- Popular
- Most Talked-About

Report

Online Threat Alerts (OTA)

An anti-cybercrime community alerting the public to web or internet threats.

Online Threat Alerts (OTA)»

"Samsung End of Year" Lottery Scam Created by Online Scammers

Comments: 4
Views: 53
Updated: December 20, 2018 2018-12-20T14:33:57 -
Date: December 20, 2018 2018-12-20T14:27:10

Received an SMS and email to the effect that I have won $USD855,000 in the End of Year Samsung promotion, and I am to send my particulars and also scan and mail my passport for verification purposes. They said I am among the 5 out of 25000000 winners. But because I know that legitimate companies to do not asked their winners to send personal information via email, I know it is a scam. So, be aware of "Samsung End of Year" lottery scam.

Remember, never send money to anyone who asks you to do so in order to collect a lottery prize. Once you are asked to do so, it is a scam created by lottery scammers who are attempting to trick you into sending them money. Once the scammers receive the money, they will take it and disappear, leaving the victims without the lottery prize or money they were promised.

Note: Some of the names, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers or other information in samples on this website may have been impersonated or spoofed.

Please share what you know or ask a question about this article by leaving a comment below. Also, check the comment section below for additional information, if there is any.

Remember to forward suspicious, malicious, or phishing email messages to us at the following email address: info@onlinethreatalerts.com

Also, report missing persons, scams, untrustworthy, or fraudulent websites to us. Tell us why you consider the websites untrustworthy or fraudulent.

If you want to quickly find answers to your questions, use our search engine.

You can help maintain Online Threat Alerts (OTA) by paying a service fee. Click here to make payment.

Comments, Questions, Answers, or Reviews

(Total: 4)

To help protect your privacy, please do not post or remove, your full name, telephone number, email address, username, password, account number, credit card information, home address or other sensitive information in or from your comments, questions, or reviews.

The comments or reviews below do not necessarily reflect the views of Online Threat Alerts.

January 8, 2019 at 2:52 AM by an anonymous user from Gaborone, Botswana
Hi, I have gone through your scam warning and Alert. Now here I am I got an SMS to the fact that am the winner of End of year Draw and won $750000.
What do I do here. I can smell a rat, a big one, as I am in Africa. I am invited to Samsung office in the united State of America and if I can't make it my cheque can be sent by mail. Now confirm to me this, then I want to move on. Will communicate more after your confirmation.
remove
- January 8, 2019 at 5:33 AM by info
  It is a scam.
  remove
January 2, 2019 at 4:58 AM by an anonymous user from Cockburn Harbour, Caicos Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands
Good morning I have received this message on Instagram. So my question is, how do I go about reporting this scam. They also contacted me asking me for $500.
"Congratulations to your lucky Instagram profile was one of the lucky profiles that was selected through our computerized database roaming profile selector to earn the sum of $800.000.00 and a new Samsung Galaxy s8 phone from the online promotion of Samsung 2018 here on Instagram . Are you interested in claiming your winnings?"
remove
- January 2, 2019 at 8:16 AM by info
  Posting your comment here means you have reported it to us.
  remove

Show More Comments (4)

Show all Comments