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Ellen Degeneres Facebook Scam

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Ellen Degeneres Facebook Scam

There is a new like farming post circulating which pretends to be from US celebrity Ellen DeGeneres and promises a cash giveaway to those who like, share and comment. It uses actual photos and videos of DeGeneres but is a fake account. This fake profile is using names similar to Ellen De Generes, eg "Ellin DeGenerous" that are contacting people via Messenger or on group posts to claim the person targetted has won a prize. But, Ellen DeGeneres is in no way associated with these fake profiles nor with the fake giveaway.

Ellen Degeneres Facebook Scam Samples

"This is The Ellen Lee DeGeneres Fans GiveBack Representative. I’m Happy To Let You Know That You’ve Won $120,000.00 USD In The Ellen Lee DeGeneres Fans GiveBack.

You’ve Been Luckily Selected.

To Claim Your Winning, Kindly message me With “ I Accept “

So We Can Proceed. Thank You"

"You've Won $300,000.00 USD in the Ellen Lee DeGeneres Fans GiveBack.

You've Been Luckily Selected. To Claim Your Winning, Kindly message me with "I Accept" So We Can Proceed. Thank you"

"This is The Ellen Lee DeGeneres Fans GiveBack Representative. I'm Happy to let know that you've won $300,000.00 USD.

In the Ellen Lee Degeneres Fans Giveback. You've Been Luckily Selected. To Claim Your Winning Kindly...

"Congratulations!!! This is agent Kim? of Ellen Degeneres. I'm Happy to Let You Know That You've Won $200,000.00 USD and new Mercedes Benz 2019 model in The Ellen Lee Degeneres Fans GiveBack.

You've been luckily selected. To Claim Your Winning, Kindly message me with "I Accept" so we can proceed. Thank you."

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Mar 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM by
Ellen Degeneres Facebook Scam
an anonymous user from: New York County, New York, New York, United States

Just received the notification that I won the money and the auto. Thanks for the clarification that my impression that it was a scam is correct with a Capital C!! David Peretz—I write NYPD crime novels; three published and a fourth nearing completion. All are available on Amazon in paperback and on kindle.

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May 3, 2023 at 1:58 PM by
Ellen Degeneres Facebook Scam
an anonymous user from: Apopka, Florida, United States

I received this message in my email and thanks to you I found out it was a big hoax!
Thank you Online Threat Alerts!!!

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Mar 29, 2022 at 5:41 AM by
Ellen Degeneres Facebook Scam
an anonymous user from: Ashburn, Virginia, United States

I received this message and I knew it was a hoax!

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Jun 20, 2021 at 9:42 AM by
Ellen Degeneres Facebook Scam
an anonymous user from: Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas

I received one I 2019. It was from the Obama presenting her with the medal. Offered $250,000. Feed back please. Real or not real. Send to my messenger page. Whoever wrote this article.

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May 25, 2020 at 3:46 AM by
Ellen Degeneres Facebook Scam
an anonymous user from: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

I was duped by this scam out of desperation of financial hardship. It said I wont be charged but immediately I was charged $1 then within seconds $2.95, then again I just received an alert that another $2.95 was charged on my credit card. I can't afford this as I'm on SSI and receive food benefits from numerous heart attacks and other health issues. As I feel its Facebook's responsibility to maintain a safe environment and failed to do so. I also feel that Ellen herself is at fault for knowing there are these scams but taking little to no actions to prevent this from happening.

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May 25, 2020 at 8:57 AM by
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I am sorry you got scammed, but it also your responsibility to do research.

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