FaceBook.com
Prize scam asked for $150, $120, then $2000 in taxes

I was scammed by Facebook promotions. The scam is described as follows: "Your email has been selected as the winner of $220,000 dollars. Send us your contact information to confirm that you are this person. This is not a scam, we are a government-approved agency." They asked me to send them $150.00 dollars so that the delivery man could deliver the said prize. After I sent the money, they asked for an additional $120.00 dollars, since there were two different checks being issued. One check was coming from Facebook and the other from Microsoft. So I sent the additional money. After I sent it, they agreed to deliver the money.

On the day the money was to arrive, I received an email saying that the money could not be delivered until I sent them more money, but this time they were asking for $2000.00 dollars for taxes. I said I wasn't paying taxes on money not yet received and told them to return my money. They refused to return the money! If they got me, imagine how many more people they got. I feel that Facebook is fully responsible. If Facebook can hire people to do their apts, then they can hire people to do better security. Every time I contact Facebook, I don't get a response, which shows me that Facebook just might be involved with this scam.

I am willing to do whatever it takes to stop these scammers. I will press full charges against Facebook and Facebook Promos. These are the two emails they used on me: Facebook.Promo52@yahoo.com and facebookpromo2011@yahoo.com.

Company: FaceBook.com
Country: USA
Site: facebook.com

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