Scams

According to a post currently hitting Facebook News Feeds, US home improvement store chain Lowe’s is giving everyone who shares a link a coupon worth $150.

Scammers are distributing fake admin notifications recommending that you add a recovery number to your email account. 

Many Facebook and WhatsApp users are receiving notifications claiming that someone sent them a surprise message. The notifications feature an envelope icon along with a row of smileys and a website link. 

According to a post currently being shared on Facebook, UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is giving three lucky families the “amazing gift of an entire year of free groceries” to celebrate Christmas. 

Keep an eye out for fraudulent emails claiming that someone has shared a document with you. Sender names and other details may vary.

As 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. 

According to this email, which claims to be from the “Domain Administrator”,  you recently made a request to deactivate your email account. Supposedly, this “email de_activation” is “in prgress”. 

People all around the world are receiving calls from scammers claiming that they are owed a refund by tech giant Microsoft.

dvance fee scammers are currently sending out emails that falsely claim to be from recent EuroMillions lottery winners Steven and Lenka Thomson.