Advance Fee Scams
Links to reports about advance fee lottery and offer scams.
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Sophisticated ‘Identity Theft Settlement’ Advance Fee Scam Email Hitting Inboxes
by Brett M. Christensen December 19, 2019As advance fee scams go, this one is pretty sophisticated. It is professionally presented and, unusually for such scam emails, it boasts excellent spelling and grammar.
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Online Scammers are Posing as Lottery Winners Steven and Lenka Thomson
by Brett M. Christensen December 18, 2019dvance fee scammers are currently sending out emails that falsely claim to be from recent EuroMillions lottery winners Steven and Lenka Thomson.
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‘United Nations Compensation Commission’ Advance Fee Scam Email
by Brett M. Christensen November 27, 2019According to this email, which purports to be from the World Bank, you are set to receive a $4.5 million payout via the United Nations Compensation Commission.
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Department of Minerals and Natural Resources ‘Business Proposal’ Scam
by Brett M. Christensen September 25, 2019According to this email, an official with South Africa’s Department of Minerals and Natural Resources has a confidential business proposal for you.
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‘Like of the Year Award’ Advance Fee Scam Email
by Brett M. Christensen September 19, 2019According to this email, you have been randomly selected to win the seasonal “Like of the Year” Award for 2019.
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Facebook Lottery Scammers Using Fake ‘Winners List’ Websites
by Brett M. Christensen September 9, 2019Facebook users continue to fall for criminal ploys claiming that they have won a large cash prize in a supposed Facebook lottery or grant.
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‘Royal Slots Online Millionaire-Raffle Promotion’ Advance Fee Scam
by Brett M. Christensen August 20, 2019According to this email, you have won $2,970,000 in the Millionaire-Raffle promotion conducted by an entity named “Royal Slots Online”.
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‘Award Promotion by Google’ Advance Fee Scam
by Brett M. Christensen July 24, 2019This email, which purports to be from Google CEO Sundar Pichai, claims that you have won £950,000, a laptop, and other prizes in a Google ‘Award Promotion’.
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Scammers Are Pretending to be Lottery Winner Harold Diamond
by Brett M. Christensen July 22, 2019Criminals continue to distribute emails claiming to be from 2014 Mega Millions jackpot lottery winner Harold Diamond.