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WhatsApp Company Online Lotto Award Promotion Lottery Scam

There is no "WhatsApp Company Online Lotto Award Promotion," therefore, online users who have received e-mail messages like the one below, which claim they are winners in such a lottery or promotion are asked not to follow the instructions in them because they are lottery scams being sent by scammers.

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Every month, thousands of these email messages are sent out by lottery scammers to trick their potential victims into stealing their personal information and subsequently asking them to send money in order to receive their so-called lottery prize. Sending your personal information to these cyber-criminals will only help them rip you off or steal your money. Therefore, online users who have received the same email messages are asked to delete them.

A "WhatsApp Company Online Lotto Award Promotion" Scam

From: WHATSAPP GLOBAL COMPANY - whsap2020prmb@gmail.com

Date: Sun, Feb 2, 2020, 16:18

Subject: WHATS-APP DELIVERY OFFICER DETAILS

WHATS-APP COMPANY ONLINE LOTTO AWARD-PROMOTION

British Lottery International.Registered Office,

Cobham Training Center 61, STOKE ROAD

STOKE D'Abernon Surrey KT11, 3PT, United Kingdom.

(Email:whsap2020prmb@gmail.com)

ATTENTION: Revanth Eega

We wish to congratulate you once again on this note, for being one of the lucky winners selected on this Year WHATS-APP GLOBAL COMPANY 2020. We felicitate with you and your family and especially for being a citizen of (INDIA). This promotion was set-up In United Kingdom to encourage prospective MOBILE users. Congratulations on behalf of the ''WHATS-APP GLOBAL COMPANY'' Our Screening Committee And National Advisory Board has completed all verification and screening by the Screening Committee of "UK's Overseas National Advisory Remittance Claims Unit. You have been approved to received your Demand draft that will be Arriving in India TOMORROW MORNING by a special diplomatic arrival been approved by the regulation council of the WHATS-APP GLOBAL COMPANY 2020. Your cash prize of (3 CRORE 60 LAKHS INDIA RUPEES) will be delivered safely to your door step through our Accredited Dispatch Officer.

Having considered all possible measures to convey your cash prize, we resolve to use a special affiliated courier company under Diplomatic Umbrella. We have made all necessary arrangement to convey your winning prize direct to your door step. Your name, phone number and address has been Received.

Let it be known to you that all taxes has been paid by WHATS-APP GLOBAL COMPANY, Therefore, you will only be required to pay LOCAL Custom Duty Custom Notarization Clearance Fee 24,700 rupees to India custom duty fee in clearing of your consignment from the custom duties in your country INDIA. Our DELIVERY Officer, DIPLOMAT CLEMENT SMALLWOOD will be Arriving in India for delivery, And you are to provide him a copy of your ID prove ( ID CARD/ PASSPORT / VOTERS CARD PAN CARD OR VALID ID PROOF ) to enable him identify you before he will Handover your parcel to you. Below is his flight information. B.A flight information has already been sent to our dispatch officer and you have to contact his email so that he can furnish you with time of arrival in your country.

PLEASE NOTE: THAT THE INDIA CUSTOM WILL DEMAND THE BELOW LISTED CHARGES BEFORE DELIVERY

Tax Clearance Fees: 10,000 INR

Registration Of Package : 14,700.INR

TOTAL AMOUNT = 24,700 INR

INTERNATIONAL COURIER SERVICES DETAILS

DIPLOMAT NAME: CLEMENT SMALLWOOD.

EMAIL : clementsmallwood@gmail.com

DEPARTURE DATE: 2/02/2020

ARRIVAL DATE: 3/02/2020

CUSTOM CHARGES 24,700/INR

Your Parcel contains all of the following items.

1) A DEMAND DRAFT OF {3 CRORES 60 LAKH INDIA RUPEES}

2) AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIMS ELIGIBILITY

3) OTHER COVERING DOCUMENTS.

Please be aware that your Whats-app Award has already be shipped to your country with your ADDRESS provided to us and will arrive India tomorrow, after you have received your authorized draft been cleared in your country INDIA. Our delivery officer will instruct you immediately he arrived India By British Airway By 09.45 A.M. Tomorrow He will put a call across to you immediately he arrived India and you are to make sure that you oblige to his instruction by remitting a payment for INDIA INCOME CUSTOM DUTY NOTARIZATION CLEARANCE FEE 24,700 rupees levied upon your Foreign draft for Endorsement and approval and your Whats-app. Payment must be made by you as the sole beneficiary of the certified draft as we have contacted the India home financial ministry and they have given ENDORSEMENT as regards to International Monetary Funds regulatory policy (IMF) adopted by the INDIA HOME FINANCE MINISTRY. You are to contact our Senior Delivery officer via email id: (clementsmallwood@gmail.com ) and provide him with any of your identity proof. You have to give us confirmation of this mail before our Accredited Courier Delivery Officer commence to your country and also make arrangement for the requested amount that will be paid in your country to avoid any further delay with India custom when he arrived INDIA. His Diplomatic ID Proof is been attached to your mail for your confirmation purpose.

Best Regards,,,

Dr.DENNIS SMITH.

Managing Director Whats app Company UK And Ireland.Direct Line:Tel:+448719159591

WARNING

PLEASE BE WARNED THAT YOU ARE ADVISED TO KEEP YOUR WINNING

INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL AND WE DO NOT ALLOW BENEFICIARY TO SEND THEIR FRIENDS OR RELATIVE TO RECEIVE THE.

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