Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Scam Email: Facebook Online International Lottery

Here is a scam email that oddly uses the address of the fake FBI scam (as their email address), the use of Facebook (as the brand name to create legitimacy), tries to time it as an Easter email (but then sends it 2 days after Easter) but then launches into the story of a fake lottery scam. This scammer really ought to decide which scam he is running!

Lots of people still fall for the fake lottery scam. You can NOT win a lottery you did not enter! And the winning amount in these fake scam emails is always more than is reasonably true. That they try to overwhelm people with details doesn't mean it isn't ALL made up. Do not fall for this.


From:Facebook (info@fbi.gov)
Subject: Congratulations and Happy Easter Celebration‏
Reply-To: (facebookwinnersdepartment11@gmail.com)

Facebook Online International Lottery
From: The Desk Of the President.
International Promotions / Prize Award.
Category: 2nd
 
Greetings to you Dear lucky winner. We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on the 12th of March 2013 by Facebook group in cash promotion to encourage the usage of Facebook worldwide. Your name was among the 20 lucky winners who won $950.000.00USD (Nine hundred and Fifty Thousand United State Dollars) each on the Facebook group promotion award attached to Lucky Number (FB-225-7736), Ticket Number (FB-172-60), Batch Number (FB-0281/544) and Serial Number (99352748-2013).
 
The online draws was conducted by a random selection of emails you were picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the Facebook in other to claim your $950.000.00usd the lottery program which is a new innovation by Facebook, is aimed at saying a big thank you to all our users for making Facebook their number one means to connect, communicate, relate and hook up with their families and friends over the years.
 
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants and scam artists all participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individuals email addresses from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every three years. You may be rest assured that this is real and legal. There are some scam artists around but thanks to the FBI, 216 of them have been arrested.
 
You are required to contact the head of our disbursement department in the person of Mr. Lincoln Howard via this email address (facebookwinnersdepartment11@gmail.com) with information below for the complete processing of your Winning certificate and further information regarding the disbursement of your lottery winnings.
 
Full Name:
Contact Address:
Mobile Number:
Occupation:
Marital Status:
Sex:
Age:
Country of Residence:
Nationality:
Lucky Number:
Ticket Number:
Batch Number:
Serial Number:
Your Email Address:
 
Furthermore, if there is any change in email addresses please contact us on time. Do not reply to this email, Contact the disbursement department with the email provided above.
 
Note: if you are not interested please do not bother to reply.
 
Thanks and more Congratulations!
 
Regards,
Mr. Wright Jones
Announcer.

2 comments:

  1. Dear Elsie,
    This is to inform you that all beneficiaries are to come down to our office (80 S.W. 8th Street, Suite 2000, Miami, Florida, 33130) to claim his or her WINNINGS for security reasons when coming come with your Winning information for confirmation.

    But if you know you cant be able to come to our head office to receive your CHEQUE yourself, we will have to direct you to the Courier Delivery Company that will deliver your CHEQUE to your home address within next 24 hours.

    We want you to know that before your CHEQUE will be delivered to your home address you have to contact the Fairways company responsible for the deliver which is the Fairways company and you are to contact them with your home details below:

    Country Name:
    City Name:
    Home address :

    Here is the Fairways email address: fairwaydeliverycompany@aol.com , once you have contacted them with those details your CHEQUE will be delivered to your home address with in the next 24hours, therefore, advised in your best interest to get in touch with the Fairways company immediately, if you know that you cant come to our head office to claim your winnings by yourself.

    Await your fast response

    Thanks,
    Regards,
    Promo Coordinator

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  2. Here is another one. A certain Katherina Cole befriended me on facebook, claiming she works for facebook and only two days later informed me that I won this dazzling amount of money.

    Hereunder a copy of the mail I received from one Lincoln Howard:

    Address. Washington, D.C.
    25 Massachusetts Avenue NW Suite 900.
    Washington, DC 20001.
    Phone: (201) 228-0817
    Hours: M-S 8AM-5PM EST

    Attention:

    Congratulations: This humble office is in good acknowledgement of the
    receipt of your email in response to the information's provided to
    continue to the next stage of receiving your winning fund. We are
    using this medium to tell you that among your winning batch, 7peoples
    have collected there respective winning fund and 4peoples are still contacting our humble office to claim their winning fund as you are doing right now.

    In response to the claim of your winning fund of $950,000,00 in our
    Facebook online lottery promo, this humble office will like to know
    how you want to receive your winnings fund as we have three payment
    options and all require fee so take note.

    The fee will be included in the bracket below and you are to choose
    one out of the options and your winning fund will be delivered to you
    depending on how you want to receive your winning fund.

    1) ATM (Note that your delivery is FREE, You are only required to make
    the payment of $375 for the Court Administrative and ENDORSEMENT FEE, and it must be paid by you the beneficiary before the delivery of your
    ATM commence according to the mandatory rules that is binding our
    online Facebook lottery here.

    2) Cash Payment (Note that your delivery is FREE, You are only
    required to make the payment of $358 for the Court Administrative and
    ENDORSEMENT FEE, and it must be paid by you the beneficiary before the delivery of your winning fund in Cash commence according to the
    mandatory rules that is binding our online Facebook lottery here.

    3) International Certified Bank Draft (These require delivery charges
    of $573 and it must be paid by you the beneficiary before the delivery
    of your International Certified Bank Draft commence according to the
    mandatory rules that is binding our online Facebook lottery here.

    Attached is a copy of your online Facebook lottery winning certificate.

    Further more for security reasons and due to the mix-up of some
    numbers and names, we implore that you keep this notification or any
    emails or document concerning your winnings strictly from public
    notice for security reason until your claim has been processed and
    your money remitted. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
    double claiming or unscrupulous acts by non-participants of this
    program.

    ''BE WARNED"





    Your urgent response will be highly appreciated so that we can move on
    to the next level on how you are going to received your winning fund.

    Facebook Team

    Payment Department


    Lincoln Howard.

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