Unexpectedly, an email from “Facebook” arrives in the inbox about winning the “Facebook Global Awards Program 2022”. The subject: “Hello”. No logo or anything like that, no decent signature like you would expect from an official email from Facebook. There is no personal greeting, just a terse “Dear Facebook user”. And the text… well, read for yourself:
Dear Facebook user,
This is to inform you that your Facebook account has been selected among the lucky winners of the Facebook Global Awards program.
This is a global awards program for the patronage of Facebook Internet services, all participants were randomly selected from worldwide Facebook directories, and your Facebook account will appear in the system among the lucky winners.
You have been awarded a cash prize in the amount of ($2,250,000.00) Two Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand U.S. Dollars.
for the 2022 Global Awards program. Congratulations on being one of those selected.
You must provide the paying bank with the necessary information as soon as possible to process and initiate your payment.
Full name:
Country:
Gender:
Age:
Occupation:
Marital status:
Contact Address:
Telephone number:
NOTE!!! Send the required information to the official email address ( [email protected] ) for verification and payment.
For security reasons, we advise all winners to keep this information secret from the public until your claim is processed and your prize is released to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid duplication of claims and improper use of this program by non-participating or unofficial employees. We warmly congratulate you once again.
Kind regards,
Facebook.
“Facebook Global Awards Program”: A copy of the “Facebook lottery”?
This reminds us strongly of the so-called “Facebook lottery” ( HERE and HERE ) or the “Facebook Group Award Program 2016” .
This should be a prize that will be awarded to randomly selected users. All you have to do is submit some personal data.
And then?
We haven't tested it because " [email protected] " is certainly NOT an official email address of the Meta Group.
The bumpy German is also a sure indication that the email does not come from Facebook. – Apart from the fact that there is no mention of the so-called “awards program” anywhere. However, the fact that this email was sent to an address with which no account is registered with Facebook lets us be quite sure:
This is fraud
Such “profit agreements” usually follow the same pattern of so-called advance payment fraud .
First, emails are sent in large numbers. Those who respond and provide the requested information will be asked for advance transfers in subsequent correspondence. The reasons that are being suggested here are varied: notary costs, various fees for processing the price transmission or similar.
Conclusion
If you receive such an email, you can safely ignore it. There is no Facebook Global Awards program.
One can assume that messages that are structured similarly to this text are blatant rip-offs. You don't receive any money, but are asked to make transfers yourself. And you also transmit your personal data to unknown people. - Hands off!
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