It’s Been Nicked

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PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE USING THIS BLOG.

ALL the lotteries, draws, compensation schemes, inheritances, payment agent or mystery shopper jobs and business proposals offering huge sums of money are SCAMS. You CAN'T WIN a lottery or prize draw you HAVEN'T ENTERED. Please don't post comments asking if the SCAMS you have received are real. PLEASE DON'T LEAVE YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS IN A COMMENT ASKING SCAMMERS TO CONTACT YOU (yes, people really do this regularly!)

Fund beneficiary

A reader sent me this.  It sounds as if he replied to a scam email.  The scammer has given my reader three options.  I’m sure that all will involve the victim in fees if they were persued any further.  Please don’t follow my reader’s example and reply to these scammers.  They are dangerous people.

Ref: UK9420X2/68 Batch: 074/05/ZY369 Date: 23/March/2009 Tel: + 44-704-579-3686

Attention:Mr,Victor Camilieri.

We write [Continue reading Fund beneficiary]

Bequest

A loyal reader submitted this scam.  Stephen Butt hasn’t come “across a huge some of money belonging to a deceased person”.  He wants to come across your money by charging you advance fees.  Just delete the email and don’t reply.

I am Mr.Stephen Butt, the accounting officer-in charge of the Private investment section of the above named Finance house. I have decided to contact you on a business Transaction that requires confidentiality, [Continue reading Bequest]