True Move Company Raffle Draws Scam: ‘Congrats Your Mobile Number Has Awarded $250,000.00USD’ Text Message is Fake

True Move Company Raffle Draws Scam: ‘Congrats Your Mobile Number Has Awarded $250,000.00USD’ Text Message is Fake
Jack Phillips
5/22/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

A SMS message that says a person has won $250,000 from “TRUE MOV3 COMPANY” is merely a scam.

The whole message reads, “From Thailand !ntl Mobile Draw TRUE MOV3 COMPANY ...  Congrats Your Mobile Number Has Awarded $250,000.00USD. To Claim 3mail Your NAM#&Country to [email protected] ... TMCL Company Ltd, Thailand.”

One should not any information back to the e-mail address on this message, as they could be scammed.

“Some persons claimed that they have sent their information, completed the basic requirements and were asked to deposit US$ 1,564.00,” reads a post from security blog Online Threat Alerts.

The scam has been around since at least August 2013.

The blog adds: “If you receive any text or SMS messages like the one above, claiming you have won money from the True Move Company, please report it to your telecommunications service provider.”

 

 

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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