So today, I was waiting in line for our company Christmas lunch, and I got a friend request on Facebook. I knew the person, and accepted, and immediately got a message from them in my inbox.
They said, “How are you doing”, and I told them I was going, and then I suddenly remembered, that I was already friends with this person. I checked my friends list and sure enough 2 accounts from the same person with the exact same picture. At that point i pretty much knew it was a scam, and this was a fake account. Of course since I had about a 30 minute wait in line before we could be seated, I figured I’d go ahead and play their game for a while. 🙂
Next they told me how they had actually been selected and gotten 90,000.00 dollars delivered by UPS to their doorstep and they managed to look at the list, and saw my name was on it too, and asked if I’d already been contacted by a Facebook Agent yet.
I told them how much I really needed that money and no, no one from Facebook had contacted me, but I really really needed that money!!!!
I immediately got a Message from “The Agent”. I’ve copied my exchange from “The Agent” below. I wasn’t able to capture the content from the first conversation with the fake friend account because FB already killed that account, so all the replies from that fake account show up as “This message has been temporarily removed because the sender’s account requires verification.”
Anyways, I had some fun while waiting. and thought I’d share.
- Conversation started today
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11:16amHELLO….HOW ARE YOU DOING AND ARE YOU HERE TO CLAIM YOUR PACKAGE??
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11:18amYes but i need to send it to Mary, but she wont let me
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11:18am
WHATS YOUR FULL NAME TO CHECK ON THE DATA BASE IF YOUR NAME STILL ON THE WINNERS LIST?
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11:19am
Hang on im gonna call mary and ask her
Sure mary said i was on the list
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11:19am
Claims Requirements: To claim you will need to fill this form,so that we can Locate Your Destination when bringing the Money to you are you ready to fill the form now?
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11:19am
Marrell Sanders
Yes
Yes but im going to ask Mary
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11:20am
Name……………………… Address……………………. City…………………….. State……………………. Zip code…………………. E-mail Address……….. Text phone…………….. Occupation…………….. Male or female………… Age…………………………
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11:20am
YOU JUST HAVE TO ANSWER THAT BACK TO US IN HERE ONE AFTER THE OTHER
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11:21am
Why do you need my occupation?
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11:21am
you need to fill the form back here
just did as we say
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11:21am
Whats that? Which form?
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11:22am
Name……………………… Address……………………. City…………………….. State……………………. Zip code…………………. E-mail Address……….. Text phone…………….. Occupation…………….. Male or female………… Age…………………………
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11:24am
Can i use fake information?
I don’t know if i should put it all on.
I can message mary anymore. Do you know mary?
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11:25am
were you aware you paying $200 for the shipping fee?
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11:25am
No, but thats okay i can do that. If i can goto marys
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11:26am
ok so you can fill the form now
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11:27am
Sure but i dont see a form, just some lines is it a pdf? What is the link?
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11:27am
Name………………………
Answer that back to us
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11:28am
I can’t wait. To get the momey will. Ie be here before Christmas? So i can buy my kids presenta5
My name is Marrell
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11:28am
Address…………………….
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11:29am
What arw you getting for.christmas?
I live in oklahoma city
Do you need my house numbet?
Are you going to email me the form?
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11:30am
State…………………….
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11:31am
I live in oklahoma
But seriously what are you getting for Christmas?
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11:32am
Zip code………………….
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11:33am
73102
Im hoping to get an xbox. I really want to play Halo 5. Have you heard of it?
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11:34am
E-mail Address………..
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11:34am
Hmm i still cant message Mary
Do you know.why?
Techrevmarrell@facebook.com
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11:35am
Text phone……………..
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11:35am
How long does it take to get money btw?
Thats pretty important
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11:36am
Text phone……………..
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11:36am
How long to.arrive?
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11:37am
Male or female…………
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11:37am
Me?
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11:37am
yes
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11:38am
I live with 4 girls and i have a girl cat. But can i skip.that question? Id rather not say
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11:38am
Age…………………………
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11:38am
Skiip
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11:38am
Age…………………………
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11:39am
Im over 18, but not 50 yet
Seriously how long.doea it take to get the money?
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LMBO….
This is pretty funny, but also creepy at the same time. You know people must fall for this kind of stuff if they keep doing it. I imagine it is like 1%, but with the shotgun approach that the digital media allows for 1% could still be hundreds or even thousands of people. I really want spammers to be charged some kind of convenience fee, so this type of ‘marketing’ becomes unrealistic. Anyway I always love to see there time wasted, glad you had the free time to tie them up some!