Advance Fee Scams
Links to reports about advance fee lottery and offer scams.
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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.
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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.
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‘Google Ad Grants 2019’ Advance Fee Scam
by Brett M. Christensen June 4, 2019According to this email, you have been selected as a recipient of a major cash prize via Google Ad Grants for 2019.
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‘I Want to Present you as the Beneficiary’ Advance Fee Scam
by Brett M. Christensen May 29, 2019According 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.