Advance Fee Scams

This 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’.  

Criminals continue to distribute emails claiming to be from 2014 Mega Millions jackpot lottery winner Harold Diamond.

Supposedly, there is an abandoned fund that has been approved and is ready for payout.  And, all I need to do to claim this money is to respond to the email.

According to this email, you have been selected as a recipient of a major cash prize via Google Ad Grants for 2019.

According to this email, a senior banker in Turkey wants to present you as the beneficiary of a multi-million dollar fund left in his late client’s bank account.  

According to this email, which purports to be from bank and financial services company JP Morgan Chase,  the U.S Department of States and U.S Department of Treasury has approved a payment of  $4,500,000.00 in your name.

According to this email, charitable organization Oxfam has given you a cash grant of £1,000,000.00. Supposedly, the charity donation is being promoted in conjunction with UNICEF.

According to this message, you have won a large sum of money in a lottery program organized by Facebook.

Scammers use many methods to reach potential victims including email, text messages, and social media posts.