Today I received an email from someone claiming to be Mr. Scot Godfrey saying that he is donating powerball millions to 200 random individuals and that my phone number was selected. I have to send a text to his agent at 762-735-6549 for the delivery of my winnings.
This Scot Godfrey person must really be a nice guy or a scammer, who do you think? Is this a scam?
Here is the text message I received:
I’m Mr. Scot Godfrey, the Powerball wining Powerball Millions Jackpot,I’m donating to 200 random individuals. If you get this message then your numner of $768 Million ber was selected after a spin ball. I have spread most of my wealth over a number of charities and organizations. I have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of $10,000USD to you as one of the selected 200, to verify your winnings kindly send a text to the agent number +1 (762) 735-6549 Mark Free for the delivery of your winning.
If you received a similar text message claiming someone who won the powerball lottery wants to donate millions, it is most likely a scam. Notice the bad spelling, and grammar.
What to do with Powerball Lottery Scams?
If you received a text message similar to the one above and from someone who says they want to randomly give you large amounts of money, best thing to do is IGNORE and DELETE the message. Specially if you notice improper Grammar, or it seems to good to be true.
If you text back to 762-735-6549
In this particular case, and because I use hidden proxies, I did respond to the (762) 735-6549 phone number. I sent a text and asked what I had to do to claim my winnings.
The response was that I needed to “firstly” provide my information. Here is the information they requested:
KINDLY PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING
NAME………..
ADDRESS………..
MALE/FEMALE……
AGE………
MARRIED/SINGLE………
E-MAIL……
MOBILE CARRIER……..
Monthly or Weekly income…….
Clearly I sent them back fake information.
Then here is the scam. They now say if I am ready to activate my winnings. When I said yes, this is the reply message from 762-735-6549 :
Kindly go to nearby store and ask for Apple gift card or Steam wallet Card $100 for your activation and kindly remember that the code of this card will be use to activate your money now for delivery can you do that now?
Once you got us the card you have activate your winnings be that so the delivery man will deliver your winnings to you OK
When someone suspicious is asking for Stream or other Cards, it’s a scam! Once you buy the cards and give them the numbers, there is no way to regain your losses.
Bottom Line
If you got a text message claiming they are Mr. Scot Godfrey and he wants to share his powerball lottery winnings, it’s a SCAM. Ignore and Delete the text message
After the fact… Leter on in the evening I received another two text messages from the same scammers, I know because they used the fake name I gave them. They text from 689-600-22790 and 517-258-3479.