Advance Fee Scams

Scammers continue to trick unwary Facebook users into handing over their money and personal information by falsely claiming that they have won a large cash prize.

According to this email, you are eligible to receive a compensation payment because you were identified as a victim of a previous online scam attempt. 

Mobile phone users are currently being spammed by text messages claiming that they have been selected as a winner in a supposed Air New Zealand promotion. 

This email claims to be from none other than General Lori Robinson, commander of the U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). 

This message, which is distributed via email, claims that you have won £1,992,347 in the “Big Big British National Lotto”. Supposedly, your email address was chosen as a winner in a free ticket draw.

Here is another typical advance fee scam designed to trick you into giving your money and personal information to Internet criminals. The…

According to this email,  “Brett and Robin McCoy” are giving away one million dollars to five randomly chosen individuals as part of a charity project.  

This email asks if you can handle a multi-million dollar financial transaction with one Mr George Lewis. Apparently, George is inviting you…

As I have often mentioned, advance fee scammers use a seemingly never-ending variety of back stories as vehicles for finding new victims. And they often tend to target people that have been previously caught out in such scams.