Scammers and Phishers

I think the scammer that wrote this email must have swallowed a rural dictionary.  Mrs Trotter tells me I should contact the wonderfully named “Pollard Brock” (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, try looking up those words in a dictionary.

I haven’t seen this scam for a while – it’s just soooooo old fashioned.  It’s the one where Mr/Mrs Scammer has deposited your money with a courier and then left the country [Continue reading Shipment Code: CPEL/OWN/9876]

“Mr Cho” writes to me from Mehmet Akif Ersoy University in Turkey to tell me he is the operations manager of a major bank – yet strangely he is willing to compromise this prestigious job by sending out thousands of random emails offering to transfer millions of dollars from his bank to me – or you – or anyone else.  Does this sound likely?  Of course not.  ”Mr Cho” doesn’t work fo the Hang Seng [Continue reading Proposal]

“Mr Wu” apparently writes to me from California in the USA to tell me he  is the HR manager for a company in China.  He uses the website of a legitimate company to try and make his scam sound authentic.  Yes folk, this is a scam.  No company anywhere ever needs someone to process payments for them.  This is a scam dreamt up to fool innocent internet users.

If you make the mistake of replying you will find money is paid into your bank account.  You will forward 90% of it to “Mr Wu” who will then withdraw the original payment, leaving you hundreds of dollars out of pocket.  If you don’t believe me, read the scam victims page of this site to see how the scam works.

Hello,

My name is Mr.Wu Fengxin and I am a HR manager in Beijing Richcash
Textile Co.Ltd. China.

www.richtextile.com

There is an opportunity of home base business
and I am contacting you because we are now in need of a Payment
Representative in the United States of America and the U.k So I would like
to offer you a part time job as our company
Representative and you can earn between $1000 – $2,000 (600-1500 pounds) USD in a month depending on your Speed,Accuracy and Devotion to your work.
You will NOT be required to pay any FEES or ANY MONIES at
ANYTIME rather you make money by working with us we also
DO NOT SEND CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS ALL PAYMENTS ARE ONLINE
BANK TO BANK SECURE TRANSFER.

My Company needs a company representative in the United
states/uk who will serve as our Agent in processing any of our
funds made out to us by our U.S and U.K Customers this is because We make
lots of supplies on credit to our customers in the United
states  and U.k and experience a lot of delays in collating payments from
different numerous customers from here in china. Continue reading Earn now as a company rep.

It’s been a while since I’ve had a scam email claiming to come from Robert Mueller, III at the FBI. But a bit like tax returns and phone bills – sooner or later one will turn up. And this one just did. As I’m not expecting $10.5m from Nigeria, I don’t believe this scammer. And if I was expecting $10.5m, I would expect official communication, on proper headed noted, by recorded delivery and from [Continue reading FBI OFFICE/////GET BACK TO US IMMEDIATELY]

“Mr Abel” tells me he is a dishonest accounted – the money he claims he has access to was “masterminded by myself and some of my colleagues for our mutual benefit”.  Why would I, or anyone else, trust someone who admits to being a thief?

Yes – A thief is exactly what “Mr Abel” is.  He doesn’t have millions of dollars.  What he wants is to steal your money.  If you make the mistake of replying you will find a scammer who starts asking you for money.  Delete the email.

Dear ,

Compliments of the day,My name is Mr Davis Abel,I am an accountant and a member of the Contract Tender Board (CTB) of the Petroleum, Oil & Gas Corporation of South Africa (PTY) Ltd also known as PetroSA. I am presently on a special diplomatic duty in the South Africa foreign office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. I got your contact through discreet inquiries in my search for a reliable individual or company who can handle a strictly confidential transaction that involves the transfer of a reasonable sum of money to a foreign account. I have no doubt in your ability to handle a financial business of considerable amount, which will form the bedrock of an extensive business partnership in due course. In unfolding this proposal, I want to count on your status that you will handle this transaction with all maturity and confidentiality it deserves. Continue reading Assistance for fund transaction

Nothing new in this scam.  ”Mr Tambson” is the manager of a bank – he had a rich client who died in a horrible accident – and despite his best efforts “Mr Tambson” can’t find any next of kin.  So – surprise – he wants to share the multi millions with me – or you – or anyone else who receives this email.  What a lot of rubbish.

“Mr Tambson” is a scammer.  He [Continue reading URGENT MAIL FROM Mr. Peter H. Tambson]

This scammer tells me “it is a profound gratitude communicating” with me – oh, it’s alright, there’s no need to thank me, really.  Or to put it another way – you’re a scammer, go away!

Yes, this scammer doesn’t want to give you money, he or she wants to take money from you by charging you fees.  Ignore them.

Beneficiary.

It is a profound gratitude communicating with you through this [Continue reading Beneficiary]