Oh look I have won the Facebook Lottery, or might have done if there actually was such a thing.
Unfortunately it is all a big scam. If you were unwise enough to reply, all you would get is a request for a sum of money for Post & packing and the transfer fee for the money
To make it more attractive than usual, apart from the just over $1m money they are giving you a Facebook cap, tee shirt and wallet, Wow! how exciting.
To show how clueless or how they don’t filter or check email addresses they send to, this was sent to a spam trap email address that is obvious [email protected]
These definitely do not come from Facebook. They don’t even come from the alleged sending address awardpromo.nl which doesn’t even exist and hasn’t been registered.
The email looks like:
From: Facebook Award Promo <[email protected]>
Date: Fri 07/07/2021 15:38
Subject: Contact your agent for your prize
Body content:
Facebook Company Ltd
The Netherlands
Congratulation!!!
Dear Winner,
This is to inform you that your facebook online profile post has just WON in the Facebook Lottery Jackpot 2020-2021, which was sponsored and organized by Microsoft, Webmaster Inc and Facebook Officials. Subscribers and few Companies domains were selected and your e-mail
address emerged as one of the Selected Facebook Winner and also the 5th from the 9th beneficiary to gain from this promotion.
*********PRIZES WON**********
One Million, Fifty Thousand United States Dollars [$1,050,000.00 USD] One Facebook Medium Face-Cap Facebook T-Shirt (medium, Blends with Cap) Facebook Shopping Bag (Male Wallet)
Facebook Winning Certificate.
Below are your approved details to claim your winnings.
*********REFERENCE DETAILS***********
Online Ticket Number: 889-026-1319
Serial Number: 101-116-2021
Facebook Winning Number: 31-U20-FL12
To file for your claim, kindly contact our Clearing House Department in charge of your claim by e-mail:
Contact Person: Dr. Karlus Damisa
Claims Manager
Email: [email protected]
Yours Truly
Mrs.Linda Seifert
Lottery Co-ordinator.
All right reserved facebook terms.
Email Headers:
| IP | Hostname | City | Region | Country | Organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 124.153.79.193 | mailgw.notvday.in | Mumbai | Maharashtra | IN | AS17439 Netmagic Datacenter Mumbai |
| 188.207.76.172 | static.kpn.net | NL | AS1136 KPN B.V. |
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From: “Facebook Award Promo”<[email protected]>
Subject: Contact your agent for your prize
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2021 16:37:36 +0200
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