VIBER International Balloting Award Programme Lottery Scam

VIBER International Balloting Award Programme Lottery Scam

There is no "VIBER International balloting award programme" lottery. Therefore, recipients of messages claiming that they are winners in the same lottery or award programme asked not to follow the instructions in them. They should just delete the messages because they are fakes that being sent by lottery scammers to their potential victims. The scammers trick their potential victims into sending them their information by claiming that they are winners in a lottery that doesn't exist. Once they have received the information, they will subsequently ask their potential victims to send money in order to receive their so-called lottery prize.

But, once the scammers receive their potential victims' information they will sell it to other scammers who will constantly contact the potential victims in an attempt to scam them. And, if the potential victims send their money to the scammers, they will take it and disappear leaving the victims depressed, and hundreds or thousands of dollars broke.

The "VIBER International Balloting Award Programme" Lottery Scam

Subject: VIBER International balloting award programme

CONGRATULATIONS!

We deeply congratulate you once again for winning the *VIBER* International balloting award programme.

Your Mobile Number has been selected among the five lucky-winners of the *VIBER* programme, USA for Five Hundred Thousand Dollars.

This is a reward program for the patronage of internet services, all participants were selected randomly from world wide mobile number Directories, and your mobile number appears on the VIBER machine as the winner of the 2016 VIBER yearly promotional Award Prize Cheque of Five hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00).

This promotion is part of the financial empowerment program of the VIBER in its struggle to alleviate poverty.

This promotional programme is being promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities in the person of Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc. With the support of VIBER Founder: , Talmon Marco and other corporate companies and organizations in United States to encourage the use of computer systems worldwide.

Full Name:.

Country:.

Contact Mobile Number:.

Nationality:..

Address:.

Age:.

Sex:.

Marital Status:..

Occupation:

Above is the required information for processing of your winning, please fill the required information and return it back for verification and payment of your won prize fund. Please provide the required information as soon as possible to enable the paying bank process and commence your payment before the last remittance date.

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July 8, 2021 at 11:02 AM by
VIBER International Balloting Award Programme Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Received this scam:

"Lovely Customer! Your number has been luckily selected as the winner of USD 750,000 United State Dollars(seven hundred and fifty thousand USD) in the VIBER Promo programme for our customers. Please send your winning REF NO:US85407ViB. To Email: help@viberlives.com for more information. Please quote the REF number when sending us mail here: help@viberlives.com"

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September 13, 2020 at 3:36 PM by
VIBER International Balloting Award Programme Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Durrës, Qarku i Durresit, Albania

"Dear Esteem Viber User!

Congratulations,Your Viber Number has been selected as the winner of Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars on the Viber Slot programme. Submit your winning REF No: VB/US-64634579 to email: ref@viberfund.com

For more information on how to claim your funds. Contact: ref@viberfund.com"

Another scam.

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April 26, 2020 at 1:17 PM by
VIBER International Balloting Award Programme Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Albania

"Congratulations! Dear Customer, Your VIB mobile number has been selected as winner Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($500.000.00USD) in the 2020 "VIBER" COVID-19 Charity donation programme. Send your REF No: VB/US-64634579. to email: fundprocess@intllotto.org

for more information on how to claim your funds. Contact: fundprocess@intllotto.org

for more inquiries"

This was the message that they have sent to me.

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August 14, 2020 at 6:15 PM by
VIBER International Balloting Award Programme Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

I got the REF no:64634579 in February month 2020

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April 19, 2020 at 12:06 PM by
VIBER International Balloting Award Programme Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Jerusalem, Israel

"Congratulations!

You have won seven hundred thousand dollars in the annual promotional program,

Send Ref No: WH2 to official ballot Email Immeidiately for claim:

ballot@whatsappawards.com

Contact Email: ballot@whatsappawards.com for claim

Congratulations once more!

2020.04.14 05:27:22"

Here is another scam.

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January 19, 2020 at 9:34 AM by
VIBER International Balloting Award Programme Lottery Scam
info

"Hi, I have just received a message that I am the lotto winner. Here is the message and phone number which has sent me the info.

Please proceed as legal procedures alows you.

Dear Andreja, Your number 38975434094 has been selected as the winner of Seven hundred thousand dollars on the International Ballot award programme.

Send your winning REF No: VB/US-64634579 to email: admin@vibermega.online for more information on how to claim your funds. Contact: admin@vibermega.online

19.01.2020 18:11:51

The phone that sent me the message was: 79914049680"

Received via email.

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November 25, 2019 at 11:25 AM by
VIBER International Balloting Award Programme Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Kabul, Afghanistan

"Viber Inc.

670 Castro Street, Suite 125-220

Mountain View, California, 94041

United States of America

Dear Esteemed Customer,

From the desk of the VIBER Splash Promotion Team, we wish to officially inform you that your application has now being approved for payment. We congratulate you once again for emerging as our winner of $1.000.000.00 USD ( One Million United States Dollars).

VIBER Corporation organized this promotional to appreciate the society for it's amazing supports and patronage towards the growth of the organization. We also thank you for being a part of our community, and helping to connect the world free.

We are sending this message to inform you that your claim process has been completed, and your winning Cheque amounting to the sum of $1.000.000.00 USD (One Million United States Dollars) has been given to our affiliate courier service: Orient Global Shipment for immediate delivery to you.

Your Cheque has been issued by our correspondent bank in Turkey where your winning ballot number falls for payment. Please take note of this enclosed number (VIP/US-BATCH2) and contact the Courier Dispatch Manager immediately via the following contact>>>

ORIENT GLOBAL SHIPMENT

[Head Office]

Trump Towers, 34387 Şişli/İstanbul

Dispatch Manager:

Mackay Christopher Allan

Email: orientglobalfund@gmail.com

info@orientglobalshipment.com

[Note] The courier services will be needing your complete delivery address and contact telephone number to enable them honor your request on time. If you have any other questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us

Best Regard,

VIBER TEAM"

Received this scam.

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November 16, 2019 at 2:16 PM by
VIBER International Balloting Award Programme Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Tirana, Albania

Here is another scam:

"Dear Esteem Viber User! Congratulations Customer, Your number 355677164360 has been selected as the winner of Seven hundred thousand dollars on the 8th Anniversary Slot Award programme.

Send your winning REF No: VB/US-64634579 to email: slot@viberprize.info for more information on how to claim your funds. Contact: slot@viberprize.info

13.11.2019 23:28:52

Të nderuar përdorues të nderuar Viber! Urime Konsumator, numrI juaj 355677164360 është zgjedhur sI fituesI I Shtatëqind mijë dollarë në programin e 8-vjetorit të otmimeve.

DërgonI REF-in tuaj fitues: VB / US-64634579 në email: slot@viberprize.info për më shumë informacion se sI të kërkonI fondet tuaja. Kontaktoni: slot@viberprize.info

13.11.2019 23:28:52"

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November 14, 2019 at 5:49 PM by
VIBER International Balloting Award Programme Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Qendër, Korce, Albania

"Congratulations! Dear Armando Bruci, Your VIB mobile number 355688652498 has been selected as the winner of Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (500.000.00USD) in the 2019 VIBER International Ballot award programme. Send your winning REF No: VB/US-64634579. to email: fundprocess@intllotto.org

for more information on how to claim your funds. Contact: fundprocess@intllotto.org

for more inquiries.

14.11.2019 23:12:30"

Another scam.

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November 12, 2019 at 11:15 PM by
VIBER International Balloting Award Programme Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Malmo, Skane County, Sweden

Oh my God I almost fell for it. Thank God I looked them up on the Internet

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November 14, 2019 at 12:59 PM by
VIBER International Balloting Award Programme Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Nehalim, Merkaz, Israel

SAME! Thank God I read about it!

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VIBER International Balloting Award Programme Lottery Scam