Facebook International Mega Jackpot Scam

The Facebook International Mega Jackpot scam has been around for some time, but it is still being sent to people on Facebook. I'm not really sure how anyone would fall for this scam, but I'm sure that there must be some victims or it would not still be circulating.

There are a few different variations of this scam, but the format seems to be basically the same. This message will appear in a Facebook users Facebook email account. Just one more instance of showing you that you can't trust what you receive on this social networking site. The message will go something like this:

Winning No: Some sort of Number will be placed here
From: Promotions Claim Department
Sent: Date
To: Facebook User
Msn INTERNATIONAL MEGA JACKPOT
PROMOTION/CLAIMS DEPARTMENT
440 THE STRAND LONDON, WC2R 0QS
ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
DIRECTOR:Somtimes uses Mark Zuckerman's name founder of Facebook
Attn:Winner
Winning No:
Email Ref No:
AMOUNT WON: $300,000.00 (Three Hundred Thousand Dollars). on the on going Facebook Lottery Jackpot 2011.
This Program is promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the Aspect that impacts peoples lifestyle worldwide.
For more information Please contact my personnel and make sure you don't send the mail directly from facebook, send from your personal e-mail address so as to warrant him to reply to your message.
Name: Mark Taylor
Email: fiduciaryagentfacebook001@gmail.com
Mark Zuckerberg
Founder/Facebook.com

Some of the emails will ask that you provide the following information:

Claims Requirements:
1. Full Name:_____________________
2. Address:_____________________
3. Nationality:___________Sex:________
4. Age:________Date of Birth:___________
5. Occupation:_____________________
6. Cell Phone:___________Fax:___________
7. State of Origin:_________Country:_______
8.Winning No:_______Email Ref No:______
PROCEDURES / RIGHTS AND PRECAUTIONS.
Choose from payment options and Contact the Claims Administrator with all your claims requirements well filled to (here you will see some email address to contact)
(i).Bank Transfer.
(ii).Delivery of Prepaid Visa card Valued $300,000.00 by a registered Courier Company.

I know you think that no one would fall for this. I still see people fall for the old email scam where it tells you to forward an email from Microsoft and you'll receive a large sum of money because this is some sort of a test being conducted by Microsoft.

People are becoming wiser about scams. I don't get as many of those types of emails anymore, but I am starting to see an increase in this sort of thing on Facebook. Most of us are way to smart to fall for this type of a deception. If you do get an email like this, be sure to report it directly to Facebook. They need to know that things like this are circulating on their service. NEVER GIVE OUT PERSONAL INFORMATION OR CELL NUMBERS TO ANYONE YOU DON'T KNOW.