, via friend on facebook. Caution & be aware. Agent didn't answer the text for more info on company.

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by an anonymous user from: Clyde, Ohio, United States

I received a text from a friend asking if I heard the good news, she asked me if I heard about the Texaco Global Reward promotion. I responded that I had not. She explained to me that an agent delivered $90,000.00 to her and she said that she had noticed my name was on the list of unclaimed money.

She then gave me a phone number and site to go to for information about myself, which I did not do. She also said the money she took to her bank. Informed her it was the real thing. The phone number she gave me 860/420/3454. This person keeps texting me if I called the agent so I can get my money.

I have not responded to her because I wanted to hear what her subjection is. I should say, I realize it’s a scam
Thanks for a response.

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by an anonymous user from: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Hey I was told I have win something

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by an anonymous user from: Carlsbad, California, United States

Thank you for providing this information. I looked this up because a Facebook friend messaged me that she won $80,000 and that she was my name on the list. Now I can just delete messages like this!

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by an anonymous user from: Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Stop these people plzz

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by an anonymous user from: Slidell, Louisiana, United States

Yes I was told I was getting a fifty thousand dollar grant.
They needed 200 for fee.

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by an anonymous user from: Ashburn, Virginia, United States

I was contacted by someone on Instagram who said they saw my name on the winners' list. When they saw their own name. I paid no attention to it when this person c ontacted me but then, two or three weeks later she contacted me again with the name of the agent (“Agent Walter Leonard”) and suggested I just text him as long as I was online.

So I did and he replied right away and wanting my full name and address so I gave him an abbreviated version of my address and name and he got back to me moments later telling me that I have won $100,000 a d explaining how my name was randomly selected for my continued use of Instagram.

Agent Leonard’s next email to me asked for my age, s*x, marital status, income status, and a few other personal info questions before explaining that upon receipt of my information my money would arrive on the doorstep within 3 hours.

“What is your marital status, age, s*x, worth of income and occupation... ..Finally, you have to pay for Case file fee and the shipping fund, so that we can bring the money to your doorstep in the next 3 hours from now, so that the management can sign your winning document.”

I guess it was that part about the shipping fund that pushed it over the edge.

So, it was a good ride while it lasted.

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by an anonymous user from: Linglestown, Pennsylvania, United States

I received the same text from a friend and she said that the guy was a God's man and is trying to help people ,how is he helping people by asking for money first just to get what you won already

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by an anonymous user from: Mt Juliet, Tennessee, United States

I rec'd personal message on FB from one of my friend saying they won 50,000 from this company and that my name was on the list also to win and rec' 50,000 from this company. I knew this did not happen to her and blocked whom ever was messaging me. Crazy! Not sure how to report this.

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by an anonymous user from: Randolph, New Jersey, United States

I got a message from someone I met on Facebook; she said the same thing and told me a Mr. joze f Andrew was head of money; she said she paid 800.00 dollars and got 10,000.

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by an anonymous user from: Pittsburg, Kansas, United States

I just got a text from a friend and wanted to know if I knew about the Texaco Global Reward Promotion. I told him no and he told me he gave a 1000.00 and got 100,000.00 back and gave me the name of Sebastian Shawn and a number of 7329943520. I'm to call him or text him I'm sure its a scam.

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by info

It is a scam.

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by an anonymous user from: Portland, Oregon, United States

Received the same today and they want me to send them 300 not going to happen, if it was real they would not ask for money..

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by an anonymous user from: Bedminster, New Jersey, United States

My friend just posted that she was delivered a large amount of cash from Cheveron global co. She said it was delivered by ups courier. Is this legitimate? She had to give them her personal information so they could be sure and send it to the right person.

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by info

It is not legitimate, it is a scam or fake. And, the person who sent you the message is not your friend, it a cyber criminal who may have hacked your friend's account and using it to trick you.

Contact your friend via email or telephone to verify. Or, ask the person questions only your friend would know.

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by an anonymous user from: LaSalle, Ontario, Canada

Hello all these snakes tired to real me in asking facebook password which i would never give . Also traced the fake facebook account to a third world country ...They said i had won but wanted money up front for delivery to which i replied karma will get u and they blocked me on facebook messenger .. Lol good bye scammer .

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by an anonymous user from: Belleville, Ontario, Canada

My family has been getting harassed by fake Facebook accounts. Are you able to identify who would be behind them?

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by an anonymous user from: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Same happened to me with a Fergie Thomas. I didn't get a itune card; this kind of stuff is so frustrating; I swear I will never believe a winner anything again

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by an anonymous user from: Kansas City, Kansas, United States

I was contacted January 2018 by a Mr. Morris claiming that he is with Texaco global and that I have one 500K! I mediately thought OK this is a scam, he reassured me that it was not and that he also told me my friend from where I grew up in Larnerd Kansas also had won 500K!

So I instantly started messaging my friend and she was coming back saying yeah I already have my money this and that this and that and she was also telling me that yeah do it do it do it it’s not a scam but the entire time I was texting my friend I started realizing that the texting style and the vocabulary did not sound like my friend. So I started thinking maybe somebody had hacked my friends Facebook turns out I was right my friends Facebook had been hacked and somebody from Texaco global was talking to me through my friends Facebook trying to act like my friend!!

The worst part about this is Mr. Morris has already convinced me to buy to iTunes cards thankfully it was only a $25 and a $15 but rest of sure I’m not buying any more but unfortunately now I have to go in and change everything about my Facebook!! And now I really need to subscribe to that LifeLock because now he also has my address he has my age and I think that’s all I gave him but I would have to go back and review my messages with him but thankfully those to iTunes cards are all I sent him!

This Mr. Morris guy will tell you he is a hard-core Christian and that he could never scam people out of money he sounds so legitimate I fell for his tracks and I honestly cannot believe that happened I knew that ringing in my ear was coming from somewhere and now I know that the ringing in my ear was Jesus telling me don’t do this!!

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by an anonymous user from: Kampala, Central Region, Uganda

I got one also telling me I have won money, but again he tells me to pay 500$ before they deliver the package

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by an anonymous user from: Seattle, Washington, United States

Coatis Frank's has been messaging me for this claim and has said to me he received his and he seen my name when he had sign for his money🤔🤔🤔🤔🤥🤥🤥

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by an anonymous user from: Springfield, Oregon, United States

A new Facebook friend, who only knows one of my friends, asked if I'd heard the good news. She said we were two of ten winners of $500,000 from Texaco Global Company Promo Best List, and referred me to that promoter's Facebook site. Aside from asking for my address, they even asked for my Facebook password, which I later changed.The other eight names were provided, and at least they existed on Facebook.

"We embarked on a worldwide promotion for Disabled, Unemployed, Worker's, Retired, Young & Old people, A sophisticated automated database to randomly select E-mail accounts that frequently surf the Internet You won the sum of $500.000.00"
Note the suspicious apostrophe splice in "Worker's;" it should be "Workers."

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by an anonymous user from: Atlanta, Georgia, United States

My husband just got scammed by the same person. He sent that person money and I'm not sure how to get it back.

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by an anonymous user from: Venice, Florida, United States

Just got the scammer tonight thru a friend of mine, who said she won. And wanted me to friend the scammer on line, but I think they are using her account and it really wasn’t her I was talking to. Found out that there are three accounts in her name and it wasn’t her I was talking to. They have a site on Facebook.

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by an anonymous user from: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

I just sent my profile info what can they do with that.

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by info

They will contact you and attempt to scam you, so be careful going forward.

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by an anonymous user from: Houston, Texas, United States

This woman Linda Owens is also saying she won but been sending me messages on messenger.facebook.com/agentdavid williams.

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by an anonymous user from: Houston, Minnesota, United States

I responded to a friend request from Tracey Darrell Adkins aka Trace Adkins, country music singer and he keeps making small talk over messenger and mention in one message about Texas Global promotions....I unfriended him and blocked him and he can still message me...getting annoyed..

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by an anonymous user from: Cartersville, Georgia, United States

Hi, I was contacted by someone that's been trying for 2 months to get 500 dollars and I'd win 5000...so I googled u and found a message saying I now win 500000..how legit is this message?

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by info

It is not legit, it is a lottery scam.

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by an anonymous user from: Pontiac, Michigan, United States

These people hacked my friend's account and sent me messages through Facebook messenger. I haven't been able to get a hold of him yet to let him know. These people are a disgrace to the human race. Hope no one falls for this garbage.

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by an anonymous user from: Brentford, England, United Kingdom

Hello,

I just got scammed by these people on facebook, blocked & reported, must think I'm stupid.

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by an anonymous user from: Kansas City, Missouri, United States

I just recieved an email from a classmate who claimed she recieved 80,000 which her Bank verified as real. The company Texaco Mobile. I thought I'd check it out first.

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by an anonymous user from: New York, United States

Last night I received a message that a friend of mine had received $100,000.00 from the Texico Global Award Promo. By accident, she saw my name and facebook picture on a list and I also was a winner. I thought the messages had come from her, but this morning all our conversation was deleted. In their conversation, there were misspelled words and poor grammar used. At first, because of the messages, I got from my friend I thought it must be legit. After thinking it over, I decided to keep my $1.500 and they could keep their $100.000. Please tell me this is a hoax. They repeated several times I should tell no one. They gave me the name of the person to whom I should send my money through a MoneyGram.

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by an anonymous user from: Atlanta, Georgia, United States

hxxps://www.facebook.com/kola.joshu?fref=ufi

He is promoting.

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by an anonymous user from: Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Ron Nutz on facebook promoting it

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