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Last updated on July 5th, 2024 at 12:57 pm
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I thought I’d share this scam with all of you. I’m guessing this will be a new trend soon. I was sent a very random message via one of the deal sharing platforms I use.
The message was sent to me via a platform i use to share coupons and deals via social media. Dealspotr is a great platform for sharing coupon codes or working with brands.
The message was sent via Dealspotr’s private message system. I didn’t’ see the message until close to 11 p.m. last night so by that time Dealspotr had removed the user.
Last year (2019) I had a similar incident via Dealspotr and i shared about it in a video post. It was for an inheritance scam. But still along similar lines.
The message
The message was from user @shane224
kindly respond back to me through my email address
(shayelynnehas@gmail.com)
Thanks.
being that the user had been removed from Dealspotr I didn’t report the message to their support team. Since messages like these are a bit suspicious to me
I did some searching
Well, I did a quick search of the email address and found someone posted a similar comment via another website. You can check out the full threat via loopman.com. The loopman user also had a similar message to mine. Well, it turns out that this may be a new scam ploy. The person was sent an email with a long-winded story. The story is an old one that I’ve seen before.
Here’s the gist of the story that I read via the loopman forum post.
Basically the person claims they are in the military and they found a two boxes of money. They and 9 other military members decided to share it among themselves. Of course, the sum stated to be over $6 million USD. The emailer wants someone to hold their money for them until they return to the states.
The poster ran out of character space but I imagine the end of the email gives you directions on whom to contact and all the usual stuff.
So basically they want you to take over their exaggerated sum of money. Again this handle my money for me isn’t a new scam. Nor is the military find either.
But what is new is sending the email message. It makes me wonder how many people will
The best thing to do
For messages like these, you can alert the platform you are using about this scam message. Many platforms don’t allow types of messages like these and take these scammers down quickly. You can also not send an email to the suggested email address in the message.
Again the best practice is don’t reply. Also if you are sent an email such as this one flag it as spam or phishing.
This is just one of the many scams that we have to look out for now.
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