Compensation scams
Notification of FREE claims web11483@gmail.com
Scam Email received June 15, 2018 from web11483@gmail.com
Email From:
web11483@gmail.com
Subject:
Notification of FREE claims
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Email Subject:
Notification of FREE claims
Notification of FREE claims – web11483@gmail.com
Sent from: MASTER CARD @ Notification of FREE claims This is to Inform you that MASTER CARD USD $800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars) has been accredited to your favor Has been approved in your name in the United Nation National Sweepstakes Compensation Award 2018. Kindly Contact Mr. Max Welber Email: web11483@gmail.com for more details of your free claims. web11483@gmail.com
The above email is a scam. If you still think is legitimate, but you’re still concerned, then follow these steps:
Ten Minutes 10 minutes.
How to check if you received a scam email
- Google the details.
Do a Google search for the persons name/company name that the email has come from.
- Confirm the details.
Visit their website and look for a phone number or email address. Search for the website yourself. Do not assume the details in the email are valid.
- Confirm using the information you have found
Using the details you have researched, call or email the business and ask them to verify the information within the email.
- Check if the email has been sent to multiple people
Google snippets of the email text to see if the same format has been used in the past. eg “Army officer from Syria but now living with the United Nations on asylum”
