Victim Location 61103
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
The complainant received a message through an instant message app on her computer from a supposed childhood friend. After thinking about the message she doesn’t think it was the friend. The message told her that she had a grant from the Grant Lottery Board and she needed to go to the www.fblibertylotto.com to find her name on a list and claim her grant. Once she got to the page she found her name and a notice that she had won $150,000. They then told her she would have to pay $3250 to get the money and she would have to go to Walmart and send them a MoneyGram for that amount. Even if she didn’t want to pay the $3,250 for the prize she still had to pay them $15,000 for taxes.
Victim Location 96814
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
Using a bogus facebook account of a family member, they purport to be the family relation and explain that they have just won $150,000.00 from facebook and that they have seen your name on the winner list. Contact fbgrant.com and friend a person who will walk you through the process. Which is pay an upfront amount of money plus a shipping charge. UPS will deliver your winnings in either cash or check. They send you information to Use the Bank of America with an account number. Once they verify that that has been done they will send the check or cash.