SCAMMER: Facebook
Scammer will send random friend requests to users on Facebook. Once accepted, they will ask how you are doing and if you have heard from the US Department of Health and Human Services as they have “won $50,000 from their program,” which “help Retired, Workers, Youth, Old and Disable with cash” and if you got your “grant” yet.
You are then asked to contact “Agent David Jones” in order to claim your “grant.” Jones is also known to have impersonated Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg
There, Mr. Jones will introduce himself simply as the “Department of Health and Human Services” then ask for your name to “confirm your winnings.” In order to claim your grant, you will have to complete their “verification process” by checking for your name on their “website.”
In response, I sent him a Grabify link to theannoyingsite.com that was never accessed on their end, but they did ask me to provide them with my
- Full Name
- Home Address
- Phone Number
- Monthly Income
- Occupation
- Sex
- Marital Status
- Date of Birth
- Country.
I did try the same thing with Ruth’s account, but the scammer was unfortunately using a VPN.