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Anonymous | 14 Sep 2020

Impersonation Scam Lottery Scam
My friend A contacted me asking for my phone number via messenger. They mentioned it is for shopee 5th yr special campaign. then they send you a code via this number +13246584447 which they asked you to forward to them. after that they tell you that you won some cash by showing you a campaign by shopee. then they will ask you for credit card number , expiration date and 3 digit cVV in order to transfer the money to your account. I started to QUESTIONING my friend A as I found the whole process really weird.

I asked What is the promotion about? how come cannot find from shopee website? at the same time, another friend B started to message me via messenger and trying to tell me that my friend a promotion is real. when i asked about how come it is not made known, friend A then claimed that she knew the Shopee manager and is a special campaign they created for her. they will continue to ask for your credit information and also they say about my online ibanking account. you won't be able to call them via messenger as they will not pick up. they will tell you that they are not allowed to call during the transfer. I finally decided to ring my actual friend A to verify and got to know that her account was been hacked.

LUCKILY FOR ME, I VERIFIED WITH SHOPEE AND ALSO MY FRIEND A TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A SCAM.