"Instagram Lottery 2019" Lotto Scam

How the "Instagram Lottery 2019" Scam

A scammer will contact you and claim you are a winner. The scammers will then claim you should respond with your personal information. This is how they steal your personal information and use it against.

After stealing your personal information, the scammers will ask you to send money in order to receive your so-called prize. But, if you do, they will take your money and disappear, and you will not receive the prize or lottery money you were promised.

An "Instagram Lottery 2019" Lotto Scam

From: Instagram Bigwin - instagrambigwin@gmail.com

Sent: Monday, July 8, 2019, 9:30:44 PM GMT+5:30

Subject: Re: Winning profile ID :IGBW-871-2000-0012-9

Instagram Lottery Claim Department

200 Jefferson Dr, Menlo Park,

California 94025 United States

Dear Lucky Winner,

Congratulations once again for winning the Instagram Lottery 2019 after successful completion of the fourth category draws of the Instagram Lottery, all participants profile were selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from 85,000.000 individual Instagram users around the world. Your profile was picked by the automated computer ballot system, This random selection has eventually qualified you for this year annual Instagram Lottery. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum payout of USD$ 1,000,000.00. {One Million United States Dollars} in cash credited to winning number: ILA/462/006/2019 Which is the winning payout for the 4th category winner. For further information, please email us the below-listed details to enable the complete process of prize release.

This promotion takes place annually, and it's being promoted and sponsored by Instagram, Microsoft Inc and the support of other multinational internet provider companies in the UK and United States to encourage the use of social media and computer worldwide.

You are advised to provide the below information to enable us to commence with the procession and payment of your won prize fund.

1. Real Name:

2. Address:

3. City:

4. Occupation:

5. Nationality:

6. Age:

7. Marital status:

Your profile was attached to the 4th category which qualified your winning balloting ball numbers and fall in our Asia regional center for the claim. The prize fund is temporally deposited with our correspondent paying the bank in Thailand for payout to the 4th category winner.

For security reasons, we ask that you keep your file reference number away from public notice until your claim has been processed and the money remitted to your account as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwanted taking of advantage of this promo by people as it has happened in the past. For further information please contact us for proper directions.

Best Regards

Mr. Alexander Peters

Instagram Lottery Claim Officer

Headquarters, United States of America

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