Victim Location 36350
Total money lost $2,000
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
I WAS NOTIFIED VIA A FRIEND FACEBOOK PAGE (WHICH I FOUND OUT LATER HIS PAGE WAS HACKED) THAT I HAD WON SWEEPSTAKES MONEY FROM COCA-COLA BECAUSE MY FRIEND USE TO WORK FOR THE COMPANY. ACCORDING TO HIM, HE SAW MY NAME ON A LIST OF WINNERS AND THAT HE AND HIS WIFE HAD
WON $250,000.00. IT SOUNDED SO REAL. THEN MY FRIEND TOLD ME TO CONTACT THIS AGENT WHO IS OVER WHO WAS OVER THE PRIZES DISTRIBUTIONS FOR COCA-COLA AND TO CONTACT HIM VIA HIS FB PAGE.
I DID CONTACT THIS AGENT AND HE BEGIN TELLING ME ABOUT THE SWEEPSTAKE PRIZES AND HOW COCA-COLA RANDOMLY CHOOSES NAME THROUGH A COMPUTER GENERATED LIST OF NAMES. HE SAID "I HAD TO CHOOSE A PRIZE AND PAY TAXES ON WHATEVER AMOUNT I CHOSE AND HE GAVE ME THE PERSON NAME TO SEND MONEY TO VIA MONEY GRAM AND ONCE VERIFIED, COCA-COLA WILL DELIVER THE AWARD TO MY HOME WITHIN 5 HOURS. LATER I LEARNED I HAD BEEN SCAMMED.