Tom Crist Millionaire Giveaway 2014 email scam making the rounds
Posted by: Timothy Tibbetts on 02/02/2014 03:21 AM
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A new scam is now making the rounds. This time around you are to believe that a guy who won $40 million dollars in the Canadian lottery has selected YOU to get 1.2 million.
"I, Tom Crist, the Canadian man that won a 40 million Canadian dollar lottery prize and i am writing to inform you that Google in alliance with Facebook and other Email Providers have submitted your Email-Address to receive 1,200,000.00 million dollars from me, as I have decided to give all my winnings away to charity, individuals and organisations.
For claims, send me your *Full-Names, *Phone-Number, *Home Address and *Country.
Please follow the links below to confirm my identity and to clear all doubts;
http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/canada-man-tom-crist-to-give-away-entire-42m-lottery-win-to-charity/story-e6frfmci-1226785426474
Mr. Tom Crist"
The email actually sounds better than most and almost seems legit, however a small amount of common sense would tell you that he would most likely donate to charitable organizations. The hope here is that one would click the article, but not actually read it, something we are quite familiar with.
We spent a few minutes looking into Tom Crist and according to the article:
"Mr Crist plans to donate the money through a family foundation he launched to help fight cancer after his wife Jan died of the disease two years ago."
This is an advance fee scam designed to trick recipients into sending their money and personal information to criminals.
Huffington Post CA also reported on this:
"I, Tom Crist, the Canadian man that won a 40 million Canadian dollar lottery prize and i am writing to inform you that Google in alliance with Facebook and other Email Providers have submitted your Email-Address to receive 1,200,000.00 million dollars from me, as I have decided to give all my winnings away to charity, individuals and organisations.
For claims, send me your *Full-Names, *Phone-Number, *Home Address and *Country.
Please follow the links below to confirm my identity and to clear all doubts;
http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/canada-man-tom-crist-to-give-away-entire-42m-lottery-win-to-charity/story-e6frfmci-1226785426474
Mr. Tom Crist"
The email actually sounds better than most and almost seems legit, however a small amount of common sense would tell you that he would most likely donate to charitable organizations. The hope here is that one would click the article, but not actually read it, something we are quite familiar with.
We spent a few minutes looking into Tom Crist and according to the article:
"Mr Crist plans to donate the money through a family foundation he launched to help fight cancer after his wife Jan died of the disease two years ago."
This is an advance fee scam designed to trick recipients into sending their money and personal information to criminals.
Huffington Post CA also reported on this:
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