Lottery Scam Alert As Fraudsters Set Up Fake Shane Missler

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Lottery Scam Alert As Fraudsters Set Up Fake Shane Missler

Postby worldlottery.net » Wed 17 Jan 18, 12:00

Mega Millions winner Shane Missler has fired a warning about fake accounts using his name following his announcement that he wanted to ‘do some good for humanity’ with the $451 million jackpot he pocketed earlier this month. A fake account quickly appeared which was offering $5,000 to the first 50,000 followers to like or retweet one of its posts. Twitter users were asked to share their Venmo and PayPal account emails as a response to another post, while others asking for money were asked to send private messages. The account, which attracted more than 50,000 likes and retweets, has since been deleted, but many others are still present and Missler has told people not to fall into the trap. One of the most common types of lottery scam is for fraudsters to impersonate big winners such as Missler and pretend they want to donate some of their money, perhaps by saying they have set up some sort of trust. While some winners are very charitable, they do not contact strangers to give their cash away. The aim of these scams is to extract financial or personal information so they can eventually steal your money. In most cases, scams are easy to spot. The fake Missler account offering $5,000 to 50,000 followers, for example, claimed that it was ready to give away a total of $250 million. In reality, Missler opted for a one-off cash payment of $282 million and will only receive around $211.4 million after federal income taxes.

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