Scams asserting “John and Lisa Give Back” go viral. Expect more.
Are Powerball winners John and Lisa giving a portion of their jackpot to those who visit a website and invite at least 2 of their friends to do the same? No, it’s a scam and we can expect plenty more.
Social media was completely flooded this weekend by this scam, only days after the world’s largest Lottery win was claimed in part by John and Lisa Robinson from Tennessee. Links were going viral across social media imploring readers to visit a domain called JohnandLisaGiveBack.com, a site that claimed you would need to invite two friends to the same link to claim a portion of the jackpot winnings.
From the site…
Powerball winners are giving away cash to random people.
The Powerball winners are giving back.
To Celebrate Their Record Win and Give Back
Powerball Winners John Robinson and his wife Lisa are Giving Away Cash To Random People
Simply Invite 2 Friends to Get Your Cash
After 2 Friends Click Your Link. You Will Get Your Cash Instantly!
The website came equipped with a fake timer and a whole lot of lies. And it is likely that other websites will spring up offering the same type of thing, especially as we wait for the Florida and California winners to claim their winnings (at the time of writing these winners are unknown.)
Plenty of hoaxes have targeted the recent Powerball draw, including no shortage of people uploading photos of digitally altered images of lottery tickets with assertions they would share the winnings with people who shared the photos.
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This latest scam even used its own web domain that – at the time of writing – doesn’t appear to be live, possibly a result of the fact that they were likely using John and Lisa’s identities without their permission, or possibly because the site is overrun with visitors.
The site was directing people to spammy surveys and “rewards programs” that would harvest a user’s personal information. Those who set up the website would get paid each time someone completed the questionnaires. And naturally, there is no money at the end of it all. John and Lisa are not giving money away to random people who visit the website.
Social media users can expect a number of various scams purporting to offer users a portion of the historically large jackpot for those who complete mundane tasks on the Internet, and these are almost certainly all going to be scams, and they’ll most likely be phishing for your personal information, your login credentials or the key to unlock your computer security.
Please don’t fall for these scams or share them on your social media accounts.
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