Manuel Franco $768 million Powerball jackpot lottery phishing email scam.
Personal information phishing scam.
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Manuel Franco Powerball jackpot scam.
The good old Manuel Franco $768 million Powerball jackpot lottery email scam is back. This lottery scam follows all the typical lottery scams where the jackpot winner randomly gives away winnings to random email address, to “you”.
To create authenticity, the scammers provide the legitimate YouTube lottery interview video URL, https://youtu.be/R_pDrt1np1U, of Mauel Francos lottery post-win interview.
Do not reply the scammers will ask for personal information or phish for money.
The red flags are the email address, Adam Dellaventura <AdamDellaventuraATbristolct.gov> and not Manuel Franco, moreover the receivers address To: is empty field.
The To: should be your email address, indicating a spray email campaign.
The email is signed Best Regards, Manuel, which does not match the sender’s email address,
Adam Dellaventura.
Note subject line RE can be an indicator of multiple forwarded emails.
If in Doubt Delete.
If it is too good to be true it is.
| Threat Summary (Phishing, Vishing, Malware, deceptive website, script, Trojan) | ||||
| Name | Manuel Franco $768 million Powerball jackpot lottery phishing email scam. | |||
| Threat Type | Phishing for personal information by replying to email | |||
| Scam or fake claim | Lottery winner gives away winnings to random email address | |||
| Disguise | ||||
| Damage | Loss of personal information you hand over to the scammers | |||
Manuel Franco $768 million Powerball jackpot phishing email scam.
Personal information phishing scam.
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Email as HTML and the receivers address To: is empty field. The To: should be your email address, indicating a spray email campaign.
Personal information phishing scam.
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Email as plain tet and the receivers address To: is empty field. The To: should be your email address, indicating a spray email campaign.
Personal information phishing scam.
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Adam Dellaventura <AdamDellaventura@bristolct.gov>
RE
Hello,
I am Manuel Franco, you have a donation of $2,800,000.00 (Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars). I won the $768 million Powerball lottery in the states. I am donating part of it to five lucky people and Ten Charity Organizations.
Your email was randomly selected from the universal email database. If you are interested in this, contact me urgently for your claim and MORE INFORMATION.
Watch my full interview here: https://youtu.be/R_pDrt1np1U.
I am doing this to help cushion the effects of COVID-19 on people. I am doing my best to put a smile on the faces of everyone in the world, in every way I can.
Best Regards,
Manuel.
Manuel Franco $768 million Powerball jackpot lottery phishing email scam.
Personal information phishing scam.
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Wisconsin resident Manuel Franco won the $768 million Powerball jackpot in April 2019. Manuel Franco was employed at Target and after winning he appeared in the famous lottery YouTube interview that scammers have taken advantage of and misused to con thousands of guidable and desperate people.
Prior to winning the lottery, Manuel Franco was working at a Target store and after winning, he was known to hand out gifts to random people, however scammers were quick to take advantage of this good news story, his good will and reputation to scam poor unsuspecting victims.
Personal information phishing scam.
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| Threat Summary (Phishing, Vishing, Malware, deceptive website, script, Trojan) | ||||
| Name | Manuel Franco $768 million Powerball jackpot lottery phishing email scam. | |||
| Threat Type | Phishing for personal information by replying to email | |||
| Scam or fake claim | Lottery winner gives away winnings to random email address | |||
| Disguise | ||||
| Damage | Loss of personal information you hand over to the scammers | |||
Manuel Franco Powerball jackpot lottery scam.
West Allis man, Manuel Franco,
wins $768 million Powerball jackpot lottery.
Watch his post-win interview.
The link to the YouTube interview, https://youtu.be/R_pDrt1np1U, is the legitimate interview.
What Is Youtu.be?
Youtu.be is a shortener YouTube URL, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_pDrt1np1U. Clicking on either links will take you to the same $768 million Powerball jackpot interview page. URL shortener is found under the Share option of any YouTube video.
Personal information phishing scam.
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