Rome Police Warn of Latest Facebook Scam Claiming You Won Money

No, Mark Zuckerberg isn't giving away money. Rome Police are warning about the latest email scam from Facebook. "It is not legitimate."

The email claims you won prize money as part of a Facebook promotion and must provide more information to "process your claim."

Dear Facebook User:
This is to inform you your Facebook Account has won a prize money of $1,000,000,00 (One Million United state dollars) for the 2019 Edition Facebook promotion.
You are therefore advised to send the following information to the management of FACEBOOK INC to process your claim [claim.facebook001@gmail.com]
1. Full name.............
2. Country..............
3. Contact Address........
4. Telephone Number.....
5. Marital Status........
6. Occupation.............
7. Company...............
8. Age.....................
Congratulations!! Once again.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Office of the President
CEO of Facebook
Mr Mark Zuckerberg

"Please do not reply or respond to the e-mail," warns Rome Police. "If you receive this e-mail delete it and block the sender."