Advance Fee Scams

According to this email, an official with South Africa’s Department of Minerals and Natural Resources has a confidential business proposal for you.

According to this email, you have been randomly selected to win the seasonal “Like of the Year” Award for 2019.

Facebook users continue to fall for criminal ploys claiming that they have won a  large cash prize in a supposed Facebook lottery or grant.

According to this email, you have won $2,970,000 in the Millionaire-Raffle promotion conducted by an entity named “Royal Slots Online”. 

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.