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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.

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This short statement of “fact” is yet another scam.  This scammer is hoping to make 150 victims of his/her scam, by charging fees to anyone who replies.  Just ignore this incompetent scammer.

USD250,000,00 HAVE BEEN DISBURSED TO 150 SCAM VICTIMS(raymondcarter2@yahoo.com.hk)

GOOGLE PRIZE AWARD

Yet another scammer wants to “bring to your notice” the results of yet another non existent prize draw.

In case you haven’t realise, this is a scam.  If you reply, you will find a scammer asking you for money.  Delete the email.

GOOGLE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD. PROMOTION MONTH: AUGUST, 2009 REFERENCE NUMBER: GLLINT/06/09/341447113

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the draws on the E-MAIL [Continue reading GOOGLE PRIZE AWARD]

Congratulations

Clearly the scammer who wrote this has a) never been to the UK and b) hadn’t the wits to use Multimap to find a sensible address.  In fact everything about this scam is rubbish.

You haven’t won anything, neither have I and neither has the reader who sent it to me (although she did offer to split the winnings with me).

Just delete the email.  If you reply you will find the scammer starts [Continue reading Congratulations]

Hello Beneficiary: Your Name, Our Special Bonus From Headquarter Office Of The Western Union Money Transfer.

“Eng Dennis Sunny” writes to my reader to tell her she has been awarded a “BONUS” by Western Union because she is an “outstanding customer” of their branch in Benin.  My reader lives in the USA.  Fortunately, my reader knows a scam when she sees one. I hope you do too.

This is a scammer who is hoping to take money from you by charging you fees.  Don’t reply.

Hello Beneficiary: MyReader’s Name, [Continue reading Hello Beneficiary: Your Name, Our Special Bonus From Headquarter Office Of The Western Union Money Transfer.]

Attn: Beneficiary

The reader who forwarded me this scam, was amused by the scammer’s email address – moody_mommy@sbcglobal.net!!  The rest of this email is best (politely) described as garbage.  I can’t imagine you were really expecting $15m and I’ve never heard of the Royal Exchange Bank of London (I live in the UK).

Just delete this rubbish and don’t reply.  If you do reply you will find a scammer asking you for money.

From: [Continue reading Attn: Beneficiary]

TAX REFUND ID NUMBER: 381716209

The scammer who wrote this scam clearly has skills which could be put to much better use. The form that is attached to this scam gets sent to a domain that, according to Whois, has been registered by someone in Ireland. However, the billing address for it is in America, as is the IP address from which this email was sent.

This certainly doesn’t come from HMRC and you aren’t due a tax refund. [Continue reading TAX REFUND ID NUMBER: 381716209]

Pls Confirm!

“Niyi Adeseun” addresses me as “Dear Friend”.  A quick read of his “proposal” tells me he claims to be manager of a bank, he had a rich client who died, leaving millions which our scammer – sorry  dishonest bank manager – wants to get his hands on with your help.  Nothing new about this story.  It’s all lies.  This is a scammer who wants to get his or her hands on your money by [Continue reading Pls Confirm!]

Important message

This is one of the least convincing Ebay scams.  I hope no-one falls for it.  If you do make the mistake of filling in the attached form, you will be giving the scammer all your bank and credit card information – contact your bank immediately if you think you have given this information to a scammer.

NEVER click on a link in an email that claims to come from Ebay (or a bank – [Continue reading Important message]

JOB OPENING/MYSTERY SHOPPER JOB.

“Frank James” doesn’t have a need for a mystery shopper “in your area”.  He doesn’t even know where “your area” is.  He’s a scammer, who is hoping to get hold of your bank account details and/or take money from you.  Delete the email and don’t reply.

Date:15th August,2009 Email:(mystery.shoppersinc35566@googlemail.com)

“We have a mystery shopping assignment in your area and we would like you to participate” Secret Shopper(R) is accepting applications for qualified individuals [Continue reading JOB OPENING/MYSTERY SHOPPER JOB.]

hello

Do you think a reputable loan company would send you a random email, with the subject “hello”?  They wouldn’t.  This isn’t a loan company, it’s a scammer who is hoping to take money from you by charging you fees for your non-existent loan.  Delete the email and don’t reply.

Do you find yourself sinking deeper and deeper into a sea of debt? Would you like to find ways to consolidate some of [Continue reading hello]