Deaf Scam at FaceBook.
I got an AIM on Facebook. This person started talking about herself, being Deaf, not married and living in XX where she doesn’t know many Deaf people. She wants to meet other Deaf people. Then she started hitting on me. Recognizing a scam, I decided to play it dumb, stringing her along, for the fun of it.
xxxx:
I retired and live on $750,000 from deaf lottery.
Yea u heard about deaf lottery before?
10:52pm Mishka
You won $750,000 dollars? Nice.
No, not really. What is it about?
10:53pm xxxx
UN (United nation ) give harry money to use for lottery for deaf people
(name deleted) is the lottery man who give deaf people money
10:55pmMishka
hmm how does that work?
10:56pm xxxx
you talk to (name deleted) then (name deleted) check ur record with government if you got good record.. harry will send u money
10:56pmMishka
hmm that sounds interesting
what is his last name?
xxxx: (name deleted)
At that point, I got tired of playing this , so I turned off the AIM.
United Nations doesn’t give away free money for lotteries for Deaf people.
Rules of thumb: If it is too good to be true, very likely it is. Anytime a stranger asks you to give out confidential information, i.e. your social security number, your bank account number, the maiden name of your mother, etc, these questions should raise red flags. You don’t need to make a deposit in order to get the lottery winning. Lotteries don’t contact you out of blue to inform you of winnings if you haven’t entered any lottery.
Unfortunately these scammers find in Facebook a rich niche of Deaf Community. Few days later I got an e mail from another scammer who sent me an invite. Not accepting the invite, I asked her who she is… and in return, she sent me a ‘Congratulatory, Deaf Lottery Winner’. Rolling my eyes, I blocked her. I’ve already warned others about the first scammer. This time, I will warn people, revealing the Facebook name of that scammer and file a complaint to Facebook staff.
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25 Responses to “Deaf Scam at FaceBook.â€
1. Deaf Pixie Says:
December 17th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Yeah I recalled that ONe of scam about Americian Historical in New york.
I won the prize they sent me a package. I realized the package seem strange. I opened and decide to not depoisted in my bank. I went to different bank because check was from Well Fargo. I went to Well Fargo and I explained to the teller about website I saw it it say New York that name of Company and Check say it was from San Fransinco. Teller complete check and say You are right!! It is Scam .. I gave it to teller’s supervisor. My older daughter say it is not scam. Looking so Real check. I said Be more carefully if you feel not right and check the bank first before you depoisted.
he say with his gesture sign “You SMART!†.. Then other day the cop from chatonline I blocked. they say it is not scam. I say sorry I already reported. I put block every since.
2. Deaf Pixie Says:
December 17th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Mishka Zena,
Worth to not take serious from Scam.and Police Department wont do anything about it.
I learn something about Facebook. Thanks for letting us know about DeafRead.
3. Deaf Advocate Says:
December 17th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Yeah! I get that all the time from scammers from Europe, Russia, Africa and other countries. I wish they would go to prison for scamming. I get tired and dissed whenever they pop up on aim or e-mail… I would shoot expletives **&#$*#&@&@ at them and put them on spam and blocked lists. Damn! They are robbers!
4. bouyea Says:
December 17th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Why are they preying on deaf people??
5. A Deaf Pundit Says:
December 17th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
I’ve seen that going around on AIM as well. A friend of mine got an IM saying that if he gave this company 540 bucks, he would get 90k dollars.
He was smart enough not to fall for it, thankfully… but one of his friends did fall for it. :X
6. Peachlady Says:
December 17th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
I got deaf scam email few times a week. I ain’t stupid!
I hope no deaf person will fall for it.
7. Diane Says:
December 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Same here – Deaf FBI and Deaf Lottery. I ain’t stupid either. I blocked both however I still get it once in a while and I simply ignored it. I feel for some Deaf people who fall for it.
8. Tishia C Says:
December 17th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
You won the ‘Honest Scrap’ Award!
9. Dianrez Says:
December 17th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
I’ve been getting spam involving Facebook and a new scam called Big Kiss. Every day several emails from these two arrive in my mailbox and asks for my address list, my email password, or to send them money for a free membership.
Bah! It’s getting to the point where I have to analyze each new email for signs of spam. If I don’t recognize it, off it goes into the spam box.
10. jjpuorro Says:
December 17th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Ha ha ha…someone tried to do the same for me and I played along by saying stuff like, “I have 10 million dollars, but I am sooo GREEDY…is it ok if I send you 3 million to start…but first you must prove yourself to me by sending me $300…just $300 for 3 million!!!†After going back and forth 1,00o times or so…they gave up (hey, I was bored waiting in a waiting room for the doctor).
11. Bill Says:
December 17th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Did you ever wonder if it’s someone we know?
I have started to get deaf scam emails in the last year too.
12. Refugee Redux Says:
December 17th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
This is why I use fake email addresses almost every time I’m expected to fill in a form field (unless I’m doing business with a company or contacting a friend). I haven’t gotten anything – all the more reason to guard your email address.
13. Teri Says:
December 17th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Hi!
I find it very strange! I never get any spams at FB except for one time, when someone with its real name posted on my wall saying that my profile picture was featured on another site. I instantly knew it was a scam or likewise when it prompted me to type in my email address and password. I typed in the password, “WTF†— to let them know I am not to be messed around with!!
FBers ought to read FB’s “Help†and “Security†webpages, very well explained.
Do Always listen to this old adage, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.†Probably? No! Ditch it! Hard earned money is the best way to make wealth! Period!
Thank you, Misha for notifying the Deaf of several possible scams on FB.
Teri
14. SnoopyFreak02 Says:
December 18th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Wow, about scam.. never happened to me, (knock on the wood, who knows). I would the same thing to block the person who I dont know and report to FB staff.
Thanks for sharing with us about Deaf of possible scams on FB, Mishka.
Happy Holidays 2009!
15. Deaf Pixie Says:
December 18th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
MZ & Everyone,
I also forgot to mentioned you that someone warned me that FB is having a virus. She say she was heard by rumor. she was not quiet sure if FB have a virus?
Have you heard of that before?
About Scam. I have no problem with virus or Scam,either.
16. Robert Alfred Hawkins Says:
December 18th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
I’m weary of this. I never cease to amaze me how some take this so seriously on a daily basis bantering and broadcasting this and that for all to see but that’s quite the norm in certain components of the deaf and hearing populations.
This is like old news rehashed. That absurd kind has been going on long since AOL first came to be in my life in form of America Online for Macintosh launched in 1989 as a quite popular Apple Macintosh BBS.
But, of course, some of us have nothing better to do at a given moment such as when waiting. Couldn’t resist dishing out stuff!
17. mishkazena Says:
December 18th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Deaf Pixie, smart move. Glad you listened to your gut feeling.
Deaf Advocate, indeed. Now they have enroached the Facebook.
Bouyea, the hearing people are also preyed by other lottery scammers.
DP, ouch. Most of the time people fall for it because they ignore their gut instincts, hoping for once this will come true.
Peach, Diane, Dianrez.. they are pesky, just like cockroaches.
Tishia, thanks
I’ll be sending you an e mail soon.
jj I love your game! I’ll do that next time *evil snickering*
Bill, the more public our e mail addresses are, the more we get these. Bloggers are high targeted.
Refugee, that’s an excellent idea. I don’t use my personal e mail addy. However, my public e mail addy is listed in my blog.
18. joseph Says:
December 19th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Please publish the names of spammers. I understand you’re trying to respect their privacy, but the whole point is that they don’t respect the privacy of others, yes?
19. Jay Says:
December 20th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
The scammer has a new name. The scammer goes by as Mary Trisha now..
lovinmary2003@hotmail.com lovinmary2003 (Yahoo) Beware!! I just encountered the scammer few mins ago. During the conversation I googled the names and this comes up.. Phew..
20. Debra Says:
January 13th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
I m from the UK and had a person who claim to be Paul and told me that I had won a brand new dell laptop and an $85,000 and said that an e mail was sent to me to claim it and he add me to chat on MSN an in which I accept to chat with him and he then explain what I had won and ask me to give him the information and details and mention that an e mail was sent to me 2 weeks ago and why I hadnt claim it!!!! I was demand for him to resend me the e mail again or give me phone number so my daughter will phone him personally (I am Deaf) and I ask him few questions and said that he was from Deaf Lottery and I know for fact that I hadnt done or e mail any Deaf Lottery..he kept on saying that he need my information and my name, age and job…I told him again and again to re send me the e mail and he said that he wouldnt be able to do it as he is only the agent and it different dept to resend the e mail I told him that I would happily wait for him to re send the e mail…and I then look your website and that How they got the Deaf people information from Facebook…so please please do be careful as I m not sure if it a scam but it seems to be it is and his msn e mail addy is paul_petrie@live.com..dont sure if that would be useful….and again BEWARE!!!!!
21. Ben Vess Says:
January 15th, 2009 at 1:27 am
Now that I have a feed reader and putting together all my boomarks and stuff–I’ll never ever again miss a post you make, mishka!
Your scam isn’t so bad compared to Bernie Madoff, eh? hahahaha.
-Ben
22. Jason Says:
January 20th, 2009 at 5:57 am
Thank you very much!
I got the same thing through messenger. A woman claiming to be from the US. I repeatedly stated I was not interested but she kept up with this conversation everytime she was online so I became suspicious and did a google search for “Deaf Lottery United Nationsâ€, as I am from Australia. Lotteries don’t work in different countries.
Upon finding this post, I immediately hang on her and deleted the contact.
So thank you again for the warning
23. Kobus Nienaber Says:
March 16th, 2009 at 5:03 am
Thank you very much! I got the same thing through yahoo. A woman claiming to be from the US. I repeatedly stated I was not interested but she kept up with this conversation everytime she was online so I became suspicious and did a google search for “Deaf Lottery United Nationsâ€, as I am from South Africa. Lotteries don’t work in different countries.
24. Katrina Says:
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:39 am
I had the same conversation on facebook with a woman who claimed she lived in Ohio US who had won the BSL lottery. I played along with the conversation and she wanted me to get in touch with ‘Harry’. I was obviously suspicious and googled it and found this page.
Shocking scam!!!
25. Lynn McGuire Says:
September 4th, 2009 at 9:01 am
I have a deaf roommate who received an email saying that he could receive $30000 usd and a free laptop from the US government because he is deaf and this is available to any deaf person in the US and Canada (we live in Calgary, Alberta) I warned him that this is probably a scam, but he went ahead and contacted the person. Does anyone have any information regarding this? I don’t want him to loose his shirt over this, and he is a little naive in some aspects. He even posted on his facebook page that he is happy because he is receiving the money and new laptop! Please, any information would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks, Lynn Mishka Zena Blog Archive Deaf Scam at FaceBook.