Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Lottery - Donation
There is no "2018 Pepsi Cola New Year Draw." Therefore, recipients of a fake Pepsi Cola lottery messages like the sample below being sent by lottery scammers, which claim that they are winners, should delete the messages. They should also not follow the instructions in them. Remember, once you are asked to send money to receive a lottery prize or award, it is a scam, or a fraudulent attempt by cybercriminals to trick their potential victims into sending them money. And, never respond to an unexpected or unsolicited email messages with personal information because this is how lottery scammers target their potential victims.
From: +27640853536CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR 082465.. HAS BEEN RANDOMLY SELECTED TO CLAIM 800,000 IN THE 2018 PEPSI COLA NEW YEAR DRAW. CALL NATALIE 0733520524 WITH REF PB33 TO CLAIMYOUR DETAILS HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE ONLINE TRANSFER DEPARTMENT . YOU NEED TO CALL THE HEAD OF THE TRANSFER DEPARTMENT HIS NAME IS MURPHY ON 0638557843 FOR THE ACTIVATION OF YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER PB33 SO THAT YOUR MONEY CAN GO THROUGH INTO YOUR ACCOUNT . CONGRATULATIONS !!
From: +27640853536
CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR 082465.. HAS BEEN RANDOMLY SELECTED TO CLAIM 800,000 IN THE 2018 PEPSI COLA NEW YEAR DRAW. CALL NATALIE 0733520524 WITH REF PB33 TO CLAIM
YOUR DETAILS HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE ONLINE TRANSFER DEPARTMENT . YOU NEED TO CALL THE HEAD OF THE TRANSFER DEPARTMENT HIS NAME IS MURPHY ON 0638557843 FOR THE ACTIVATION OF YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER PB33 SO THAT YOUR MONEY CAN GO THROUGH INTO YOUR ACCOUNT . CONGRATULATIONS !!
3
Received via email: "Scam received Pepsi scam from cell number 078 7500 182."
Rwceived this:"CONGRATS! YOUR MOBILE NUMBER HAS WON 500,000 POUNDS IN THE 2018 PEPSI PROMO. TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE. SEND UR NAME AND MOBILE NUMBER TO: pepsicodraws@hotmail.com.by this no 92 330 4248348"
thank you to the person who wrote alerted me, I just the exact sms now...scary
