WhatsApp Christmas New Year Bonanza and Awareness Promo Scam

There is no "WhatsApp Christmas New Year Bonanza and Awareness Promo," therefore, recipients of emails claiming they are winners in such a lottery are asked not to follow the instructions in them. The emails are lottery scams, which is an advance fee scam that is a form of fraud and one of the most common types of confidence trick. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster requires in order to obtain the large sum.

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WhatsApp Christmas New Year Bonanza and Awareness Promo Scam

The "WhatsApp Christmas New Year Bonanza and Awareness Promo" Scam

From: +234 802 914 6865

WhatsApp Lottery Winning Notification,

Amount Won: 2Million Great British Pounds Sterling = Mur 96 Million,

Our WhatsApp number for reply : +30 698 020 4541,

Phone/ Sms number : + 44 :

Winning Country: Mauritius.

We write to inform you that your WhatsApp number have won a prize of 2,000,000.00 (Two Million Great British Pounds Sterling Only) from WhatsApp Christmas/New Year Bonanza and Awareness promo in collaboration with the Greece, Turkey and UK lottery commissions.This lottery was carried out randomly through a computer system extracted from WhatsApp data base worldwide and your winning ticket number is 025/2019 and serial number is WPL081.

To claim this prize,please kindly forward the followings:

1. Full name

2. Full Address

3. Winning ticket number.

4. Serial number

5. Age

6. Sex/Gender (male or female)

7. Marital status (married or single)

8. Profession/job and

9. WhatsApp number : +30 698 020 4541 (WhatsApp only)

10. Have you won a lottery before? Yes or No

The details above will enable us procure a cheque,winning certificate and some other releavant documents as required by the British laws.

You are advised to keep your winning details to yourself to avoid double claims and abuse of this program.

Please WhatsApp/reply +30 698 020 4541 and note this number will be unattended to after 14 days from today and if this happens please call/sms +

Yours sincerely,

Ms Ana M ,

Secretary, WhatsApp lottery

French:

Notification de gain de loterie WhatsApp,

Montant gagné: 2 millions de livres sterling = 96 millions de Mur,

Notre numéro de réponse WhatsApp: +30 698 020 4541,

Numéro de téléphone / SMS: + 44:

Pays vainqueur: Maurice.

Nous vous écrivons pour vous informer que votre numéro WhatsApp a remporté un prix de 2000000,00 (deux millions de livres sterling britanniques uniquement) de WhatsApp Noël / Nouvel An Bonanza et promotion de sensibilisation en collaboration avec les commissions de loterie de Grèce, de Turquie et du Royaume-Uni. sort au hasard via un système informatique extrait de la base de données WhatsApp dans le monde entier et votre numéro de ticket gagnant est 025/2019 et le numéro de série est WPL081.

Pour réclamer ce prix, veuillez transmettre les informations suivantes:

1. Nom complet

2. Adresse complète

3. Numéro du ticket gagnant.

4. Numéro de série

5. Âge

6. Sexe / genre (masculin ou féminin)

7. État matrimonial (marié ou célibataire)

8. Profession / emploi et

9. Numéro WhatsApp: +30 698 020 4541 (WhatsApp uniquement)

10. Avez-vous déjà gagné à une loterie? Oui ou non

Les détails ci-dessus nous permettront de nous procurer un chèque, un certificat gagnant et d'autres documents non conformes, comme l'exigent les lois britanniques.

Il est conseillé de garder vos coordonnées gagnantes pour vous afin d'éviter les doubles réclamations et les abus de ce programme.

Veuillez WhatsApp / répondre +30 698 020 4541 et notez que ce numéro ne sera pas surveillé après 14 jours à compter d'aujourd'hui et si cela se produit, veuillez appeler / sms +

Cordialement,

Mme Ana M,

Secrétaire, loterie WhatsApp

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December 30, 2019 at 3:45 AM by
WhatsApp Christmas New Year Bonanza and Awareness Promo Scam
an anonymous user from: Port Louis Town, Port Louis, Mauritius

Dear Sir,

Indeed my whatsapp number has been selected and I won the above prize as you said . I have done exactly what the above message told to do and after that someone called me ( Mr Jonas Mesonne Jeff Passport No is 538002536 from UK and asked me to effect a payment of 2989 pound sterling for cost of cheque registration to be able to issue my winning cheque of 2,000,000 PS. He said that British law on banking stipulates that any cheque going out of the shores of UK that is in excess of GBP250,000 must be duly registered by the British Money Laundering dept. He also added that as soon as the above cheque is duly / fully registered in your name it becomes possible that it can be drawn in country of the world ( internal Cheque ).

There is something fishy in it . I don't understand why should I pay GBP 2989 to have my prize / cheque release . If it is a lucky draw . It should be given to me free off any charges . Otherwise, we no longer call it a lottery . I am afraid that this is cheating and want to hack my account and my money. Please kindly help me and reply on my below email if this is true, real and genuine.

vimal.custnea@ppi-mu.com or my mobile 57630119 code MRU is 230

Thanks & Regards

Vimal Custnea

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December 30, 2019 at 4:39 AM by
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