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Registration confirmation letter-No.2011112421
CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON
Here we go again. The first of two fake lotteries today. What can I say? You can’t win a lottery or draw that you haven’t entered and no organise anywhere ever holds random email draws. Why would they? Ignore this scammer who is hoping to start taking money from you by charging you fees.
LOTTO.NL,
2352 Beds 152 Koningin Julianaplein 21 ,
1112 AX.
Den Haag-The Netherlands.
(Lotto affiliate with Subscriber Agents).
From: Susan Console
(Lottery Coordinator)
Website: www.lotto.nl
Sir/madam,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lotto NL Winners International programs held on the 20th November 2011, Your e-mail address attached to ticket #: 00903228100 with prize # 778009/UK drew ?1,000,000.00 which was first in the 2nd class of the draws. you are to receive 450,000, (Four hundred and fifty thousand Euros). Because of mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your money (450,000) has been fully remitted to you by our accredited pay-point bank. This measure must be adhere to avoid loss of your cash prize – winners of our cash prizes are advised to adhere to these instructions to forestall the abuse of this program by other participants. It’s important to note that this draws were conducted formally, and winners are selected through an internet ballot system from 60,000 individual and companies e-mail addresses – the draws are conducted around the world through our internet based ballot system. The promotion is sponsored and promoted Lott
We congratulate you once again. We hope you will use part of it in our next draws; the jackpot winning is 85million Euros. Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 20 days. After this date all unclaimed cash prize will be forfeited and included in the next sweepstake. Please, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote personal and winning numbers in all correspondence with us.
Congratulations once again from all members of Lotto NL. Thank you for being part of our promotional program.
For immediate release of your cash prize to you, please kindly contact our Paying Bank Atlantic Finance
Send them the following:
(i). Your name
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Contact Address
(iv) your winning numbers
(v) Quote amount won.
Contact person: Mr. Harry William.
Massainstraat 24b 1103 ML
Rotterdam-Netherlands
Tel: +31-644-903-350
Fax: +31-84-438-5342
Email: atlanticfinbvnl7@aol.com
Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
Susan Console
www.lotto.nl
IMPORTANT PROPOSAL
If “Mr Wang Shu” really was “the Executive Director of a reputable financial institution in Asia” he wouldn’t be sending you, or me, or thousands of others, a random email offering to share millions of dollars. He also wouldn’t write the subject line of his email entirely in capital letters – this alone is a giveaway that this is a scam.
Ignore this story teller, whose only interest in money is to take your money from you when he starts asking you to pay fees.
Good day,
Sorry for the intrusion into your privacy. I am one of the Executive Directors of a
reputable financial institution in Asia. I got your email account while searching for
a business oriented personality and I would like you to partner with me in a very
lucrative business transaction. I bring forth a business proposal to the tune of
($6.5 Million U.S Dollars).
If you know you are capable of handling and partaking in this transaction, please
send down the following personal details to me at my private email account for
briefings and more clarification:
(1) Full names:
(2) Occupation:
(3) Age and Sex:
(4) Marital Status:
(5) Private phone number:
(6) Current residential address:
Note that all information’s required to complete this transaction will be revealed to you
immediately indicate your interest to partake in this transaction with me.
Email: t6728963s@w.cn
Thank you very much for your attention.
Regards,
Mr Wang Shu
END OF THE YEAR LOTTERY PROMOTION 2011 WINNER
If you think about it, you’ll realise that there is no such thing as the “European National Lottery”. If it was a “European” lottery it would “international. You can’t win a lottery you haven’t entered, and a legitimate lottery wouldn’t email you using a “luckymail” email address. Ignore this scammer whose only interest is in getting you to send him money. If you make the mistake of replying, the scammer will start asking you to send money to pay fees.
Dear Certified Winner.
The European National Lottery, wishes to inform you that the results of our End Of The Year Bonanza Lottery International Promotion Program held in Spain. Your e-mail account have been picked as a certified winner of a lump sum pay out of 950,000 euros (Nine Hundred And Fifty Thousand Euros) credited to TICKET No: 20511465463-76444 and Winning Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369 . The winning ticket Number was selected from a Data Base of Internet E-mail Users, from which your Address came out as the winning coupon in this category “A” ballot lottery. You are therefore required to contact our Claims Department with your complete details by filling the below payment processing form:
You are to contact the Claims Consultant with the details below:
Contact person: Mr. Nacho Miguel
E-mail : remittance@luckymail.com
Tel: +34 603 174 690
THE BENEFICIARY/OWNER OF THE WINNING E-MAIL SHOULD COMPLETE OUR CLAIMS FORM.
PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM:
Full Name:…………………………….
Age:……………………………………..
Sex:…………………………………….
Marital Status:………………………
Occupation:…………………………
Tel/Fax:……………………………….
Address:……………………………..
Nationality:…………………………..
Country:……………………………..
Yours Sincerely,
(Mrs) Susan fernades
Official Spokesperson and Director of Communications.
FOR EUROPEAN NATIONAL LOTTERY
Copyright © 1994-2011 The european National Lottery Inc.
Credit report FRAUD ALERT
Don’t open the attachment to this scam email. It contains a zip file and is probably a Trojan that will infect your computer. Just delete this email.
If you’ve accidentally opened the attachment, download and scan your computer with the free version of Malwarebytes – I scan my computer regularly.
One new alert was received on monday 11/14/2011.
We have detected a new personal loan application submited from non-associated location. I have attached a loan application received from Bank of Hawaii. Please see details in report below to verify or approve the request.
FRAUD PREVENTOION DEPARTMENT
EQUIFAX
Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc
P.O. Box 740241
Atlanta, GA 30374
www.equifax.com
Confirm your participation to stand as beneficiary.
The usual story of lots of money that you can have a share of if you just help the scammer move it overseas. Except that there is no money and the only involvement you will have is sending your own money to the scammer when they start asking you to pay “fees”. Ignore this scammer, who appears to be using a public internet connection in London.
Sir,
I got your contact in my search for a partner who can assist facilitate a pending business transaction towards a successful completion. After due considerations, I decided to make contact with you for partnership and co-operation in this pending transaction requiring maximum confidentiality.
I am an Administrative assistant to Mr. Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky the Chairman/CEO of YUKOS OIL CORPORATION (Russian Largest Oil Corporation) with branch offices worldwide.
As an assistant to Mr. Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, some documents for was handed over to me for the payment of a foreign contractor. Already Mr. Mikhail Khodorkovsky has released this fund to the offshore account of Yukos Oil Corp from where the final wire transfer is expected to be carried out.
While I was working on the final Approval Documents for transferring the funds, Mr. Mikhail Khodorkovsky was arrested due to his involvement and financial support for the opposition political party in Russia which posed the greatest challenge ever to the former president Vladimir V. Putin who happens to be the current Prime Minister of Russia.
Mr. Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky who was considered as the most powerful of the Russian business oligarchs was later prosecuted and sentenced to prison on charges of massive fraud and tax evasion. The Russian government has filed new charges against Mr. Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky with an aim of keeping him in prison indefinitely. A wide variety of local & foreign politicians, civil activists and journalists considers the process leading to the imprisonment of Mr. Khodorkovsky to be politically motivated.
Due to the imprisonment of Mr. Khodorkovsky, I have decided to move out some funds for safe keeping and investment. I decided to contact a neutral person for this transaction in order to avoid any trace of the money by the opposition. Therefore, I solicit your help so you can stand as the foreign contractor/beneficiary of the said funds after which we can re-profile the Approval Documents in your favour which would be forwarded to the Paying Bank for the wire transfer of from the Yukos Oil Corp Account to you as final beneficiary.
Upon receipt of your immediate response, we shall discuss the compulsory modalities to see this transaction to successful conclusion. Note that you will be entitled to 15% share of the total funds as your compensation for your assistance. I consequently request your maximum assistance and co-operation to facilitate the transfer of the funds out from the offshore account of Yukos Oil Corporation where the funds were deposited.
In conclusion, I guarantee that this transaction would be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of law. Please keep this transaction confidential and note that this transaction must be concluded within two weeks.
I need you to confirm your participation so we can proceed with this transaction quickly.
I await your prompt reply.
Best Regards,
Dr. Latin.
URGENT – NOT A JOKE
This is a very old friend in scam land. It was one of the first entries on an old site of mine back in 2008. Apparently it’s still doing the rounds as I received this version today. All the clues are here that this is a hoax.
a) send it to everyone you know.
b) shock horror language – it will erase your C drive, throttle the cat and accelerate global warming (just kidding!)
c) started to circulate on an unspecified date.
NEVER pass on a warning even if you are 100% certain that the person who sent it to you WROTE the email themselves from their own experience. These hoaxes are designed to frighten people and to turn you into a spammer.
Subject: URGENT – NOT A JOKE
For your information…
PASS THIS ON!
IF A PERSON CALLED SIMON ASHTON (SIMON25@HOTMAIL.CO.UK “
href=”mailto:SIMON25@HOTMAIL.CO.UK” rel=nofollow target=_blank a
) CONTACTS YOU THROUGH EMAIL DON’T OPEN THE
MESSAGE. DELETE IT BECAUSE HE IS A HACKER!!
TELL EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY ON YOUR LIST ADDS HIM THEN
YOU WILL GET HIM ON YOUR LIST.. HE WILL FIGURE OUT YOUR ID COMPUTER ADDRESS,
SO COPY AND PASTE THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE EVEN IF YOU DONT CARE FOR THEM
AND FAST BECAUSE IF HE HACKS THEIR EMAIL HE HACKS YOUR MAIL TOO!!!!!……
Anyone-using Internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on. This
information arrived this morning, Direct from both Microsoft and Norton.
Please send it to everybody you know who has access to the Intern et. You
may receive an apparently harmless e-mail titled ‘Mail Server Report’
If you open either file, a message will appear on your screen saying: ‘It
is too late now, your life is no longer beautiful.’
Subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC,
And the person who o sent it to you will gain access to your name, e-mail
and password.
This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. AOL
has already confirmed the severity, and the anti virus software’s are not
capable of destroying it .
The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself ‘life owner’..
PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS E-MAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS, And ask them to
PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY!
Take Care
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
The usual scammer’s rubbish about a non-existent lottery that you know perfectly well you didn’t enter. Goodness knows what the scammer thinks he or she means by ” We conduct the Lotto using Lotto as part of our tax relief program”.
If you make the mistake of replying you will find a scammer who start asking you to send them money to pay for “fees”. Ignore them.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
YOU WON USD$1,000,000.00 UNITED STATE DOLLARS!!!
Dear Lucky Winner,
We are Pleased to inform you that your email was selected among the winning numbers of the recently Lotto conducted from the Asia Pacific Lottery Company and we shall be glad if you can claim your prize, please respond to this mail within 72 hours otherwise we will assume that you are not interested.
We conduct the Lotto using Lotto as part of our tax relief program set up by the International Lottery Board and Asia Pacific Inc, on this note we congratulate you and wish you best of luck as you claim the prize attached to this Lotto.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your identification numbers.
Ticket number………………… 063-14628115-20
Serial number………………….. 77710-0
Lucky number………………. 02-09-12-27-18-04-10
Ref number………………. N.EG/42275486009/16
You are to send the completed verification form below to the coordinator whose email address is given above so that you will be advised on what to do to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!!
1. FULL NAME………………………..
2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN………………….
3. PRESENT ADRESS…………………….
4. POSTCODE………………………….
5. DATE OF BIRTH……………………..
6. OCCUPATION………………………..
7. SEX……………………………….
8. TELEPHONE NUMBER……………………
9. FAX NUMBER (IF ANY)………………….
10. MARITAL STATUS……………………..
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30 days of receiving this notification. Any claim not made by this date will be returned to HER MAJESTYS DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. And also be informed that 10% of your lottery winning belongs to (THE PROMOTIONS COMPANY). Because they are the company that bought your ticket and played the lottery in your name.
Note also that this 10% will be remitted after you have received your winnings prize, because the money is insured in your name already.
THAILAND CONTACT PERSON: MR. WALAKUN VICHIT.
(Asia Pacific directorate office)
E-Mail: asiapacific_20@yahoo.co.jp
TEL :+( 66)875-525-270Office Fax: + (66) 261-382-62
LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR.
Sincerely,
Asia Pacific! Customer Care
BLESSETH IS THE HAND THAT GIVETH
Let me guess. Jennifer Wagner is dying, rich and has a wicked family who want to take all her money? The only giving “hand” that Mrs Wagner wants to bless is yours. She’s a scammer and is hoping that you will start sending her your money when she starts asking you to pay fees. Of course “she” isn’t a woman, she’s a man – which is why she tells you to contact her barrister!
Ignore him.
Dear Friend.
Good day and God bless you. I feel quite safe and satisfy dealing with you in this charity project.Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest, surest and most secured medium of communication. However, this correspondence is purely private, and it should be treated as such. As you read this, I don’t want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will die someday. My name is Mrs. Jennifer Wagner , a merchant in Dubai, in the U.A.E. I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer . It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts.
I have not particularly lived my life so well, As I never really cared for anyone(not even myself) but my business. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world.
I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that God has called me, I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends.
I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have decided to give aims to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E, Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them.
The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS $12,000,000,that I have with a finance/Security Company abroad. I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations.
I have set aside 25% for you and for your time if you want to help me to collect this Funds and also invest this money.
N.B-PLEASE I WILL ADVISED YOU TO CONTACT THE ATTORNEY IN NETHERLANDS IMMEDIATELY, HE DOES EVERYTHING ON MY BEHALF AND HE’S VERY UNDERSTANDING AND I BELIEVE HE WILL LEAD YOU TO YOUR SUCCESS IN JESUS NAME AMEN.
Name: BARRISTER. LEONE EDWARD JONES
Email: leonejones79@aol.com
Remain blessed in the name of the Lord.
Yours in Christ,
Mrs. Jennifer Wagner
RE#: ATTENTION
What a lot of rubbish. There’s no such thing as a “reward program for the patronage of internet services”. No organisation anywhere ever holds random email draws. They are all scams. Ignore this scammer, who is hoping to take your money by charging you fees.
DE LOTTO NETHERLANDS,
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
http://www.lotto.nl
Dear Internet User,
We are pleased to notify you as the “Star Winner” of the De Lotto Netherland held on Saturday 5th November 2011. This is a reward program for the patronage of internet services and all email addresses entered for this promotional draws were randomly selected from an internet resource database of registered software and domain users.
In line with the governing rules of claim, you are requested to furnish Mr. Edwin with the following information below:
REFERENCE NUMBERS: DLN/702/6010/2011
SERIAL NUMBERS: DLN/9083651/2011
CATEGORY: (B)
AMOUNT: ?2.500.000, 00 (TWO MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO)
These details facilitate the due process and the release of your winnings prize to avoid unnecessary delays and complications in the processing of your winning Prize funds.
Always remember to quote your Reference Numbers/ Serial Numbers in any correspondences with your agent.
You are required to call your claims agent and also send an e-mail with the contact information presented below:
Mr. Edwin Van Haaren
Phone: +31-626-636-610
Email: claimsprocessingoffice@aol.nl
Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this program
Best Regards,
Mr. Hans Erikson,
Lottery Coordinator.
DE LOTTO NETHERLANDS
http://www.lotto.nl
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This is an Automated Message; do not respond to this notification email. You should contact the assigned claims agent immediately to process the remittance of your winning cash prize sum to you.
YOUR WILL.
I have no idea why so many members of the “Helicopter Society” seem to have died and left me millions of dollars. If you enjoy flying helicopters, and you’re filthy rich, my advise is simple – Don’t join the Helicopter Society!.
For everyone else – which includes you and me – ignore this ridiculous scam tale. The scammer’s only interest in money is in trying to get you to send him your hard earned cash to pay for “fees”.
From the desk Jeffery C. Mark Esq, Dynamic Law Chambers & Associates
25 Furniss Ave,Sheffield YKS S17 3QL, Uk.
Date: 10th Nov, 2011
YOUR WILL
On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the Estate of Late Engr.Michael P. Anderson, I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter returned undelivered. However, I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email address on the WILL prepared in your favour by the deceased person. I wish to notify you that late Engr. Michael P. Anderson made you a beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (USD$8,500.000.00 ) to you in the codicil and last testament to his WILL.
This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and true. Being a widely traveled man, he must have been in contact with you in the past or simply you were recommended to him by one of his numerous friends abroad who wished you good. Engr. Michael P. Anderson until his death was a member of the Helicopter Society and the Institute of Electronic & Electrical Engineers. He had a very good heart and loved to give out.
His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his life time. Late Engr.Michael P. Anderson died on the 12th day of February,2011 at the age of 66 years without a family as he was an orphan, and his WILL is now ready for execution. According to him this money is to support your humanitarian activities and to help the poor and the needy in our society. Please if I reach you this time as I am hopeful, don’t hesitate reporting back to me soon as possible to execute my obligation.
l shall affirm to you details regarding this obligation in your return mail.
Anticipating your reply for immediate execution.
Yours in Service,
Barrister Jeffery C, Mark
Dynamic Law Chambers & Associates
25 Furniss Ave,Sheffield YKS S17 3QL, Uk.
To all mystery shoppers!
I have no idea what the scam is here – but I know that it is a scam. Mystery shopping organisations don’t send out random emails, you have to apply for the job (I know – I’ve done it in the past). They also don’t pay anything like £200 just for visiting a shop.
The sender claims they have ” a mystery shopping assignment in your area ” – but they have no idea who you are or where you live. I suspect this scam is going to involve some kind of over payment where you will be asked to forward money.
Interestingly, although this email claims to have been sent from a reputable organisation (info (at) mystery shopper (dot) net, the email was sent from a government email address in Namibia – grnnet.gov.na
Ignore this scammer.
We have a mystery shopping assignment in your area and we would like you to participate”Mystery Shopper® is accepting applications for qualified individuals to become mystery shoppers. Its fun and rewarding, and you choose when and where you want to shop. You are never obligated to accept an assignment. There is no charge to become a shopper and you do not need previous experience. After you sign up, you will have access to training materials via e-mail, fax or postal mail.
ABOUT US:
Mystery Shopper® is the premier mystery shopping company; serving clients across United Kingdom, America and Canada with over 500,000 shoppers available and ready to help businesses better serve their customers. Continual investment in the latest internet and communication technologies coupled with over 16 years of know-how means working with Mystery Shopper® is a satisfying and rewarding experience. Secret shopping as seen on LONDON TIMES,ABC NEWS, NBC NEWS, L.A.TIMES. Stores and organizations such as The
Gap, Wal-Mart, Pizza Hut, and Banks. One amongst many others pay for Secret Shoppers to shop in their establishments and report their experiences. On top of being paid for shopping you are also allowed to keep purchases for free. Mystery Shopper® NEVER charges fees to the shopper. Training, tips for improvement, and shopping opportunities are provided free to registered shoppers.. Mystery shoppers are either paid a pre-arranged fee for a particular assignment, a reimbursement for a
purchase or a combinatio
Mystery Shopper® has available for immediate assignment an inspection of the customer service of a number of shops in your area.
What Will You Have To Do?
Assignments are many and varied and encompass all aspects of the retail and service industries. You may be asked to visit a certain shop and buy or return something, to attend a cinema, stay a night at a hotel, dine out at a restaurant, make an inquiry at a telephone call centre etc. Whilst carrying out this assignment you will have been given a checklist of things to observe and report back on which needs to be committed to memory before you undertake the assignment. Your status as a retail investigator m
ust be kept secret at all times so you can’t walk into the place with a clipboard and pen but must act as a real consumer would act. You need to pay close attention to detail and have a good memory to complete assignments successfully.
You are to shop secretly and invest just a token of your time. This fee will be paid up front. During this shop you will visit the location and make several observations as regards the customer service. You will be required to interact with the shop clerk.
You may conduct the shop alone or as a couple. The assignment will pay 200.00 pounds per duty Kindly Fill Out the application form below and we will get back to you shortly with the assignment:
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
First Name:
Middle Name:
Last Name:
Street Address: City, State, PostCode:
Cell Phone Number:
Home Phone Number:
Age:
Current Occupation: Alternate Email Address:
AVAILABILITY:
Days/Hours Available
Monday…………………… …………………
Tuesday………………….. ………………….
Wednesday………………… …………………….
Thursday…………………. ……………………
Friday…………………… …………………
Saturday…………………. …………………..
Sunday…………………… ………………….
Hours Available: from _______ to ______
We await your urgent response.
Thank you for your help. We look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,
Sue Reed
Hiring Manager
Mystery Shopper®
SALAAM,WAIT FOR URGENT REPLY……
It’s obvious that the scammers don’t read this blog! Another scammer who thinks putting his subject line in uppercase letters will catch my attention. It does, of course, but for the wrong reasons. It’s an immediate giveaway that the email is actually going to make the latest post on this site. In other words – it’s a scam.
Mr Based wants me to send him a “A letter of commitment (dully signed) “. Presumably in pale grey ink so that he can hardly read it.
Just ignore this scammer. He doesn’t have any money to share with you – his only interest in money is getting his hands on yours. If you make the mistake of replying he will start asking you to send money to pay for fees.
Salaam,
I am bashir hammad based, I have a plan of coming to invest in your country mostly in your field operating a very good business as a means of investment abroad. of which I need a responsible and honest person to handle this project for me because of my position at work, My preference is any good profit yielding business and I would appreciate any good ideas you could come up with. And the money is in saved keeping, Which I will want you received this money in your country on my behalf, After the agreement and memorandium of understand and used the fund for investment together, In the area of any investment in your country,
I am personal assistance to my boss, for we work together for many years hence he was the one behind all I have today, because he carry me along in all his crude oil bussines in rich oil countries of africa the fund I have raised for this project came from the last deal we had eight mouths ago . So what I will want you to do, is to mail me back to know what u have in stock,
for me to arrange for the fund, moreover I can instruct security company to open conversation with you to moved the fund to you in your country for the investment you will advice to do, For you to stand as the owner of the investment in your country, Due to my position at work, Known that in all your assistance you are getting a reasonable percentage and of which you are standing as the owner of this project. And for the assistance you will render to me in your country for the investment, the share of the profit after the Investment will be share by 70-30. And I will like you to be a trusted and honest person to me,
Note that I will send to you the relevant documents that will enable you take possession of the fund for onward investment for our mutual benefit. All I need from you is as follows:
1.A letter of commitment (dully signed) that you will keep the transaction strictly confidential.
2. Your confirmation of your ability to handle this, with investment.
3. Your international passport or driving license for identification to the security company.
4. Your telephone and fax numbers for communication.
5. Your full permanent address.
As soon as the above information is received, the name of the security company will be disclosed including my other details. Also, your details will be forwarded to the security company to enable them contact you accordingly for documentation and release of the fund on my behalf.
Whatever your decision,I wait for a prompt and urgent responds,
thanks
Masaalam.
World Congress on human trafficking and forced labour 2011
This was sent to me by a reader who asked if it was true. As I said to my reader, all the clues are there that this is a scam. The, so called, conference organisers are using free email addresses (gmail and aol) and not email addresses belonging to a recognised organisation.
My reader wasn’t expecting to be invited to a conference related to human trafficking and clearly has no idea who the sender of this email is. All these conference invitations are scams unless you personally know the organisers and/or their organisation and are expecting to be invited.
These scammers will fake a hotel or airline website and take your money for a non-existent booking. Ignore them.
World Congress on human trafficking and forced labour 2011
You are welcome to participate at the world congress on human trafficking and forced labour 2011 which is scheduled to take place from November 28th to 1st December at The Statler Hotel – 130 Statler Drive, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6901 and from 5th to 8th December 2011 at Anta diop kansainvälinen konferenssi Hall (UCAD), B.P. 5005 Dakar-Fann, Dakar Senegal.
The conference is designed to provide maximum detailed information through an exceptional host of field experienced professionals for the opportunity of significant awareness, discussion, and involvement by conference attendees concerning the many facets of human trafficking in the international level.
People of all backgrounds are impacted by trafficking, and for a variety of purposes. Men are often forced into working hard labor jobs, while children are often trafficked into labor positions in industries such as textile, agriculture and fishing. Girls and women are most often trafficked into a segment of the commercial sex industry such as prostitution and other forms of sexual exploitation.
Today, what drives the trade in persons is demand for prostitutes and cheap laborers in developed and developing countries, and the profitability and relatively low risk to traffickers.
Combating human trafficking includes prevention, protection, and prosecution and depends upon a wide range of actors and approaches. The World Congress on Human Trafficking and Forced Labour will play a key role in the effort to combat trafficking in persons worldwide.
Delegates who are interested in making paper presentation are advice to make a summary presentation on the above subject.
Who Should Attend?
The world congress on human trafficking and forced labour is an intense and interactive conference formatted for those who have research results or ideas, who wish to inform their peers of the work of their non-governmental or governmental organization, or who wish to fund anti-trafficking efforts and research:
1. Scholars with an interest in providing knowledge and methodologies to study the problems surrounding human trafficking,
2.Law enforcement, social service agencies, and others who see the effects of trafficking in their work, and can speak about the amount, nature, and causes of trafficking and the efficacy of methods to combat, prevent, and alleviate the effects of trafficking,
3. Government agencies, foundations, and others who will fund knowledge-creation, programs and program evaluation, and methodology-creation work in anti-trafficking efforts, and who wish to speak about their work and their priorities.
4. Students seeking to present, in special student sessions, thesis or dissertation work or proposed work in human trafficking on which they wish feedback.
Translating systems are available at the conference venue for participants who may need them.
Conference Speakers
1. Laura Lederer, J.D. – President Global Centurian
2. Antoinette Welch – Assistant D.A. Nashville
3. Bassel Baz, CEO – Association for the Rescue of Children
4. Bryan Thomas – CEO L-evate Consulting
5. Chelsea Esquibel, Miss TN Teenager
6. Founder – Director of EndSlaveryTN
7. Giselle Rodriguez, State Outreach Coordinator FL Coalition Against Human Trafficking
8. Emily Fitchpatrick, Founder and Executive Director, On Eagles Wings Ministries and Hope House
9. Kathy Hines, Former Detroit, MI Detective
10. Marion Williams, Director of Development, Trafficking In America Task Force, Inc.
11. Yvonne Williams, CEO – Trafficking In America Task Force, Inc.
12. Norma Ramos, Public interest attorney and social justice activist.
Conference Objectives
1. Learn from international and local experts who will identify specific issues and current trends of human trafficking.
2. Gain awareness concerning the depth of the problem of child sex trafficking in worldwide.
3. Develop skills to assess situations that involve labor and /or sex trafficking.
4. Learn about specific treatment methodologies effective in helping victims of labor and sex trafficking.
5. Learn of the resources (legal, social service, religious) available to address both victims and perpetrators of labor and sex trafficking.
6. Learn the best practices for residential services and outreach to trafficking victims.
It is not necessary one must belong to an organization or anti trafficking group before he/she is eligible to attend this events, interested participants can participate as an individual, or a group of 5 members. Note that it is mandatory participants participate in both venue of the conference as we are ready to explore all aspect to prevent trafficking in human beings for Labour exploitation and sex trafficking.
Registration:
In order to attend the world congress on human trafficking and forced labour 2011, registration is compulsory. Interested participants should send the below information’s via email, to the Registration Desk. E-mail: wchtfl_registration@aol.com & wchtfl_registration@mynet.com
•Names exactly as in passport
•Passport Number
•Date of Birth
•Place of Birth
•Country of Residence
•Country Dialing Code
•Occupation
•Marital Status
•Phone Contact
•Postal Address
•Who invited you?
Please note that the conference is not fully sponsored.
Flight Tickets
Successful registered participants round trip air ticket which covers participant’s country of residents to the United States, from the United States to Dakar Senegal and back to participants Country of residents will be sponsored by our organization and benevolent donor sponsoring committee.
Hotel Accommodation
The conference organizing committee will be responsible for registered participant’s hotel accommodation in N.Y USA Only due to the inability of our donor sponsoring committee to mobilize enough funds to sponsor the number of expected delegates to attend the conference.
Note: Delegates are responsible for the payment their hotel accommodation at the recommended hotel in Dakar Senegal where the second phase of the conference will be held. Daily transportation to the conference venue will be provided by the recommended hotel management in Senegal.
Visa Information
All participants visa assistance request will be forwarded to the U.S Department of State for visa authorization which will be sent by fax to the consular section of the U.S. Embassy, in your country of residence.
If you need further information, do not hesitate to contact us
Sincerely,
Joe Bock
Organizing committee
World Congress on human trafficking and forced labour
Project Director: Campaign Against Sex Trafficking
1501 Orchard Street, New York NY 10002-5424
Tel: +1 (518) 795-6399
ATTENTION UNF GRANT DONATION WINNER
How did I know this was a scam without even reading the subject line? Because the subject was written entirely in capital letters – a giveaway that this is a scam. As I said time after time on this blog, no organisation anywhere ever holds random email draws. They are all scams. You cannot win a lottery/draw or award that you have not entered.
This is a scammer who wants to take your money by charging you fees. Ignore him or her. The scammer seems to have been stupid enough to use their real email address to send this – and is either a student or member of staff at the Sorbonne.
CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your Email I.D was selected at random and you have therefore been awarded the
sum of £850,000.00 (Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds
Sterling) in the ongoing UNF GRANT DONATION PROMOTIONS 2011/2012 AWARD.
For more info on claims please contact:
Mr. Adams Fowler
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
Information and payment Bureau:
London Representative Office
Tell: +(44) 7024098913
Email: unitednationsgrant@xnmsn.com
NOTE:
Direct all email/reply to (unitednationsgrant@xnmsn.com)
Reply as soon as possible for quick verification and claim.
Reply along with your names, mobile number, contact address and keep this
winning information confidential to avoid external claims.
——————————————————–
Ce message a été envoyé par le Webmail Sorbonne via IMP.
http://courrier.sorbonne.fr/ http://mail.sorbonne.fr/
Smartphone app scam
This was forwarded to me by a friend who works for Ofcom – the UK communications industries regulator. You can read the whole article on the Ofcom website, here http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/2011/11/consumers-warned-about-smartphone-scam/
Beware of rogue smart phone apps. The rogue apps enable the fraudsters to hijack the phones and run up huge bills for victims.
One scam involves criminals taking control of the phones and then repeatedly sending premium rate messages – costing up to £6 per message – to their own services.
Often the victim is unaware anything is wrong until they see their phone bill, or their network provider identifies ‘suspicious’ activity – by which time the fraudsters have moved on to other victims.
Your Tax Payment ID 38961872 is failed.
Yesterday I was sent this message dozens of times each, as today, with a different ID number. Yesterday the messages contained links to spam sites. Clearly that tactic failed, so today the scammer has added a trojan as an attachment. I don’t know what it is as my antivirus program removed the attachment before it reached my inbox. The scammer claims the attachment is a .pdf document – in an attempt to encourage you to open it.
If you’ve accidentally opened the attachment, download and scan your computer with the free version of Malwarebytes – I scan my computer regularly.
Your Federal Tax Payment ID: 10327658 has been rejected.
Return Reason Code R21 – The identification number used in the Company Identification Field is not valid.
Please, check the information to get details about your company payment in transaction contacts section:
attach name = report.18653.pdf
In other way forward information to your accountant adviser.
EFTPS:
The Electronic Federal Tax Payment System
PLEASE NOTE: Your tax payment is due regardless of EFTPS online availability. In case of an emergency, you can always make your tax payment by calling the EFTPS.
Your Tax Payment ID 36547474 is failed.
I was sent this message 33 times within the space of 5 minutes, each with a different “ID” number. How many failed tax payments can one person reasonably have??
The link in each of the emails goes to a different place. It seems this hacker (or team) have hacked into as many websites as possible to add their scam page, in the hope that at least one of them will remain in place long enough for them to steal your bank details.
If you think there might be a problem with your tax payment NEVER click on a link in an email. Phone whichever authority is responsible for taxes in your country and ask them.
Your Federal Tax Payment ID: 94987414 has been rejected.
Return Reason Code R21 – The identification number used in the Company Identification Field is not valid.
Please, check the information and refer to Code R21 to get details about
your company payment in transaction contacts section:
http://eftps.gov/R21
In other way forward information to your accountant adviser. EFTPS:
The Electronic Federal Tax Payment System
PLEASE NOTE: Your tax payment is due regardless of EFTPS online availability.
In case of an emergency, you can always make your tax payment by calling the EFTPS.
Hello
What a load of rubbish. Just for fun I checked the results, as instructed. That web address is the Spanish euromillions website, and you won’t be surprised to hear that my email address isn’t listed there as a winner.
This is just a scammer who is hoping to take your money from you by charging you fees. Ignore him or her.
Attn:Beneficiary,
We hereby informed you today that your e-mail id was selected through computer ballot system,as a winner of Amount Won 500,000(Euros)in our Europe Support Program (ESP) Bonanza Award.The online cyber draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 500,000 email addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer selection from the web. Your email address is attached to the winning number : Check result here: http://www.onlae.es/euroMillones/comprobar.aspx
This promotional program takes place every year,and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like King Of Spain, Movistar Inc,San Miguel beers and other corporate organizations.This is to encourage the use of the Internet and computers worldwide.We look forward to your active participation in our next year 50 million euros slot.
Bear in mind that prizes will strictly be remitted to winners that officially file in for their claim within the given time frame.To begin your claim, you are to forward this message to your accredited claim agent with your full details information.Your prize award has been insured with your email address and will be transferred to you upon meeting the requirement of the gaming board authority which includes your statutory obligations.
Check result here: http://www.onlae.es/euroMillones/comprobar.aspx
Claim Agent: Mr Xavi Alonso
Email Address to contact: informdept@aim.com
Tel/fax:+34 634 100 126
(1) Your Full Names:
(2) Your mailing address:
(3) Your Nationality/Country:
{4} Your Tel(Mobile):
{5} Your Occupation:
{6} Your Age:
{7} Mode of Payment:
Amount Won 500,000(Euros)(Five Hundred thousand Euros only)
Best Regards,
Mrs Lorriet Gomez.(Lottery co-ordinator).
David Ross commented on a photo of you.
I have no idea who “David Ross” is and this WASN’T sent to the email address I use on Facebook.
I haven’t clicked on the photo link which DOESN’T got to Facebook – this is the link http://100.203-211-143.static.qala.com.sg:8887/facebook.com/?fbid=17482455130&set=p.124214211&mid=3ug7r238g723f732df23
I hope you can see that it ISN’T a link to the real Facebook website.
The email is addressed to “undisclosed recipients” not to me personally. Be careful with Facebook emails. As with bank emails, it is better to log DIRECTLY into your Facebook account to catch up with the latest activity.
If any reader of this post has clicked on the link, perhaps they can tell us where it takes you. My guess is that it will take you to a fake Facebook log-in page and the scammer is after your facebook account details.
Edit: It seems some readers have clicked on the link. If you have, I suggest you download and scan your computer with at least the free version of malwarebytes, in case any malware has been placed on it. I scan my computer with it every week.
To:
Subj: David Ross commented on a photo of you.
David Ross commented on a photo of you.
Reply to this email to comment on this photo.
David wrote:
To see the comment thread, follow the link below:
photo?fbid=17482455130&set=p.124214211&mid=3ug7r238g723f732df23
Thanks,
The Facebook Team
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Find people from your Windows Live Hotmail address book on Facebook! Go to: find-friends/?ref=email
If you don’t want to receive these emails from Facebook in the future, please follow the link below to unsubscribe.
unsubscribe?k=f23f23f23&u=928y38h&mid=3ug7r238g723f732df23
Facebook, Inc. P.O. Box 10005, Palo Alto, CA 94303
CONFIRMATION OF DETAILS.
I rarely add bank scams anymore – there are so many of them and I hope you all know that you should NEVER click on a link in an email that claims to come from a bank, even if it does appear to come from your own bank. ALWAYS enter the address of your bank directly into your browser.
No bank EVER asks you to reconfirm your details online. These are all scammers, who are hoping to get your bank details and/or credit card details. If you think you have accidentally given your details to a scammer, contact your bank immediately.
Dear Customer,
Please note that we have just confirm that your account details is incorrect. We
advise you to verify in the correct details in other not too lose your account.
Proceed to Northern Rock Online Verification to confirm your details
Regards
NORTHERN ROCK PLC
Please do not reply to this e-mail, this is not a monitored e-mail address and we are unable to respond.
LONDON OLYMPICS LOTTERY WINNER!
All the usual rubbish tactics so beloved of scammers here:
Using all capital letters with an exclamation mark for the subject line. That alone told me this is a scam before I even opened it
No organisation anywhere ever holds random email draws. You cannot win a lottery or draw that you haven’t entered. This is just a scammer who is hoping you will fall for their stupid story. If you make the mistake of answering the scammer will start asking you to send them money to pay fees.
Please open the file for details of your Prize.
Mrs. Jane Kenn(Admin Exec.)
LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 INTERNET LOTTERY PROMOTION
The United Kingdom National Lottery
in Conjunction with: Organizing Committee[TM] for the 2012 London Olympics
Present the Internet lottery Promotion for the London Olympics 2012
Dear: Lucky Winner-Email user,
we are happy to announce to you that Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/2012, and drew the lucky numbers 13-15-16-21-34-36-(8) which subsequently won you the total sum of £500,000) Five HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS. The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in (LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM) These Draws are commemorative as such special that you do not need to buy any ticket to enter the draws.
Note: that this program is being sponsored by UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY in conjunction with the Organizing Committee for the LONDON OLYMPICS 2012, to create awareness for the upcoming 2012 Olympic Games, which is to be hosted by England.
Your Fund is now deposited with our Correspondent Paying Bank, insured in your name, for security Protocol. You are advised to keep your winning details very confidential from the members of the public to avoid double Claiming. You are to forward your winning details to MR CHARLES MARTINS to enable him clear your file for immediate payment.
Claim Agent: MR CHARLES MARTIN
Tel: 0044 792 4551568
E-Mail: claimcharles@gmail.com
YOUR FULL NAME: _______________________________________
AGE: __________________________________________________
SEX: __________________________________________________
PERMANENT ADDRESS: __________________________________
COUNTRY: ______________________________________________
OCCUPATION: ____________________________________________
CITY: ________________________________________________
POSTAL CODE: _________________________________________
FAX: _________________________________________________
MOBILE: ________________________________________________
WINNING E-MAIL ID: ________________________________________
AMOUNT WON: __________________________________________
BATCH NO: 788/688/ESP
REFRENCE NO: 456/SSS/ESP
LUCKY WINNING NO: 13-15-16-21-34-36-(8)
Yours sincerely
Mrs. JANE KENN
(Admin Sec)
London Olympics Organizing Committee
Business Registration 2011/2012
Time for the old, annual con to be making the rounds. Have you ever seen a copy of the “World Trade Register”? Have you ever been sent it on CD/DVD? Have you ever searched their online database looking for a company or service provider? Of course you haven’t. Nor has anyone else.
If someone needs a service provider with your skills/experience/qualifications they will either use someone or some company that has been recommended to them, or they will do an internet search.
If you want to spend 995 Euros promoting your business, then spend it on a well designed and search engine friendly website.
The World Trade Register is just a very expensive con. Ignore them.
Dear Madam/Sir,
In order to have your company inserted in the World Trade Register’s 2011/2012 edition, please print, complete and return the enclosed form to the following address:
World Trade Register
P.O. Box 3079
3502 GB Utrecht
The Netherlands
Updating is free of charge!
To unsubscribe, please send an email to unsubscribe@worldtrade-register.net
Fax: +31 205 248 107
THE SIGNING OF THIS DOCUMENT REPRESENTS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS AND THE CONDITIONS STATED IN “THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR INSERTION” ON WEB PAGE WWW.WORLD-TRADEREGISTER.COM. THE SIGNING IS
LEGALLY BINDING AND GIVES YOU THE RIGHT OF AN INSERTION IN THE ONLINE DATABASE OF THE WORLD TRADE REGISTER WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED VIA THE INTERNET, AND A CD ROM WITH WORLD BUSINESSES IS GRANTED, ALL IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE CONTRACT CONDITIONS STATED IN “THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR INSERTION” ON WEB PAGE WWW.WORLD-TRADEREGISTER.COM. THE VALIDATION TIME OF THE CONTRACT IS THREE YEARS AND STARTS ON THE EIGHTH DAY AFTER
SIGNING THE CONTRACT. THE INSERTION IS GRANTED AFTER SIGNING AND RECEIVING THIS DOCUMENT BY THE SERVICE PROVIDER. I HEREBY ORDER A SUBSCRIPTION WITH SERVICE PROVIDER EU BUSINESS SERVICES LTD “WORLD TRADE
REGISTER” I WILL HAVE AN INSERTION INTO ITS DATABASE FOR THREE YEARS. THE PRICE PER YEAR IS EURO 995. THE SUBSCRIPTION WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDED EVERY YEAR FOR ANOTHER YEAR, UNLESS SPECIFIC WRITTEN NOTICE IS
ADDRESS. THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SERVICE PROVIDER AND THE SUBSCRIBER IS GOVERNED BY THE CONDITIONS STATED IN “THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR INSERTION” ON WEB PAGE WWW.WORLD-TRADEREGISTER.COM
3079
RECEIVED BY THE SERVICE PROVIDER OR THE SUBSCRIBER TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF THE SUBSCRIPTION. YOUR DATA WILL BE RECORDED. THE PLACE OF JURISDICTION IN ANY DISPUTE ARISING IS THE SERVICE PROVIDER’S
Your Wire fund transfer
I confidently expect this scammer to have a short lived career. Some people just aren’t cut out to be scammers – I think this one would do better to get a real job. Why am I so scathing? Because the scammer forgot to include the link to their scam website. The “click here” text takes you nowhere!
The Domestic Wire transaction , recently sent from your checking account , was not processed by an intermediary or beneficiary bank.
Please click here to view report
CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES.
TThis scammer has no connection with Credit Europe Bank who don’t send out random emails offering loans. The Credit Europe Bank is a reputable bank. This email has come from a scammer – a scammer who has no intention of lending you anything. This scammer just wants to take money from you by charging you money for fees.
Take a look at the scammer’s email address – info(at)cebloans.com. The domain cebloans.com is empty and was registered on 27 October by someone in Seattle.
If you need a loan, NEVER reply to a random email. Approach your bank or local credit union or use a reputable loan company. Always check the company’s accreditations and make sure you know exactly how much interest you are paying and what the repayment terms are.
CREDIT EUROPE BANK NV,(LOANS DEPARTMENT)
KRANENBURGWEG 121, 2583EN DEN HAAG,
THE NETHERLANDS.
TEL:+31-684-228-357(Direct Line).
FAX:+31-844-382-229.
EMAIL:info@cebloans.com
ALTERNATE EMAIL:f.willem@terra.com
Attention!
We are loan lenders from the loans department of Credit Europe Bank Nv in the Netherlands,we give out loan at the rate of 3% interest from the range of $20,000us dollars to $5million us dollars or euros.Are you tired of Seeking for Loans, Have you been constantly turned down by other Banks and some Private Financial Institutions;We give out loans to individuals,firms, companies,industries etc, and we are specialist on loans. Any interested person,irrespective of your country should Contact us now Via Email:info@cebloans.com with the following details below;
Full Names:
Contact Addresss:
Amount Required:
Duration Of Loan:
sex:
Occupation:
Tel:
country:
Regards,
Mr.Frans Willem(Loan Adviseur)
Credit Europe Bank Nv (Loans Department).
Residential Assistance
“Mr Ghanem” isn’t a refugee from Libya, or anywhere else. He’s a scammer who wants to get his hands on your money. If you make the mistake of replying he will start asking you to send money to pay for fees, fares, visas etc. I doubt if this scammer is even writing to you from Libya. Ignore him
Drear Friend,
I am Mr Mahmud Omar Ghanem, formerly working under the National Oil
Corporation (NOC) Libya, am seeking for political asylum in your country if
you can assist me for residential house or villa where I can reside with my
family.
Meanwhile I will also need your assistance to receive some of my funds
deposited oversea as the new government is about freezing my funds we can
invest the funds into oil export business or any other investment of your
idea, I wait your interest reply.
Best Regards
Mahmud Omar Ghanem.
Quentin Perrin. evaagency . com
This was posted as a comment on this post http://keepsafeonthenet.co.uk/2011/07/martin-dumont/ by a reader, who says “Now using evaagency .com”. I decided to turn the comment into a post so everyone can see it. All the same warnings given by myself and commenters apply. This is a scammer who wants to infect your site with a redirect Trojan. Ignore him.
Evaagency.com was registered two days ago – 26 October 2011 – and the content is just copied from another website.
Hello,
Thanks for reply to our proposal!
I represent Eva Agency. At the moment we are preparing an advertising campaign for Lacoste Company (it is a French company producing clothes, footwear, perfumery etc.) We already have designed banners for the campaign, they are the following sizes: 160×600, 240×400, 300×250, 336×280, 468×60, 728×90.
What can be your price for one banner (banner should appear at ALL pages of your site) of abovementioned sizes (please specify the place for the banner – top, bottom, left, right)? Please mention a normal link for banner, without javascript code and set prices in US dollars per month.
Best regards,
Quentin Perrin.
site: www. evaagency . com
e-mail: qperrin @ evaagency . com
phone: + (0)9 78 62 11 00
GET BACK TO ME VERY URGENT!//READ ATTACHED MESSAGE AND GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY
How do I know this is a scam? I didn’t even have to open this email – the subject line all in bold, telling me is urgent was the giveaway.
This is a scammer – who has no intention of giving you money. His only aim is to take your money by charging you fees. Ignore him.
Hello Dear Friend,
My name is Mr.David Kofour. I am the regional manager of Standard Chartered Bank of Ghana Takoradi Branch in the western region of Ghana. I got your information on a recent bank conference with other East African countries held in Johannesburg the capital city of South Africa.
READ ATTACHED MESSAGE AND GET BACK TO US.
thanks.
Mr.David Kofou.txt
Hello Dear Friend,
My name is Mr.David Kofour. I am the regional manager of Standard Chartered Bank of Ghana Takoradi Branch in the western region of Ghana. I got your information on a recent bank conference with other East African countries held in Johannesburg the capital city of South Africa.
I write you this proposal in good faith, I am a man of peace. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I,as the regional manager of the Standard Chartered Bank it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city Accra at the end of each business year.
On the course of the last year 2009 business report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made Three Million Seven hundred and thirty thousand united state dollars ($3,730,000.00) which my head office arenot aware of and will never be aware of.
I have placed this funds on what we call ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT with no beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account and get 35% of the total funds as commission.
There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank-to-bank transfer, and all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of these funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.
Thanking you in advance for your kind and urgent response, more so for keeping our proposal to your self.
FULL NAME………..
ADDRESS………….
AGE……………..
SEX……………..
OCCUPATION……….
MARITAL STATUS……
TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER……
You should also note that the transaction would only take (8) fourteen working days.
Remain Bless in Jesus Amen
THANKS
Mr.David Kofour.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON 750,000 Euros
Yet another scammer who thinks that putting their subject line in capital letters and adding a lot of exclamation marks will make their scam more believable. I have news for them. That’s the giveaway that you are trying to scam me. I don’t even have to read the subject line to know that it is a scam.
As I’ve said many times before, no organisation holds random email draws and you can’t win a lottery or draw that you haven’t entered.
This scammer wants to take your money by charging you fees. Ignore him or her.
SWISS LOTTO NETHERLANDS
FRANCOSTRAAT 40,
3067DV, LAIDEN.
NETHERLANDS
https://www.swisslotto.ch
CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON 750,000 Euros
You have been awarded 750,000 Euros in the SWISS-LOTTO Satellite Software email Lottery in which e-mail addresses are picked randomly by Software powered by the Internet through the worldwide website, your email address was amongst those Chosen this year for the SWISS-LOTTO Satellite lottery. And this promotional program is proudly sponsored by the SWISS-LOTTO organization.
Your email address attached to Ref number 5, 7, 14, 17, 18, 43 with Serial 10, and consequently won the lottery in the “A” Category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 750,000 Euros. Number 1979-12 drew the lucky Numbers 101979-12 drew the lucky Numbers please note that you are lucky winning number falls within our European Booklet representative. In View of this, your winning prize will be released to you by our fiduciary agent located In the Netherlands. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your winning funds as soon as you Contact them.
This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning details confidential till your claims is processed and your Winning funds remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to Claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted d abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr. mark quartel
Email: markquatel@aol.com
Tel: +31-685-045-366
Provide him with the informations as stated below:
(1) Name:
(2) Address:
(3) Marital:
(4) Age:
(5) Sex:
(6) Nationality:
(7) Country of Residence:
(8) Occupation:
(9) Telephone Number:
(10)Fax Number:
(11)Draw Number above:
These details facilitate the due process and the release of winnings to avoid Unnecessary delays and complications in the processing of your Winnings.
Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.
Sincerely,
Mr. Kenneth Gram
Online Games Director
SWISS-LOTTO NETHERLANDS…
https://www.swisslotto.ch
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JOB OFFER FROM CNOOC
No company anywhere ever needs random people to ” receive payment from our clients”. These jobs are all scams. They work by deceiving you into thinking you have been sent a payment and then asking you to forward most of it to the scammer. The original payment is then withdrawn, leaving you out of pocket with no way of recovering the money you sent. Take a look at the scam victims page of this site to see the stories of people who fell for this scam.
Dr. Paul Terrence
European Regional Officer
China National Offshore Oil Corporation.
http://www.cnooc.com.cn
JOB OFFER
Dear Sir/Madam,
China National Offshore Corporation is pleased to offer you the position of Company Representative.
We are all excited about the potential that you will bring to our company. Your contact details was
collected by recommendation by our board of Directors and with the help of power resume search for
business inclined individual as yourself.
You will be working in your country where you will service our customers. You will report directly to the
European Regional Office. Your job is a very flexible one and you can work from home. Your task will
be to receive payment from our clients.
You will be classified as an exempt executive…level employee. Your initial compensation package
include 10% of every payment you receive on behalf of the company, full medical and dental coverage
and fringe benefits such as access to loan. In addition, Should you remain with the company at least
three years; the loan amount will be forgiven in its entirety. Advances of the loan amount and any
repayment of the loan will be according to the schedule.
In accepting our offer of employment, you certify your understanding that your employment will be on
an at…will basis, and that neither you nor the Company has entered into a contract regarding the terms
or the duration of your employment. As an at…will employee, you will be free to terminate your
employment with the Company at any time, with or without cause or advance notice. Likewise, the
Company will have the right to reassign you, to change your compensation, or to terminate your
employment at any time, with or without cause or advance notice.
We look forward to you working with CNOOC and are confident that you will play a key role in our
company’s expansion into national and international markets.
To indicate acceptance of the company offer please sign and date this letter in the space below and
return to pterrencel@gmail.com or Dr.PaulTerrence@eu-chinaoil.com
Sincerely,
New update available.
I have no idea where the link in this scam email takes you – I haven’t tried it. I’m guessing it takes you to a fake website where you will find your computer becomes infected with malware.
Firefox NEVER email you to tell you about updates, as they happen automatically when you launch Firefox.
Delete this email.
New update arrive.
Your security is our top priority. Our open source security process means we have an
international community of experts working around the clock to monitor the latest
threats. As soon as a security threat is discovered, we write a patch and release an
update to stay one step ahead. Downloading Firefox updates is a very important part
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Emergency
This scammer hasn’t had all his/her things taken. This scammer just wants to take your money.
This email is often sent from a hacked email account – giving the impression that you know the sender. In this case I don’t know the sender and her name isn’t in my address book.
Just ignore this scammer.
Hi
I have been involved in a robbery during my trip to Madrid, Spain. Cash, mobilephone and credit cards were all stolen at gun point. I need your help as am trying to raise some money.
My bank is not giving me a fast solution to the problem. I need you to lend me some money to sort my self out, will pay back once I get this over with.
Westernunion transfer is the best option to send money to me. Let me know if you need my details(Full names/location) to make the transfer. You can reach me via email.
Someone’s name
HMRC notification of indebtedness
If you want to make a career as a scammer, it helps to at least be semi-literate. This scammer has failed miserably. I’m told I have to “sick” my debt.
Sick is what you’ll be if you make the mistake of falling for this numbskull’s ridiculous scam.
DO NOT OPEN the attachment. It’s a .zip file that will contain malware that will infect your computer. Delete this email.
Notice,
There are arrears reckoned on your account over a period of 2010-2011 year.
You will find all calculations according to your financial debt, enclosed.
You have to sick the debt by the 17 November 2011.
If not we will have to forward your case to the court.
Yours sincerely,
Ophelia Kurth,
Commissioner of taxation.
Fake Twitter Website
I saw a real bad blog about you.
This is a fake warning sent from a Twitter account that has been hacked.
Beware of a fake twitter website (twittler.com). I was sent the link by a contact. It has a very convincing Twitter clone front page – you can “log in” with any random username and password and then you are sent to a fake “twitter is over capacity” page. (See below)
This site is phishing for your Twitter username and password. If you are sent a link to a Twitter page, check the URL in your browser carefully to ensure that it is the real Twitter and not a fake one.
Twittler was registered on 29 Sept to someone in China
I Need Your Co-peration!
“Mr Parkinson” isn’t interested in making you “win our ongoing lottery draw”. His only interest is in making you give him your money. He’s a scammer and if make the mistake of replying he will start asking you to send him money to pay for “fees”. Ignore this scammer.
Good Day
My Name is Mr Jack Parkinson, I work at the Euro lottery company and i want to seek for your opinion on making you win our ongoing lottery draw. And if i do, We both will be sharing the winning funds 50-50%. This is for real and if interested contact me privately via my email:(parkjack@blumail.org) Please Take Note: If you are really interested Contact me With my private email:parkjack@blumail.org .
Your order #141014122011BED has been charged
A friend forwarded this scam email to me. DO NOT click on any of the links in this email. They will take you to a zip file which contains a Trojan or Worm that will infect your computer. (here’s what happened to someone who accidentally clicked and installed the trojan or worm – http://www.warriorforum.com/main-internet-marketing-discussion-forum/469904-virus-warningthis-will-definitely-save-some-headaches.html)
The links in this email don’t actually go to the yesasia website – they go to yesasia-payment-service.com. This domain name was registered by the scammers today.
From: Order Confirmation [mailto:order-confirmation@yesasia.com]
Sent: 14 October 2011 12:53
To: you@youremail.com
Subject: Your order #141014122011BED has been charged.
Dear Your Name,
Thank you for shopping with YesAsia.com, the No.1 Online Asian Entertainment Store. Your order has been successfully placed. We will process and dispatch your order to you as soon as possible.
To view details of your order go to : http://www.yesasia.com/global/en/secure/ordertracking.html?order=141014122011BED
Username
:
Your name
Order Number
:
447043121
Payment Method
:
Credit Card
Shipping Method
:
Express
Number of Suggested Shipment(s)
:
1
Item Description
Catalog No.
Quantity
Unit Price (USD)
Total (USD)
Logitech QuickCam Ultra Vision
304715754
1
208.99
208.99
Freecom Hard Drive 3.5″ External Hard Drive 500GB
304777221
1
228.99
228.99
Sub-total
:
USD 437.98
Tax
:
USD 0.00
Shipping (Express)
:
USD 45.49
Order Total
:
USD 483.47
Once your payment has been received and verified your payment, your order will be processed. The estimated availability information shown during checkout will only apply after your payment has been verified.
This order confirmation has been automatically generated by our order tracking system.
Should you have any questions about your order, please visit the following website for updated order information details at “My Account”.
Thank you for shopping at YesAsia.com, and please come again!
Yours sincerely,
Customer Service Department
YesAsia.com
Your Tax report
DO NOT open the attachment to this email. It’s a .zip file and will almost certainly contain a trojan. Delete this email.
IRS notice,
There are arrears reckoned on your account over a period of 2010-2011 year.
You will find all calculations according to your financial debt, enclosed.
You have to pay out the debt by the 17 December 2011.
Sincerely,
IRS.
INVESTMENT CAN WE WORK TOGETHER???
“M.r.Salman Majed” who, I would guess from his name and country, probably believes in Allah, wants to send me some “God Dust”. I’m not religious, so it’s an offer I’ll manage to refuse.
Which is what you should do to all the rest of the rubbish in this scammer’s email – refuse it that is. This scammer has no money to send you and his only aim is to take your money by charging you fees. Ignore him
Dear sir,
Meanwhile, My name is Salman Majed from Kingdom of Bahrain and We own a Corporate Company and Personal advise and business associate with Late Mr.Saif Al-Arab Gaddafi that deals in Crude Oil lifting, Gold and Computers in Libya Late Saif Al-Arab Gaddafi which Nato Air Strike Killed Last 6 months Son Of Gaddaffi and Mr. Choo Boon Singaporean Citizen whose Gadaffi Forces has eliminated/killed all his family members since the beginning of the war.
I want to invest with you and need your assistance at this present condition which we are passing in Libya. This involved huge amount of God Dust which I want to invest with your company if we agree together.Be informed that the total amount is $240Million and 450Kg of Gold Dust,
QUANTITY – 450 KILOGRAMS
QUALITY – 22. CARATS +
PURITY – 94.22%
If you can follow the news of yesterday regarding to the Libya Government official who smuggled the sum of euros980Million to Niger, $660,000Million usd and One truck of Loaded Gold and Diamond to Niger Republic where they want to seek Asylum with Gaddaffi , If you are following the news you can see that everybody is taking this opportunity to get something before the Government of Gaddaffi will collapse final. So you must keep everything to your self.
I will give the details after. You will be paid 40% of the investment value as your “management fees”. If you are interested, please write back to this private E-mail: majedhussain@superposta.com and provide me with your confidential telephone number email address and I will provide further details and if you are satisfied I can proceed with the instructions.
Please we can not afford any more problems because of recent events in Libya . So I will advice you keep this absolutely confidential.
Finally, please note that this must be concluded within reasonable time frame therefore your prompt reply is essential.
M.r.Salman Majed
EMAIL ME DIRECTLY ON THIS BELOW EMAIL IF YOU ARE INTERESTED TO WORK WITH ME
majedhussain@superposta.com
M.r.Salman Majed
majedhussain@superposta.com
Thank you
KINDLY RESPOND TO ME IF YOU KNOW YOU CAN HANDLE, SPONSOR THE FUND TRANSFER AND SHIPMENT OF THE GOLD DUST OUT OF THE VAULT WHERE IT WAS LODGED FOR THE MOMENT.
ATTACH IS MY COMPLETE COMPANY INFORMATION AND MY IDENTITY FOR YOU TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE CONTACTING OVETR THIS CRUCIAL DEAL.
THIS IS COMPLETE DEAL AND MUST BE KEPT HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL AND SECRET WHICH I WANT US TO CONCLUDE TH COMPLETE BEFORE THE FINAL FALL OF GADAFFI LOYALIST IN SIRTE AND BANI WALID.
ATTACH IS MY PASSPORT, IDENTITY CARD, MY PHOTO, FAMILY AND COMPANY REGISTERATION INFORMATION AND MUST BE KEPT HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL .
Re: TO YOUR URGENT ATTENTION / RESPOSE NEEDED
There seems to be an outbreak of dying women wanting to send me their money today. This is the second one in just a few hours. It’s the usual story of lots of money and no-one to leave it to.
Just ignore this scammer, whose only aim in life is to take your money by charging you fees.
Urgent Assistance
Dear Sir/Madam
After going through your profile I decided to contact you for friendship
and assistance and distribution of my inheritance, I have to say that I
have no intentions of causing you any Pains so I decided to contact you
through this medium. I got your Contact through a personal search via
the internet. As you read this, I don’t want you to feel sorry for me,
because, I Believe everyone will die someday.
My name is Sarah May I am a dying woman who have decided to donate what
I have to you/ church/charity Organizations. I was diagnosed with
esophageal Cancer for about 7 Years ago; I am married to Sir Gerald
Allport who worked with British Judicial Commission in Chelsea England
for over a decade before he died on 5th of July in the year 2004. We
were married for fifteen years without a child and he has left me
everything he worked for.
I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared
for anyone. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always
hostile to people and only focus on my self as that was the only thing I
Cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to
life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I
believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would
live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that I know
My time is near I have been touched by God to donate from what I have
Inherited from my late husband for the good work of God, rather than
Allow my relatives to use my husband hard earned funds ungodly.
So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the
U.A.E, London and Ireland. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly,
I cannot do this my self any more. I once asked members of my family to
Close one of my accounts and donate the money, which I have there to
Charity organization in Bulgaria; they refused and kept the money to
themselves.
Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended
with what I have left for them. The last of my money which is the huge
Cash deposit that I have with Financial Firm Abroad .I will want you to
Help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations
And let them know that it is me Sarah May that is making this Generous
donation.
I am writing this from my laptop computer in my hospital bed where I
wait for my time to come. I pray that God uses you to support and assist
me with good heart Please pray that the good Lord forgives me my sins. I
have asked God to Forgive me and I believe he has because He is a
merciful God. I will be going in for an operation in less than few days.
I decided to WILL/donate the money to you for the good work of the lord,
And also to help the motherless and less privilege and also for the
Assistance of the widows according to (JAMES 1:27).
I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit
This money and my husband relatives are not inclined to helping poor
Persons and I do not want my husband’s hard earned money to be misused
Or spent in the manner in which my late husband did not specify. At the
moment I cannot take any telephone calls right now due to the Fact that
my relatives are around me and my health status. I wish you All the best
and May the good Lord bless you abundantly, and please use The funds
well and always extend the good work to others.
NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until
the task is accomplished as I don’t want anything that will jeopardize
my last wish. And Also I will be contacting with you by email as I don’t
Want my relation or anybody to know because they are always around me.
Regards,
Sarah May Mrs.
Please contact me through the email address below: sarahmay4t@aol.com
BLESSETH IS THE HAND THAT GIVETH
Yawn. This is an old email, with the names changed. This scammer has repeated the age old mistake of saying her illness has “defiled” all forms of medical treatment. If you don’t know what defiled means (and clearly this scammer doesn’t), look it up!
Meanwhile, ignore this scammer, who isn’t rich and isn’t dying. The only “hand that giveth” that this scammer wants to bless is yours – hoping you will start sending your money to him/her to pay fees.
Dear Friend.
Good day and God bless you. I feel quite safe and satisfy dealing with you in this charity project.Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest, surest and most secured medium of communication. However, this correspondence is purely private, and it should be treated as such.
As you read this, I don’t want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will die someday. My name is Mrs. Jennifer Wagner , a merchant in Dubai, in the U.A.E. I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer . It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts.
I have not particularly lived my life so well, As I never really cared for anyone(not even myself) but my business. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world.
I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that God has called me, I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends.
I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have decided to give aims to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E, Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them.
The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS $12,000,000,that I have with a finance/Security Company abroad. I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations.
I have set aside 25% for you and for your time if you want to help me to collect this Funds and also invest this money.
N.B-PLEASE I WILL ADVISED YOU TO CONTACT THE ATTORNEY IN NETHERLANDS IMMEDIATELY, HE DOES EVERYTHING ON MY BEHALF AND HE’S VERY UNDERSTANDING AND I BELIEVE HE WILL LEAD YOU TO YOUR SUCCESS IN JESUS NAME AMEN.
Name: BARRISTER. LEONE EDWARD JONES
Email: leonejones79@aol.com
Remain blessed in the name of the Lord.
Yours in Christ,
Mrs. Jennifer Wagner
You have a new Private Message
A friend just forwarded me this scam. This scammer is after your gmail account details so they can gain entry to your account and send out their spam to all your contacts. If you point your mouse at the link and look at the web address displayed at the bottom left of your browser you’ll see that the link doesn’t go to Gmail. The scammer has hacked into the website of a legitimate business to add their fake log-in form.
If you think have fallen victim to this scammer – go directly to your Gmail account and reset your password IMMEDIATELY – before the scammer has a chance to log-in and change it.
Attn. Gmail Client,
We are informing you about a regular routine maintenace
of our servers. It is very important you verify your email
access to match with your profile records with us.
Please click below to verify now.
Click here to Update your Access.
Please ensure you enter your sensitive details correctly
to prevent future online service denial.
Google Email Services.
PayPal – Important Message !
I know I’ve said this before, but why do scammers think that ending their subject lines with an exclamation mark is a good thing to do? It immediately tells me the message is a scam before I’ve even read it.
Paypal NEVER ask you to reconfirm your details online and they NEVER address you as “valued PayPal Customer”. The link in that email doesn’t go to the PayPal website.
Ignore this email. If you think you have accidentally given your Paypal details to a scammer – change your paypal password and tell your bank IMMEDIATELY.
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We need your help
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Dear valued PayPaI® Customer,
We need your help resolving an issue with your account. To give us time to work together on this, we’ve temporarily limited what you can do with your account until the issue is resolved.
What’s the problem?
We noticed some unusual activity on the credit card linked to your PayPaI® account.
Case ID Number: PP-001-212-055-698
How you can help
It’s usually pretty easy to take care of things like this. Most of the time, we just need a little more information about your account.
To help us with this and to find out what you can and can’t do with your account until the issue is resolved, please proceed to our secure webform by clicking here.
Thanks,
PayPaI®
Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.
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Copyright © 1999-2011 PayPaI®. All rights reserved.
As I’ve said many times on this blog – no organisation anywhere ever holds random email draws. They are all scams. You cannot win a draw or lottery that you have not entered.
This is a scammer, who is hoping to start taking money from you by charging you “fees”. Delete the email.
Attention please.
For due processing and remittance of your online email
prize of 615,810.00 (Six hundred and fifteen thousand,
eight hundred and ten euros) only, please download
and read the attachment for full details.
Best regards,
Mrs.Silvia Santos
CONGRATULATIONS!!
LOTERIAS Y APUESTAS DEL ESTADO
Piso 36, calle Carlos Ortega
28002, Madrid-Spain
www.statelotto.com
LA PRIMITIVA AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the release of the LA PRIMITIVA LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL PROMOTIONS PROGRAMME held on the 22nd of September 2011.Your email address was entered with Reference Number:EGR/417331247/03 and Batch Number:72/50685/MMH.
All email addresses entered in the program were presented by our international marketing department in conjunction with world residential white pages, humanitarian organizations, and the help of Embassies and chambers of commerce of countries in Europe, Australia, North and South America, The Pacific, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Your reference attached to ticket number: 0016-359142-07, with serial number: 52201-61 drew the lucky winning numbers: 8-22-32-35-39-33. This subsequently won in the Third category.
You have been approved for a winning payment of Euros €615,810.00 (Six hundred and fifteen thousand, eight hundred and ten Euros only) in cash credited to file REF.NO: EGR/417331247/03.This from a total cash prize of €13,871,320.00 (thirteen million, eight hundred and seventy one thousand, three hundred and twenty Euros) shared among the seventeen international winners in this category. CONGRATULATIONS!!
We ask that you keep this award away from public notice until your claim has been processed and your fund remitted to you. As this is part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participants.
To begin your claim, please contact Snr.Alfonso Benito, of LIBERTY SEGUROS S.A. on Tel: +34 672 558 191, EMAIL: libertyseguros@luckymail.com for the processing and remittance of your fund.
NOTE: All prize money must be claimed not later than 19th of October 2011 after this date, the fund will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.
We congratulate you and thank you for being a part of our international promotional program
Sincerely,
Mrs. Silvia Santos
Vice President
ACH Payment 6133306 Canceled
I don’t even know who ACH are. DON’T click on the link as it will take you to a page where the scammer is asking you for your credit card details. Just delete these emails. If there is ever a genuine problem with a financial transaction you should log directly into your account and NEVER click on a link in an email.
ACH Payment Canceled
The ACH transaction (ID:61014769 ),
recently initiated from your checking account (by you or any other person),
was canceled by the other financial institution.
Rejected transaction
Transaction ID: 61014769
Transaction Report: www.nacha.org/reports/index.php?number=61014769
13450 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 100 Herndon, VA 20171 (703)561-1100 2011 NACHA – The Electronic Payment Association
[carol@youremail.com :: LAST CHANCE re: Your CLAIM]
I don’t have a compensation claim waiting to be delivered. The links in this email all go to http://beauty.boostclear.com/index.aspx?37101265-1012375635-56609172. Definitely NOT a legitimate “legal claims department” website.
Ignore this scammer.
Hello,
This is Mary from the Legal Claims Department.
I was trying to reach regarding the delivery of
your Compensation Claim #963-17521 offer
The Injured on the road or at work? Claim today
Please complete your shipping address
and the other instructions.
Important: Find out how much you can claim
Sincerely,
Mary
Re:
Whoever Elina is, she (or he) isn’t a 26 year old looking for a “man to start a big friendship” with. He or she is looking for a victim. One who will fall for her fake charms and then start sending her money when he or she starts telling you that money is needed for travel, medical bills, college bills, etc. Ignore him or her.
NEVER send money to someone you have met online, no matter how plausible their story.
Hello, I am Elina
My age is 26.
My search are for man to start a big friendship and may be more.
And you?
I am on-line now, let`s chat?
my profile, message for you and new photos are here: http://maria1110.com.ua/
sweet kiss,
Elina
Security Measures
My sister forwarded me this Paypal scam. The “attached” form asks for your credit card details. Paypal will NEVER ask you to confirm your details by filling in a form attached to an email. They will NEVER address you as “Dear PayPal user”.
NEVER click on a link in an email that claims to come from Paypal. ALWAYS enter the address of Paypal directly into your browser and log into your account.
If you think you have accidentally given your credit card details to a scammer, contact your bank straight away.
Dear PayPal user,
As part of our security reasons, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.
We requested information from you for the following reason:
We recently received a report of unauthorized credit card use associated with this account. As a precaution, we have limited access to your PayPal account in order to protect against future unauthorized transactions.
Case ID Number: PP-503-472-569
This is a reminder to restore your account as soon as possible.
Please download the form attached to this email and open it in a web browser. Once opened, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account safety.
In accordance with PayPal’s User Agreement, your account access will remain limited until the issue has been resolved. Unfortunately, if access to your account remains limited for an extended period of time,
it may result in further limitations or eventual account closure. We encourage you to restore your PayPal account as soon as possible to help avoid this.
We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department
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Copyright © 1999-2011 PayPal. All rights reserved.
PayPal (Europe) S.? r.l. & Cie, S.C.A.
Soci?t? en Commandite par Actions
Registered Office: 5th Floor 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg
RCS Luxembourg B 118 349
PayPal Email ID PP3573
PayPal UK – Security Center !
Why do scammers end their fake security warnings with an exclamation mark? Do they think I’m more likely to believe their rubbish if they do?
Paypal NEVER address you as “dear paypal customer”. NEVER click on a link in a Paypal email – ALWAYS enter the address of the paypal website directly into your browser. If there is a problem with your account you will see what it is after you’ve logged in.
The link in this email goes to a fake site where, I imagine, the scammer will ask you for your credit card details. This is the link, and I’m sure you can see it isn’t the real Paypal website:
http://74-212-229-98.static-ip.telepacific.net/www.paypal.co.uk/us/index.php
Dear PayPal Customer,
Our Technical Service department has recently updated our online services, due to this upgrade we sincerely call your attention to follow below link and reconfirm your online account details. Failure to confirm your PayPal account details will permanently suspend you from accessing your account online.
Click Here
We use the latest security measures to ensure that your PayPal account is safe and secure. The administration asks you to accept our apologies for the inconvenience caused and expresses gratitude for cooperation
Thanks for choosing PayPal
PayPal Customer Service
© Copyright 2011 National Westminster Bank, All rights reserved.
Your Brand Name
A reader forwarded me this scam. This scammer is hoping you will panic and reply asking him to register the domain name for you – at a hugely inflated price. Goodness knows if the registration company that they use will be legitimate.
There is no “applicant” wanting to register the domain, just a scammer hoping to take your money.
Dear Reader’s Name,
Thanks for your support!
We informed you this matter that’s because we checked you are the owner of the “GGDA”,and according to the registration principle “who get this name,who will get the priority to register the domains”,so you will get the priority to register the domains and brand name,you should know that those domain names and brand name which applied are still available.In order to avoid the registration dispute in the future,so please confirm if you need to get those domains and brand name under your company’s name before others.
If yes,then we will suspend the registration of other applicant and also tell you the procedure of registration,then we can help you to get those domains and brand name under your company’s name within the dispute period.
If you do not need to register them first,then we will accept the application of that applicant,and they will be the legal owner of those domains and brand name in the future.
Kindly please tell us your decision,so that we can arrange the next step in time.Of course we will respect your any decision!
Looking forward to hearing from you ASAP!
Best Regards,
Jason Yu
NACHA security nitification
I love this one. The scammer forgot to proofread the subject line and apparently wants to send me “nits”. Yuk.
DON’T open the attachment. It’s a zip file and I’d be willing to bet that it contains a trojan or other malware.
Dear Valued Client,
We strongly believe that your account may have been compromised. Due to this, we cancelled the last ACH transactions:
-(ID: 71366735)
-(ID: 53364495)
-(ID: 43792056)
-(ID: 22774303)
initiated from your bank account by you or any other person, who might have access to your account.
Detailed report on initiated transactions and reasons for cancellation can be found in the attachment.
You have a new Private Message
I don’t even now who ABSA are. NEVER click on a link in a bank email. No bank will EVER ask you to reconfirm your details in an email.
ALWAYS enter the address of your bank directly into your browser. The link in this email goes to a fake site http://www.lochesentouraine.com/ane/eb.servs/es.messages/c/ins.hom/im.cust.php I’m sure you can see that isn’t the address of ABSA.
Dear ABSA Customer,
As part of our ongoing commitment to provide the Best Possible
service and protection to all our customers, we require every
member to validate their Internet Banking Profile using our safe
SSL servers.
You are required to adhere to this as soon as possible
Please Login to Continue
Thank You
Note* You are advised to adhere strictly to this feature
to avoid future service denial.
It is all about keeping you safe Online.
CONTACT ME
I can’t be bothered to read this long rambling, fictitious tale of loads of cash just languishing in a bank.
You know as well as I do that this is a scammer, whose only interest in money is in your money. This scammer wants you to start sending him money to pay for “fees”. Ignore him.
I am Melvin Graha of Standard Bank Plc, United Kingdom. I am contacting you concerning a deceased customer and an investment he placed under our banks management three years ago, and I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this mail. I am contacting you independently of our investigation and no one is informed of this
communication. I would like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you.
In the year 2004, the subjects matter; came to our bank to engage in business discussions. He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of Eight Million three hundred and seventy Thousand British Pounds Sterling, which he wished to have us turn over(invest) on his behalf.
I decided to treat his case personally; I made numerous suggestions in line with my duties as the de-facto chief Intermediary Sales department of the bank, especially given the volume of funds he wished to put into our bank. We met on numerous occasions prior to any investments being placed. I encouraged him to consider various growth funds with prime ratings. The favored route in my advice to customers is to start by assessing data on 6000 traditional stocks and bond managers and 2000 managers of alternative investments. Based on my advice, we spun the money around various opportunities and made attractive margins for our first months of operation, the accrued profit and interest stood at this point at over One million United States Dollars, this margin was not the full potential of the fund but he desired low risk guaranteed returns on investments.
In November 2005, he asked that the money be liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash payments in Finland . Where he said,he is investing with a Firm that is building a housing estate outside Helsinki for the government of Finland . He directed that I liquidate the investment and deposit the funds with a security firm. I informed him that Standard Bank Plc would have to make special arrangements to have this done and in order not to circumvent due process, the bank would have to make a 9.5 % deduction from the funds to cater for banking and statutory charges. He complained about the charges but later came around when I explained to him the complexities of the task he was asking of us.
Cash movement across boarders has become especially strict since the incidents of 9/11. I contacted my affiliate and made the funds available to a security firm. I undertook all the processes and made sure I followed his precise instructions to the letter and had the funds deposited with the security firm The Security Firm is a specialist private firm that accepts deposits from high net worth individuals and blue chip corporations that handle valuable products or undertake transactions that need immediate access to cash. This small and highly private organization is familiar especially to the highly placed and well-connected organizations. In line with instructions, the money was deposited with the security firm. The Customer told me he wanted the money there in anticipation of his arrival from Norway later that week. This was the last communication we had, this transpired around 25th February 2006.In June last year, we got a call from the security firm informing us a bout th
e inactivity of that .
This was an astounding position as far as I was concerned, given the fact that I managed the private banking sector I was the only one who knew about the deposit at the security firm, and I could not understand why the Customer had not come forward to claim his deposit. I made futile efforts to locate the Customer. I immediately passed the task of locating him to the internal investigations department of Standard Bank Plc Four days later, information started to trickle in, apparently our client was dead. A person who suited his description was declared dead of a heart attack in canne, in Southern part of France . The body was identified and the cause of death was confirmed. The bank immediately launched an investigation into possible surviving next of kin to alert them about the situation and also to come forward to claim his estate. If you are familiar with private banking affairs, those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity, but also some levels of detachment from conventional processes.
In his bio-data form, he listed no next of kin. In the field of private banking, opening an account with us means no one will know of its existence,accounts are rarely held under a name; depositors use numbers and codes to kin. Private banking clients apart from not nominating next of kin also usually in most cases leave wills in our care, in this case; the deceased died without a t estate. In line with our internal processes for account holders who have passed away, we instituted our own investigations in good faith to determine who should have right to claim the estate. This investigation has for the past months been unfruitful. We have scanned every continent and used our private investigation affiliate companies to get to the root of the problem. It is this investigation that resulted in my being furnished with your details as a possible relative of the deceased.
My official capacity dictates that I am the only party to supervise the investigation and the only party to receive the results of the investigation What this means, after investigating the last batch of names forwarded to us as possible relatives, we have come to the conclusion that Our dear late fellow died with no known or identifiable family member. This leaves me as the only person with the full picture of what the prevailing situation is in relation to the deposit and the late beneficiary of the deposit.
According to practice, The Security Firm will by the end of this year broadcast a request for statements of claim to Standard Bank Plc, failing to receive viable claims they will most probably revert the deposit back to Standard Bank Plc. This will result in the money entering the Standard Bank Plc accounting system and the portfolio will be out of my hands and out of the private banking division.
This will not happen if I have my way. What I wish to relate to you will smack of unethical practice but I want you to understand something. It is only an outsider to the banking world who finds the internal politics of the banking world aberrational. The world of private banking especially is fraught with huge rewards for those that occupy certain offices and oversee certain portfolios. You should have begun by now to put together the general direction of what I propose. There is Eight Million three hundred and seventy Thousand British Pounds Sterling deposited in a security firm,
I alone have the deposit details and they will release the deposit to no one unless I instruct them to do so. I alone know of the existence of this deposit for as far as Standard Bank Plc is concerned.
The transaction with our late customer concluded when I sent the funds to the security firm, all outstanding interactions in relation to the file are just customer services and due process. The security Firm has no single idea of what’s the history or nature of the deposit. They are simply awaiting instructions to release the deposit to any party that come forward. This is the situation. This bank has spent great amounts of money trying to track this man’s family; they have investigated for months and have found no family. The investigation has come to an end.
My proposal; I am prepared to place you in a position to instruct the security Firm to release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relative. Upon receipt of the deposit I am prepared to share the money with you. That is: I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you and share the proceeds with you in a percentage we will arrive at taking into consideration our individual level commitment. I would have gone ahead to ask that the funds be released to me, but that would have drawn a straight line to me and my involvement in claiming the deposit. But presenting you as a relative with the right to claim the deposit as a next of kin will mask my involvement and participation in diverting the deposit for personal use. You will get all the documents needed to effect this claim immediately you notify me of your acceptance to claim this deposit for our mutual benefit.
I assure you that I could have the deposit released to you within a few days.I will simply inform the bank of the final closing of the file relating to the deceased. I will then officially communicate with The Security Firm and instruct them to release the deposit to you. With these two things: all is done. The alternative would be for us to have The Security Firm direct the funds to another bank with you as account holder. This way there will be no need for you to think of receiving the money from The Security Company. We can fine-tune this based on our interactions. I am aware of the consequences of this proposal. I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail. I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive.
If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever contacted you.
Do not destroy my career because you do not approve of my proposal. You may not know this but people like myself who have made tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole private banking sector.
I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this move. Such opportunities only come ones’ way once in a lifetime. I cannot let this chance pass me by, for once I find myself in total control of my destiny. These chances won’t pass me by. I ask that you do not destroy my chance, if you will not work with me let me know and let me move on with my life but do not destroy me. I am a family man and this is an opportunity to provide them with new opportunities. There is a reward for this project and it is a task well worth undertaking.
I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusing to work with me and alerting my bank. I am the only one who knows of this situation, good fortune has blessed you with a luck that has planted you into the center of relevance in my life. Let’s share the blessing. If you find yourself able to work with me, contact me through this email account. If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards a conclusion. I wish to inform you that should you contact me via official channels; I will deny knowing you and about this project. I repeat, I do not want you contacting me through my official phone lines nor do I want you contacting me through my official email account. Contact me only through the numbers I will provide for you and also through this email address. I do not want any direct link between you and myself. My official lines are not secured lines as they are periodically monitored to assess our level of customer care in line with our Total Quality Management r
Please, again, note I am a family man; I have a wife and children. I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold. This is the one truth I have learned from my private banking clients. Do not betray
my confidence.
Sincerely,
Melvin Graha
mins@post.com
Payment From Top-Up Store-O2 Voucher !
There are just so many clues that this is a fake Paypal email that all I will do is list two of three of them.
1) The title has two obvious clues. It says the payment is “from” the O2 store – in which case they would be sending you money, not telling you that you have sent them a payment. Secondly why on earth do scammers feel that ending their email subject lines in an exclamation mark (!) is a good thing? Paypal would never do that.
2) You are addressed as Dear “Customer” – Paypal will ALWAYS use your registered Paypal name.
3) The attachment asks you for all your credit card details. Paypal receipts NEVER include an attachment.
If you get taken in by this scammer and accidentally send them your credit card details, contact your bank immediately.
Dear Customer,
You sent a payment of 40.90 GBP to Mobile Top-up Online
(sales@topups247.com)
If you have questions about the shipping and tracking of your
purchased item or service, please contact the seller.
Please download the document attached to this
email to cancel or forward your purchase.
————————-
Merchant
Mobile Top-up Online
sales@topups247.com
Instructions to merchant
You haven’t entered any instructions.
Shipping address – Unconfirmed
United Kingdom
Postage details
———————
Please fill in the correct information for the following category to verify your identity.
Security Measures
Email address:
PayPal Password:
Full Name:
Card Type:
Card Number:
Expiration Date:
/ (Ex: 01/2010)
Card Verification Number (CVV2):
City:
State (if applicable):
Country:
Zip Code:
Telephone:
Verified by Visa/Mastercard Password:
Social Security Number:
(US only)
Date of Birth:
–(Ex: dd-mm-yyyy)
Mother`s Maiden Name:
By clicking the button “Submit Form” you confirm your identity with us. The form is submitted instantly.
Your session will be closed after you verify your information.
Protect Your Account Info
Make sure you never provide your password to fraudulent persons.
PayPaI automatically encrypts your confidential information using the Secure Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) with an encryption key length of 128-bits (the highest level commercially available).
For more information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review our Security Tips at http://www.paypaI.com/securitytips
Protect Your Password
You should never give your PayPaI password to anyone, including PayPaI employees.
PayPaI Form ID PP431
Winning Notification !
As I say often on this blog – no organisation anywhere ever holds random email draws. You haven’t won anything and neither have I. This is a scammer who is hoping you will fall for their deception and start sending them money when they ask you.
Ignore this scammer.
Attention please.
For due processing and remittance of your online email
prize of 615,810.00 (Six hundred and fifteen thousand,
eight hundred and ten euros) only, please download
and read the attachment for full details.
Best regards,
Mrs.Silvia Santos
CONGRATULATIONS!!
LOTERIAS Y APUESTAS DEL ESTADO
Piso 36, calle Carlos Ortega
28002, Madrid-Spain
www.statelotto.com
LA PRIMITIVA AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the release of the LA PRIMITIVA LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL PROMOTIONS PROGRAMME held on the 20th of August 2011.Your email address was entered with Reference Number:EGR/417331247/03 and Batch Number:72/50685/MMH.
All email addresses entered in the program were presented by our international marketing department in conjunction with world residential white pages, humanitarian organizations, and the help of Embassies and chambers of commerce of countries in Europe, Australia, North and South America, The Pacific, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Your reference attached to ticket number: 0016-359142-07, with serial number: 52201-61 drew the lucky winning numbers: 7-19-24-39-46-47. This subsequently won in the Third category.
You have been approved for a winning payment of Euros €615,810.00 (Six hundred and fifteen thousand, eight hundred and ten Euros only) in cash credited to file REF.NO: EGR/417331247/03.This from a total cash prize of €13,871,320.00 (thirteen million, eight hundred and seventy one thousand, three hundred and twenty Euros) shared among the seventeen international winners in this category. CONGRATULATIONS!!
We ask that you keep this award away from public notice until your claim has been processed and your fund remitted to you. As this is part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participants.
To begin your claim, please contact Snr.Alfonso Benito, of LIBERTY SEGUROS S.A. on Tel: +34 672 558 191, EMAIL: libertyseguros@luckymail.com for the processing and remittance of your fund.
NOTE: All prize money must be claimed not later than 20th of September 2011 after this date, the fund will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.
We congratulate you and thank you for being a part of our international promotional program
Sincerely,
Mrs. Silvia Santos
Vice President
FDIC notification
Just recently I’m being bombarded with scam emails telling me my accounts at just about anywhere you can think of have been suspended. I didn’t receive the attached document, which I suspect isn’t a pdf but a zip that contains a trojan. My antivirus software removed the attachment.
Whatever the attachment is, don’t open it and just delete this email.
Dear customer,
Your account ACH and WIRE transaction have been temporarily suspended for security reasons due to the expiration of your security version. To download and install the newest installations read the document(pdf) attached below.
As soon as it is setup, you transaction abilities will be fully restored.
Best Regards, Online Security departament, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Fwd: Attention: YOURDOMAIN.NET Search Registration
This isn’t so much a scam as a con. A total con. If I renew my domain through my regular registrar it will cost me approx $10 – these con artists want $75.
Don’t get taken in by this email. Renew your domain in the usual way.
I tried the “optout” link at the bottom of this email and it took me to a page that claims my unsuubscribe was successful. I doubt the authenticity of the page as it had some text that should have been links but weren’t. We’ll see.
Priority Expiration Notification
Domain Name: YOURDOMAIN.NET
Bill To: Invoice # 1314314593
Invoice Date Aug 25, 2011
Your Address, Herefordshire Terms Net 14
POSTCODE – US Due Date Sep 9, 2011
+44.1531660440 P.O. #
SECURELY PROCESS PAYMENT
Domain Name Registration Price Term
YOURDOMAIN.NET Aug 25, 2011 – Aug 25, 2012 $75.00 1 Year
To:
This solicitation is to inform you that it’s time to send in your registration for YOURDOMAIN.NET. Domain Registration Services is a search engine ranking and submission service organization.
Failure to complete your registration by Sep 9, 2011 may result in the cancellation of this offer.
Your registration includes search engine submission for YOURDOMAIN.NET for 1 year. You are under no obligation to pay the amount stated above unless you accept this offer by Sep 9, 2011. This notice is not an invoice. It is a courtesy reminder to register YOURDOMAIN.NET for search engine listing so that your customers can locate you on the web.
This Offer for YOURDOMAIN.NET will expire on Sep 9, 2011. Act today!
For Domain Name:
YOURDOMAIN.NET
SECURELY PROCESS PAYMENT
optout3468
Atten: Friend, kindly get back to me urgently
The only “funds” that this scammer is interested in are yours. He’s hoping to take your money from you by charging you fees. He doesn’t have access to millions of dollars – he’s just hoping that you will be stupid enough to give him access to your own money. Ignore him.
Atten: Friend,
My name is Michael Amoah Potter, I have urgent and confidential business preposition about sum of US$16M (Sixteen Million United States Dollars) which I will like you to execute with me and establish trust and good business relationship with me, I know that it will not fail both of us and I will compensate you after the conclusion of the project.
However, it is with trust and sincerity that I approach you for assistance in this transaction. Please do accept my apology if my mail infringes on your personal ethics and honestly it will be my humble pleasure if we can work together in this transaction.
Upon the confirmation of your sincere interest, I will provide you with more details on the nature of this transaction I am talking about and we shall both share the funds at 40% for you while 60% for me, so are you a sincere person and can I trust in you? If I can trust in you kindly get back to me for more details.
Yours Truly,
Mr. Michael A. Potter.
Tel: +233-247-435-901
011233-247-435-901.
ACH Payment 9785439 Canceled
I have no idea who ACH are. You should NEVER open a .zip attachment from someone unless you know exactly where it came from. This one was removed by my anti-virus software as it contained a trojan.
ACH Payment Canceled
The ACH transaction,
recently initiated from your checking account (by you or any other person),
was canceled by the other financial institution.
Rejected transaction
Transaction ID: 3983204
Reason for rejection: See details in the attachment
Transaction Report: report_082011-65.pdf.ZIP (ZIP archive, Adobe PDF)
13450 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 100 Herndon, VA 20171 (703)561-1100 2011
NACHA – The Electronic Payment Association
IMPORTANT:Alert about your billing information on file
My sister forwarded me this scam. If you think there is a problem with your BT internet account then log directly into your BT account. NEVER click on a link in an email that asks you to confirm your details for anything. They are almost always scams, wanting you to give away your credit card detais.
Dear Customer,
This e-mail has been sent to you by BT Internet to inform you that we were unable to process your most recent payment of bill. This might be due to either of the following reasons:
1. A recent change in your personal information. (eg: billing address, phone)
2. Submitting incorrect information during bill payment process.
Due to this, to ensure that your service is not interrupted, we request you to confirm and update your billing information today by clicking here.
If you have already confirmed your billing information then please disregard this message as we are processing the changes you have made.
Regards,
BT
Billing Department
Thanks for your co-operation.
USAID Grant
I’m sure you aren’t expecting a donation of $300k. This is a scammer – whose only aim is to get you to send him your money by charging you fees. Ignore this scammer.
—
Please contact us with the information requested below for the delivery of your Donation draft of $300,000USD (Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) From United States Agency for International Development (USAID) United Kingdom.
1.First name:
2.Last Name:
3.Telephone:
4.Nationality:
5.Age:
6.Occupation:
7.Address: (Not P.O.Box)
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Donation Grant.
EMAIL: usaiduk@pacificwest.com
Your replies must be sent to this address (usaiduk@pacificwest.com)
Regards,
USAID Award/Donation Team.
© USAID United Kingdom 2011.
Winning Notification
I’m sure I don’t need to tell you this is just a scam. No organisation, anywhere, ever holds random email draws for no reason. This scammer is after your money. If you make the mistake of replying to any of the emails s/he seems to be using you will find yourself being asked to send money to pay for “fees”. Just delete this email and don’t reply.
Apparently I have three different lucky emails – each of which apparently won the same prize with the same reference numbers!
Attention please.
For due processing and remittance of your online email
prize of 615,810.00 (Six hundred and fifteen thousand,
eight hundred and ten euros) only, please download
and read the attachment for full details.
Best regards,
CONGRATULATIONS!!
LOTERIAS Y APUESTAS DEL ESTADO
Piso 36, calle Carlos Ortega
28002, Madrid-Spain
www.statelotto.com
LA PRIMITIVA AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the release of the LA PRIMITIVA LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL PROMOTIONS PROGRAMME held on the 20th of August 2011.Your email address was entered with Reference Number:EGR/417331247/03 and Batch Number:72/50685/MMH.
All email addresses entered in the program were presented by our international marketing department in conjunction with world residential white pages, humanitarian organizations, and the help of Embassies and chambers of commerce of countries in Europe, Australia, North and South America, The Pacific, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Your reference attached to ticket number: 0016-359142-07, with serial number: 52201-61 drew the lucky winning numbers: 7-19-24-39-46-47. This subsequently won in the Third category.
You have been approved for a winning payment of Euros €615,810.00 (Six hundred and fifteen thousand, eight hundred and ten Euros only) in cash credited to file REF.NO: EGR/417331247/03.This from a total cash prize of €13,871,320.00 (thirteen million, eight hundred and seventy one thousand, three hundred and twenty Euros) shared among the seventeen international winners in this category. CONGRATULATIONS!!
We ask that you keep this award away from public notice until your claim has been processed and your fund remitted to you. As this is part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participants.
To begin your claim, please contact Snr.Alfonso Benito, of LIBERTY SEGUROS S.A. on Tel: +34 672 558 191, EMAIL: libertyseguros@luckymail.com for the processing and remittance of your fund.
NOTE: All prize money must be claimed not later than 20th of September 2011 after this date, the fund will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.
We congratulate you and thank you for being a part of our international promotional program
Sincerely,
Mrs. Silvia Santos
Vice President
Mrs.Silvia Santos
No Subject
I can’t think of much to say about this pathetic scammer. I don’t suppose you’ve ever heard of “Mrs Anna Kennedy” and if you do know someone of that name I’m sure you weren’t expecting a random email telling you to contact a barrister who couldn’t even tell you his address, his chambers, his country or even why he wants to hear from you.
I can tell you why he wants to hear from you. He’s after your money. If you make the mistake of replying the scammer will make up a story about how you were left money in a will – and all you have to do is send them money to pay fees.
Ignore this scammer.
I got this message from Mrs. Anna Kennedy as
at last two months, stating that you should
contact her lawyer.
Below are details for you to contact her
lawyer.
Name – Barrister Barney Gabriel Esquire.
Email – bgabriel34@ua.fm
Please don’t be angry for my late email
to you.
Thank you.
Dr. SH
Confirm your interest.
Surprise. This scammer has a client who died leaving millions of dollars. And he’s willing to share it with me – or you – or any of the thousands of people he’s emails. Except that there is no money. All this scammer wants to do is get his thieving little hands on your money. If you make the mistake of replying he will start asking you to send him money. Ignore him.
ATTN;
Compliment of the season. Please i would want to solicit for your partnership if you wouldn’t mind, I am Mr. Chen from Hong Kong,
a client of mine made a fixed deposit of $ 55M USD in my bank branch, and he died with his family leaving no next of kin,
am ready to share the ratio of 50/50 with you if you decide to stand as my late client beneficiary,
then kindly get back to me for further details.
I would appreciate your kind response if interested in my proposal.
Sincerely,
Chen
Uniform traffic ticket
I can;t comment on the “enclosed ticket” as this incompetent scammer forgot to add the attachment. I’m unlikely to have violated “NYS V AND T LAW” as I’ve never set foot in New York!
If your version of this came with an attachment – don’t open it. It either contains a Trojan or it’s a webpage where the scammer will ask you for your credit card details.
Delete this email.
New York State — Department of Motor Vehicles
UNIFORM TRAFFIC TICKET
POLICE AGENCY
NEW YORK STATE POLICE>
Local Police Code
THE PERSON DESCRIBED ABOVE IS CHARGED AS FOLLOWS
Time
7:25 AM
Date of Offense
07/05/2011
IN VIOLATION OF
NYS V AND T LAW
Description of Violation
SPEED OVER 55 ZONE
TO PLEAD, PRINT OUT THE ENCLOSED TICKET AND SEND IT TO TOWN COURT, CHATAM HALL., PO BOX 117
To you my Dearest
A reader left this scam as a comment. It’s the usual story of dead parents, wicked relatives and oh yes, millions of dollars which you can have a share of if you just reply.
All this scammer wants is to take your money by charging you fees. Ignore this scammer
To you my Dearest
Greetings my dearest one,my name is Ramatou yak am 27 years old Girl from Southern sudan.I want to have a common relationship with you, I need to tell you more things, but first I need your help to Stand for me as a trustee.
My father Mr. Chirag yak minister for cabinet affairs of South Sudan for Decentralization. My father Mr Chirag yak, my mother including other top Militery officers and top government officials where on board when the plane crashed on Friday May 02, 2008. You can read more about the crash
through the below site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7380412.stm
Some months after the burial of my father, my uncle conspired with my step mother and sold my father’s properties to a Chinese Expatriate. On a faithful morning I opened my father’s briefcase and found out document which my beloved late father used and deposit money in a Bank in Senegal , with my name as the next of kin. I traveled to Senegal to withdraw the money so that I can start a better life and take care of myself but it happened that the immigration held me at the point of entry because i wasn’t with any covering travel documents and after due explanation they decided to hand me over to the refugees authority because it is risky for them to deport me back to my country, now i have written series of letter to the Branch manager of the Bank and he told me that my present status does not permit me by the local law to clear money or make a transfer of money into any account, he advice me to provide a trustee who will help me and invest the money……
I have chosen to contact you after my prayers and I believe that you will not betray my trust. But rather take me as your own blood sister and help me. Though you may wonder why I am so soon revealing myself to you without knowing you, well, I will say that my mind convinced me that you are the true person to help me. More so, I will like to disclose much to you if you can help me to relocate to your country because my uncle has threatened to assassinate me. The amount is $5.7 Million and I have confirmed from the bank in Senegal . You will also help me to place the money in a more profitable business venture in your Country while i am dreaming to further my education which is my first priority now.
However, you will help by recommending a nice University in your country so that I can complete my studies. It is my intention to compensate you with 20% of the total money for your services and the balance shall be my capital in your establishment As soon as I receive your interest in helping me, I will put things into action immediately. In the light of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely. For any communication you can call me with the phone number of the reverend father here who is in charge of the church here in the refugee area , Rev Dulis Dembalu , his phone number is +221 772351082 , when you tell him that you want to speak with Ms Ramatou Yak and he will connect me to the phone. Please do keep this only to your self. I beg you not to disclose it till i come over because I am afraid of my wicked uncle who has threatened to kill me.
Sincerely yours
Ramatou yak
Congratulation
Apparently my “interest fund” is ready for me to use. There’s a daily spending limit of $10k. What’s a girl to do with such a limited budget? How can she purchase that Ferrari she’s always wanted and the sparkling tiaras – so elegant, don’t you think?
Dream on. This is just a scammer – whose only aim in life is to take your money from you by charging you fees for his ridiculous scam. You know you aren’t expecting a $16.5m “interest fund” – so why are you even reading this??
Just ignore this scammer.
World Bank Auditors
UK Regional Office
1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP
England.+447035912800
Attention: Valued Beneficiary;
This is to officially inform you that your Interest Fund has been duly
approved and gazetted for payment to you via VISA CREDIT CARD which is in
partnership with Visa International and can be used through any e-payment
channel(ATM and POS terminal) where visa is accepted.
Your Personal Identification Number is 0818. The ATM Visa Card is Valued at
US$16.5M Only.which will be program with a daily spending limit of $10,000.00USD PER day.
You are advised to get back to me as soon as possible with your requested information
stated below for setting-up of your Visa Credit Card and delivery of your
Approved Card to your delivery home
ADDRESS:
CELL PHONE NUMBERS:
OCCUPATION:
SEX:
AGE:
COUNTRY:
DELIVERY ADDRESS:
Regards,
Dr.John Smith
(Payment Officer)
privateevergreenbox@gmail.com
With my deepest expression and sympathy
Cue the violins for this sob story. I’m sure you know the one I mean. She’s dying, she’s a god fearing woman, she’s childless and she is, of course, rich and, surprise, you can have her money! Does this sound likely? Of course it doesn’t. This scammer isn’t dying and isn’t rich. What he wants is for you to fall for his story and start sending him money, so that he can get rich at your expense. Ignore him.
Compliments dear, how are you feeling today I hope great? well as for me I thank
God for his tender mercy and love in my life. My dear, it is by the grace of God
that
I am able to write you to inform you of the Lord’s plan in your life and that of
the world. My dear it wasn’t that easy for me to compose this message but glory
be to
God for his assistance and guidance.
Greetings to you once again in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the
author and finisher our lives and every living thing on earth. I am writing you
from the
south East of ASIA, My name is Mrs. Sarah Walker from Jurong East Singapore, I
am in my late 60’s.
My dear, life they say is a variety it comprises of both the good and bad, I am
sorry to say this but life has not been fair to me, but no matter what I have
learnt to
be thankful to God for at least keeping me alive till this very moment.I have
gone through a lot of tribulations in life and I have decided to live a christ
filled
life, I have dedicated my life to the good Lord because he alone knows what our
tomorrow will be.
My dear, for some years I have experienced a lot of health failure, my present
health status is deteriorating, I have been suffering from multiple myeloma, a
cancer
of the bone marrow and insulin diabetics. I have been through a lot of
predicament, it hurts me when I wake up and remember that I might not see the
next day, my
physicians has confirmed that I may not live longer than 93days. My dear, I had
no joy of parent hood nor that of a wonderful family, I grew up without knowing
who my
mother was and at the same time I lost my father at a very young age, I was left
with no one, I knew no family relatives or extended relatives but I thank God
for
bringing forth my lovely memorable husband Late Mr.James Walker a Malaysian
nationality, he worked with the Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) Malaysia.
He died in
an oil spill disaster that occured in the year 1998 in his working field.
The death of husband grieved me for years because he was the only one I had in
life, I took a vow on his grave never to get married to any other man, which I
never did
although at that time I had a lot of suitors coming my way. Three years after
his death I decided to return to my hometown in singapore,but before this
decision, I
also decided to sell off every inherited belongings and estates belonging to I
and my late husband and also with the huge compensation I received from
PETRONAS where
my husband worked.The benefits realized from this sale and the compensation
rounded up to the sum of ($9.5,000,000.00USD).The funds is bonded in an escrow
telex
account with the United Overseas Bank Malaysia, then returned back to Singapore.
Its been over ten years now, and my stay in singapore has been from one cancer
home to another one hospital to another, recently I received a notification from
the
bank, stating that an immediate fund withdrawal has to be made on my account
else the Malaysian Government will confiscate the funds, as they are evaluating
the 2011
government revenue budget which involves every unclaimed funds to be diverted
into the federal reserve account of the government. But due to my present
condition I
will not be able to carry out the transaction process, since I have been
physically disabled and has lost my ability to talk ever since the period of my
illness.
The bank then advised that I bring forth a beneficiary who will assist in
ensuring that the funds are wired out of the account, My dear, this is the
reason why I
decided to contact you, I have made a vow to God that this monies will be used
subsequently for human aid, the less privileged,charity homes,cancer research
organizations and a cancer memorable home in my name. I have spent millions of
dollars on my health and I see no sign of any recovery so I took this drastic
decision
because it shall not profit me a thing if I die in the name of keeping this
funds to myself and spending it all on my health while there are people out
there who needs
the funds more, It is my last wish to see that this funds are invested in any
charitable organization of your choice and proceeds distributed each year among
the
charity organization and cancer hospitals.
My dear, this decision was not an easy one but I had no other choice than to
help human subsequently and destitute as Gods plan for the future of the less
privileged.
My dear, you might be surprised as to how I came about your contact details and
contacting you with such a request, but as we know the ways of the Lord are not
the
ways of human and destiny can only be delayed but never be denied, so my dear it
is your destiny to aid the Lords work now.
The will of the almighty God does not lead his children to where his grace will
not protect them, and the Lord does not give his children a cross they cannot
carry so
my dear believe in the miracles of the Lord and realize that nothing is
impossible for our Lord Jesus Christ. I shall keep praying without ceasing till
I hear back
from you for more details on how to get started with this project.
My dear, please do remain blessed till I hear back from you again!
Remain blessed.
Mrs. Sarah Walker
Rejected ACH payment
DO NOT click on the link in this scam email. It isn’t a Word Document it’s a web link – and it takes you to an infected site.
This scammer is trying to put a trojan or other malware on your computer.
The ACH transfer (ID: 05487885029369), recently sent from your checking account (by you or any other person), was rejected by the other financial institution.
Canceled transaction
Transaction ID: 05487885029369
Reason of rejection See details in the report below
Transaction Report report_05487885029369.doc (Microsoft Word Document)
About NACHA
The Network Strategy & Outreach area is responsible for coordinating, managing, and executing on key activities and initiatives for NACHA and the ACH Network, working in close collaboration with other functional areas of the organization. Outreach activities include those that are conducted to benefit all ACH Network participants in NACHA’s role as ACH Network Administrator, and activities that serve the membership of NACHA as an industry trade association.
The NACHA Operating Rules provide the legal foundation for the exchange of ACH payments and ensure that the ACH Network remains efficient, reliable, and secure for the benefit of all participants. In its role as Network administrator, NACHA manages the rulemaking process and ensures that proposed ACH applications are consistent with the Guiding Principles of the ACH Network. The rulemaking process provides a disciplined, well-defined methodology to propose and develop and propose rules amendments to the NACHA voting membership, the decision makers for the NACHA Operating Rules.
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2011 NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association
IRS notification
This incompetent scammer needs to go back to scam school.
Firstly, he was so keen to tell me he was unable to process my tax return that he sent me this email 6 times. He should have serious difficulty processing my US tax return, as I live in the UK!!
Secondly, he needs to learn how to actually add attachments to his scam emails. None of the emails had the attachment that I’m supposed to fill in!
One word for this scammer ……………….. FAIL
EDIT: The scammer tried again. This time he remembered the attachment – but it was blocked by my antivirus software. If your software doesn’t block it – DON’T OPEN IT. It contains a worm or a trojan that will infect your computer.
Department of Treasury
Internal Revenue Source
Important information about your tax return
We are unable to process your tax return
We recived your tax return. However, we are unable to process the return as field.
Our records indicate that the person identifiedas the primary taxpayer or spouse on the tax return did not provided all the required documents shown on the tax form. Our records are based on information received from the Social Security Administration.
Based on this information, the tax account for the individual has been locked
What you need to do
Print out the attached notification and list of missing documents, fill it in, add the documents and send the following information to the adress shown in the attached notification.
List of required documents:
1. A copy of this letter
2. Notification letter
3. A photocopy of valid U.S. Federal or State Government issued identification.
Keep this notice for your records.
If you need assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact us
Donation From Mrs. Sarah Dandr
Mr Boateng writes to tell me he is called Sarah Dandr. Then he tells me the old, old story about dying of cancer, being childless and widowed with – guess what – lots of money, which I can have access to if I just reply to her (or should that be his) email.
I’m sure you realise this is just a scammer, who is hoping to take your money by charging you fees. Ignore him.
From Mrs. Sarah Dandr
I pray that this mail will fined you in good health. It’s my pressure to write to you and I know that this letter may be a very big surprise to you, I came across your email contact from my personal search and I decided to contact you in order to help me carry out my wish. I believe that you will be honest and sincere to fulfill my final wish before anything will happen to me.
I am Mrs. Sarah Dandr from Serbian, I am 73 years old, I am suffering from a long time cancer of the breast, which also affected my health. From all indication my condition is really deteriorating, and my doctors have courageously advised me that I may not live beyond the next few months; this is because the cancer stage has reached a critical stage. I was brought up in a motherless baby’s home, and was married to my late husband for twenty years without a child. My husband and I are true Christians, but quite unfortunately, he died in crisis.
Since his death I decided not to re-marry, I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of $10.8million dollars with a United Bank for Africa Accra Ghana. Presently, this money is still in their custody, and the management just wrote me as the Legitimate beneficiary to come forward to show the new beneficiary or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not come over as a result of my illness, or they get it confiscated. Presently, I’m with my laptop in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment.
It is my last wish to see that this money is invested in any organization of and distributed each year among the charity organization, the poor and the motherless baby’s home etc. I want your good humanitarian, to also use this money to fund churches, orphanages and widows around. I must let you know that this was a very hard decision, but I had to take a bold step towards this issue because I have no further option. I hope you will help see my last wishes come true. And i want you to please be sure that everything is handle perfect and legitimately.
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the United Bank for Africa Accra Ghana. I will also issue you a letter of authority, which will prove that you are the new beneficiary of my funds. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. Hope to hear from you soonest I have to rest now till i hear from you soonest.
Get back only if you are interested please.Reply to sarah_dandr@yahoo.ie
Yours in Christ,
Mrs. Sarah Dandr.
Wrong transaction from your credit card in St. Gregory Luxury & Suites
I’ve never heard of the “St Gregory Luxury & Suites” and I don’t suppose you have either. Don’t open the attached zip file. I have no idea what it is, but I’m sure it isn’t good news.
This is just a scam – from someone who wants to infect your computer with something horrible and/or is after your credit card details. Delete this email.
Dear Client!
Transaction: Credit Card 972447_gjC
On July 26th, 2011 Hotel made wrong transaction writing-down from your
credit card for an overall amount of $1726.
For noncompliance of the service contract this Hotel was divested
accreditation in Moverick Company.
For the return of funds please contact your bank and fill information
in the attached form.
In the attachment you will find expense sheet with the sum of wrong
transaction writing-down.
Company just mediates and bears no responsibility for any money
transactions made by Hotel.
Thank you for understanding. We trust you can solve this unpleasant
problem.
Alicia Michelin,
Manager of Reception Desk & Reservation Departament
Scam warning: I advise all of you to read this! David
The clue to this one is in the title, folks – “Scam warning”.
It’s a joke
I’ve only added it because a friend forwarded it to me and told me it was a “genuine scam” for adding to my blog. I’ve told him he needs to get out more. (Probably to the nearest PCWorld car park!!)
A ‘Heads Up’ for those of us men who may be regular PC World customers. Over the last month I became a victim of a clever scam while out shopping. Simply going out to get supplies has turned out to be quite traumatic. Don’t be naive enough to think it couldn’t happen to you or your friends. Here’s how the scam works. Two seriously good-looking 20-21 year-old girls come over to your car as you are packing your shopping into the trunk.
They both start wiping your windshield with a rag and Windex, with their breasts almost falling out of their skimpy T-shirts. It is impossible not to look.
When you thank them and offer them a tip, they say ‘No’ and instead ask you for a ride to another PC World. You agree and they get in the back seat. On the way, they start undressing. Then one of them climbs over into the front seat and starts crawling all over you, while the other one steals your wallet.
I had my wallet stolen November 3th, 10th, 17th, & 24th. Also December 1st, twice on the 8th, once on the 15th, and very likely this coming weekend.
So tell your friends to be careful.
(CE MESSAGE EST POUR VOUS)
I don’t believe that “Marce Beko’s” greetings are all sincere. My French isn’t very good, but I’m not going to take the time to translate this message. It’s all a lie. Whatever story Mr Beko is telling is just made up – he’s after your money. If you make the mistake of replying he will start trying to take money from you by charging you fees. Ignore him.
Recevez mes salutations les plus sinc?res,
Mon nom est DR. MARCE .C.BEKO, le Directeur g?n?ral du Comit? de conseil
d’attribution (ABC), ici ? Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. J’ai ?t? charg? par mes coll?gues
de chercher une compagnie ou un individu digne de confiance de votre pays, qui
pourrait nous aider pour transf?rer la somme d’US$25M (vingt cinq millions de
dollars des Etats-Unis), au compte de la soci?t? ou de l’individu qu’on aura
trouver. Le gouvernement a r?cemment approuv? le paiement de ces fonds, seulement
nous attendons pour que le b?n?ficiaire vienne pour la r?clamation.
SOURCE DES FONDS : Les fonds ont pr?vue un contrat attribu? ? une ?trang?re (SOCI?T?
MINCO CONSTRUCTION LIMITED) pour la construction de la canalisation, de la
r?habilitation et de la r?novation de r?seau de notre a?roport international. Avant
nous pourrions utiliser le parapluie de l’entrepreneur original pour r?clamer ces
fonds, la guerre a commenc? en C?te d’Ivoire. Maintenant le nouveau autorite de la
Cote d’Ivoire a d?cid? de payer et d’?ponger toutes dettes du pays, pour r?nover
l’image du pays vis avis du monde ext?rieur
La valeur de ce contrat originale ?tait a un montant suppl?mentaire factur? par moi
et mes coll?gues, (le Comit? de conseil d’attribution), pour un montant d’US$25M.
En ce moment, le contrat a ?t? accompli, et nous avons un besoin tr?s urgent d’un
individu ou d’une soci?t? capable ?trang?re, que nous devrions enregistrer ? son nom
ici en tant que compagnie de soeur de l’ancienne soci?t? et l’acte en votre nom pour
r?clamer ceux-ci en rapport pour le somme d?sir?. Un pourcentage de 15% serait
agr?able pour vous apr?s avoir faire ce transfert dans votre pays.
En tant que directeur du conseil d’administration, je sais tout au sujet du contrat
et des fonds factur?s par exc?dent. Mais en raison de ma position, je ne veux pas
?tre not?, car je suis toujours en service, nous pr?voyons d?missionner juste apr?s
que les fonds sont transf?r?s et confirm?s dans votre compte.
POUR TRANSF?RER LES FONDS : Toutes les modalit?s ont ?t? ?tablies, nous devrons
employer le service de l’avocat, qui manipulera et enregistrera ? votre nom une
compagnie, en tant que compagnie de soeur ? l’ancienne compagnie (MINCO CONSTRUCTION
LIMITED.) Et refl?tez votre nom en tant que b?n?ficiaire des fonds, de votre c?t?
c’est vous qui serais le nouveau propri?taire de la somme de US$25M, en votre
faveur.
Nous vous enverrons tous les documents n?cessaires pour s’av?rer le v?ritable de ce
projet, pour que vous contactiez l’avocat directement.
J’attends votre r?ponse pressante par ma bo?te aux lettres priv?e, alors je vous
donnerai davantage des d?tailles sur l’information que vous voulez.
marce_beko@ymail.com
Veuillez prendre une d?cision apr?s avoir lus mon message afin que je puisse
connaitre votre position.
Mes meilleurs souvenirs
DR. MARCE .C.BEKO
(Directeur du Comit? de conseil d’attribution)
Martin Dumont
This scammer claims he wants to place advertising on my site. The PAKBB website claims they are a French company. Mr Dumont’s email was sent from the Ukraine. pakbb.com was created on 17th July 2011. A quick search on Google shows me the content was copied from another website.
I have an online email address that I use for scammers, so I replied from there. I was told to visit a given web address and download a .zip file – which Mr Dumont tells me is a plug-in for my WordPress site. I dread to imagine what would happen to my computer and/or my site if I unzip and install the plug-in, but I have no intention of finding out! Neither should you. I’m fairly certain the zip file will infect your computer and/or your site with less than desirable spyware and adware.
This scam is mutating. The scammer is inventing different agency names. Always the same cloned website and always on newly registered domains and always the same initial contact email. Some latest agency and contact details being used are:
Oscar Meunier.
site: www. kervelagency .com
e-mail: omeunier@kervelagency .com
phone: + (0)9 78 62 98 00
Noa Morin.
site: Kara Agency
e-mail: nmorin (at) karaagency .com
phone: + (0)9 78 62 31 00
Hi!
Sorry I write you via comments. But I could not find contact e-mail or feedback form on your site.
My name is Martin Dumont and I represent PAKBB Agency. We are making an advertising campaign for Lacoste Company (it is a French company producing clothes, footwear, perfumery etc.) and we would like to place their banner at your site how2-make-money-online.info. We are interested in banners of the following sizes: 160×600, 240×400, 300×250, 336×280, 468×60, 728×90. What can be your price for one banner (banner should appear at ALL pages of your site) of abovementioned sizes (please specify the place for the banner – top, bottom, left, right)? Please mention a normal link for banner, without javascript code and set prices in US dollars per month.
P.S. Please, delete this comment.
BUSINESS PROPOSAL
The only person that will “benefit” “a lot” from this proposal is the scammer who sent it. This scammer is hoping you will reply and then he or she will starting asking you to send money to pay fees. Think about it. Would anyone you don’t know contact you completely randomly (along with thousands of others) and genuinely offer you a proposal for millions of dollars? Of course they wouldn’t.
Ignore this scammer.
Greeting from Hong Kong
Dear Friend, this is Mr.Ming Yang from Hong Kong. I am sending you this message concerning a
Business Proposal of $24,500,000.000 and I want you to partner with me in this project.
This business with benefit you a lot.
Please contact me back with the below address for details.
mingyang11@live.co.uk
Thanks. I await your prompt response.
Mr.Ming Yang
SHELL LOTTERY WINNER!
Apparently Shell have a “social responsibilit to alleviate poverty” so they’re going to send me £650k. How nice of them. At least it would be if this was real.
This is just a scam. There was no Shell Lottery and I didn’t win anything, nor did you or any of the other thousands of people who were sent this email. If you reply the scammer will start asking you to send money to pay for fees.
The Shell Petroleum Development
Company Limited.
P O Box 1010, Liverpool,
L70 1NL, UNITED KINGDOM
Ticket Number—————- 644 79543465 B448056490902 Serial Number———- —- -4708-325
Lucky Number—————– -4-13-33-37-17 File ref.——– —– ———-ILP/HW 7509/02
Dear Winner,
You have been declared the winner of GBP 650,000.00 (Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand British Pound Sterlings).This is the concluded selection that was conducted over the internet with our automated email selecting machine.This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by Shell International Petroleum Company Limited (United Kingdom) as part of their social responsibility to alleviate poverty.We hereby congratulate you on this huge prize monies.You are required to contact Mr. Dayton for immediate verification and disbursement of your prize using the contact details below:
Fiduciary Agent’s Name: Michael Dayton
Email: office@online-shellpromo.com
Telephone: +44. 746 666 2852
Fax: +44. 207 681 3498
You are to send the following information to Mr. Dayton as required for your prize disbursement.
(i) Your Full names…….. (ii) Contact telephone/ fax numbers………..(iii) Contact Address…………(iv)Your winning numbers…………..(v)Amount won………….(vi) Age…………(vii)Occupation…………….( viii) Ticket Number…………….
For your security, you are advised not to expose your winning numbers to avoid double claiming or voiding of your winning and also do not reply via this email as it is not monitored.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Goddy Jenkins
Regional Coordinator
Liverpool, UNITED KINGDOM.
Sure2Support
A friend has just phoned me to say she received a scam phone call today. The Indian sounding caller asked for her by name and then told her she had agreed to pay them £49 to stop telemarketing calls to her telephone.
She knew that she hadn’t and apparently got into an argument with the caller who refused to take no for an answer!
I’m guessing that they were hoping she would fall for the scam and were going to ask her to “confirm” her card details so they could help themselves to her money.
They gave her a phone number, but she thinks it was fake. I haven’t reproduced it here and she thinks it was actually the phone number of a legitimate business.
Submit Your Payment Refund!!!
I have copied this scam exactly. Apparently I’m an “ear applicant”. I already have two perfectly good ears, I really don’t need any more.
I couldn’t be bothered to look at the attached form, but I’ll bet it asks you for all your credit card details. If you accidentally fill it in and give the scammers your card details, then contact your bank immediately
ear Applicant:
Following an upgrade of our computer systems and review of our records we have
investigated your payments and latest tax returns over the last five years our
calculations show that you have made over payments of GBP 277.25
Due to the high volume of refunds due you must complete the online application, the
telephone help line is unable to assist with this application. In oder to process
your refund you will need to complete the application form attached to this
email.Your refund may take up to 3 weeks to process please make sure you complete
the form correctly.
NOTE: If you’ve received an Income Tax ‘repayment’ it will either be following a
claim you’ve made or because HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has received new
information about your taxable income or entitlement to allowances. The refund may
come through your tax code or as a payment and could relate to the current tax year
or earlier years.
An Income Tax repayment is a refund of tax that you’ve overpaid. So, if you’ve paid
too much tax for example through your job or pension this year or in previous years
HMRC will send you a repayment. You’ll get the repayment by bank transfer directly
to your credit or debit card.
HM Revenue & Customs
London , HA7 2LD
All rights reserved
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Alliance and Leicester Commercial Bank Scam
This scam was left as a comment. I think it was left by the scammer, who hails from Phoenix in Arizona, but I won’t publish her name and email address as I’m not 100% that she is the scammer and not an innocent blog commenter.
The site isn’t even a copy of the real Alliance and Leicester Commercial Bank site. It’s a poor mock-up – so poor, in fact, that the scammer has had to give you instructions on how to use it!
The fake domain name has been registered using a false name and address. I’ve reported it to it’s host and to nominet (the UK domain name registrars).
Meanwhile – don’t visit the site and don’t enter any details on it.
Log On Steps:
Step 1: visit http://www.allianceonlinec.co.uk
Step 2: Click on Business Banking Log On
Step 3: Enter the Customer ID and Passcode as shown above and click “Log On”
Step 4: Enter the Security Answers as shown above and click “Confirm Security Answers”
Step 5: Please, remember to click on “Logout” after accessing the online banking page.
PLEASE READ: This whole process is to allow you access the account and confirm its status and the funds
therein. But, before you can be able to effect a funds transfer, we need you to scan and send to us any
means of identification to identify you as a delegate and for our own record e.g. Drivers License or
International Passport or Work ID that shows a clear head photo of you. Meanwhile, the transfer button in
the online access page has been disabled until we receive any of the above required scanned item from you.
Thereafter, the transfer button shall be enabled including detailed instructions for you to proceed with the
funds transfer to your preferred bank account.
Regards,
Jason Oliva
Customer Service Agent
Customer Care Helpline: +447024054839
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Headquarters: Carlton Park Narborough, LE19 0AL United Kingdom.
FAIR LOAN RATE FINANCE FIRM
“Dr Arnold Smith” tells me his scam loan company is a “well known British” company “based in London”. Strange then that his ip address (41.203.64.250) puts him in Abuja in Nigeria.
I have this theory that loan scammers are particularly thick as they come to this blog and leave their scam loan offers as comments. This one is no exception. This idiot left his scam as a comment – on a blog about scammers. Clearly, although this scammer can write in English, he seems unable to read.
Ignore him. If you make the mistake of replying you will find yourself being asked to send money to pay fees for your non-existent loan.
(Aside – I wonder which internet cafe has the ip address above?????)
FAIR LOAN RATE FINANCE FIRM.
EMAIL—-fairloanrateonlinefirm@gmail.com
************************************************************
I am the DR ARNOLD SMITH C.E.O of FAIR LOAN RATE FINANCE FIRM from the government authorized agency
and well known British approved loan lending company based in London, united kingdom.
if you are really in need of a loan, just let me know ,
we offer loans to individuals as well as organizations who have intentions of renovating houses and institutions,
debt consolidation, re-financing and also establishment of business outfits.our obligation is
helping the needy to gain financial stability in order to meet with
the demands of living.
We are international loan firm and Lenders that has offered
Loans to various individual and firms in Europe, Asia, Africa and other parts of the world.
We give out loans from the range of $9,00usd to $90,000usd,000
Our loans are well insured and maximum security is our priority,at an interest of 2% rate,
We give out our Loan in USD($) and GBP(£) and any currency of your choice
Available Loans we offer are,
* Personal Loans (Secure and Unsecured)
* Business Loans (Secure and Unsecured)
* Combination Loan
* Consolidation Loan And Many More:
Interested clients should please fill our application form below-
LOAN APPLICATION FORM { ONLINE FORM }
PREFIX {MR.,MRS.,MS.,DR.,etc.}
1)YOUR NAME……………….
2)YOUR COUNTRY…………….
3)YOUR OCCUPATION………….
4)YOUR MARITAL STATUS………
5)PHONE NUMBER…………….
6)MONTHLY INCOME…………..
7)ADDRESS…………………
8)PURPOSE OF LOAN………….
9)LOAN REQUEST…………….
10)TELEPHONE………………
11)LOAN TERMS AND DURATION….Our company mailing contact box is
via-[fairloanrateonlinefirm@gmail.com]
Try and see your self, for our wonderful services that does not exceed 2
Working days for loan processing and just only three (1)hours 5minutes of loan Transfer .
MODE OF PAYMENT ARE–
PAYment BY BANK TO BANK TRANSFER********** [2 HOURS]
PAYMENT BY BANK CERTIFIED CHECK ********** [9 DAYS ]
PAYMENT BY MONEY GRAM ******************** [2 DAYS ]
PAYMENT BY WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER**** [2 DAYS ]-as the whole process is very easy!
FAIR LOAN RATE FINANCE FIRM aim is helping those who are in financial crises and making their dreams come through.
In acknowledgment to this mail, we can start the processing of your loan.we are waiting for your reply.
Sincere Regards
ARNOLD SMITH [C.E.O]
fairloanrateonlinefirm@gmail.com…
FAIR LOAN RATE FINANCE FIRM
please read and reply
The only “urgent” “thing” that this fake barrister has in mind is getting his hands on your money. If you make the mistake of replying he will tell you some story about money that needs to be transferred and then will start trying to take money from you by charging you fees.
Ignore this scammer.
There is some thing very urgent that , i would like you to help me handle.
Please get back to me so that i will give you further direction
Regards
Barrister Mills
mills.nii@hotmail.com
You need to get parcel in the office of Postal Service #23165
errrm – whatttt? This scammer is clearly new to the game. No pretence at telling you which parcel service s/he is pretending to be – and what’s with all the rubbish about Alexander at the end!!
DO NOT OPEN the attachment – I’d be fairly certain it contains a trojan and is possibly after your bank account log-in details.
Delete this email.
Dear Customer.
The delivery service informs you hereby that your package is located
now in the Postal office.
You have to come to the mail service office and to confirm the
delivery address.
Please refer to the package tracking number and the detailed
information in the attached document.
Thank you for attention,
Postal service.
Alexander manifested his dissatisfaction by prohibiting the
importation of our agricultural produce and manufactures into
Russia.Finally, as the Continental system had destroyed all trade by
the ports of the Baltic, Russia showed herself more favourable to the
English, and gradually reciprocal complaints of bad faith led to that
war whose unfortunate issue was styled by M. Talleyrand the beginning
of the end. I have now to make the reader acquainted with an
extraordinary demand made upon me by the Emperor through the medium of
M. de Champagny. In one of my first interviews with that Minister
after my return to Paris he thus addressed me: The Emperor has
entrusted me with a commission to you which I am obliged to execute:
When you see Bourrienne, said the Emperor, tell him I wish him to pay
6,000,000 into your chest to defray the expense of building the new
Office for Foreign Affairs. I was so astonished at this unfeeling and
inconsiderate demand that I was utterly unable to make airy reply.
Important Please Read
NEVER click on a link in a Paypal email, even if you think it might be genuine. ALWAYS enter the address of the Paypal website directly into your browser.
The link included with this scam email takes you to http://mail.fischerxxxxxx (dot)com/us/webscr.htm – I’m sure you can see straight away that this isn’t the real Paypal website. I’ve edited the domain name because it looks as if the scammers have hacked into a legitimate website.
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We need your help
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Dear valued PayPaI« Customer,
We need your help resolving an issue with your account. To give us time to work together on this, we’ve temporarily limited what you can do with your account until the issue is resolved.
What’s the problem?
We noticed some unusual activity on the credit card linked to your PayPaI« account.
Case ID Number: PP-001-212-055-698
How you can help
It’s usually pretty easy to take care of things like this. Most of the time, we just need a little more information about your account.
To help us with this and to find out what you can and can’t do with your account until the issue is resolved, please proceed to our secure webform by clicking here.
Thanks,
PayPaI«
Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.
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CONGRATS, YOU HAVE WON IN OUR FACEBOOK LOTTERY PROMO!
I think this scammer needs to go back to scam school. No opening greeting, no attempt to pretend to know who I am, or explain why Facebook might suddenly have decided to run a lottery. This is all nonsense. Clearly this scammer doesn’t even have the skills to make a form for you to fill in so they simply attached a picture to their email (a jpeg). Fortunately there’s no way of filling it in and returning it.
Don’t reply to this idiot, who will just start asking you to send money to pay for “fees”.
Please View and Read Your Lottery Result from Facebook Group Inc.
MRS.SONIA BONICI
LOTTERY RESULT ANNOUNCER
FACEBOOK AWARD PROMOTION INT’L
Halifax security advisor ,
This scammer is after your credit card details. NEVER click on a link in a bank email, even if it appears to come from your own bank. ALWAYS enter the address of your bank’s website directly into your browser. Banks NEVER ask you to reconfirm your details in a random email. If you think you have accidentally given your bank or card details to a scammer contact your bank immediately.
Dear valued customer ,
Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the
Halifax account we have issued this warning message.
It has come to our attention that your Halifax Bank account
information needs to be updated as part
of our continuing commitment to protect your account and
to reduce the instance of fraud on our website.
Please download the document attached to this
e-mail to Login and update information.
Once you have updated your account records your Halifax Bank account
service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
Halifax UK Bank online
Security Advisor,
Lucky loan firm
This idiot left his scam loan offer as a comment – I decided to offer him “promotion” and have turned it into a post of its own. There is a page on this site dedicated to loan scammers – who are the only scammers thick enough to leave their scams as comments on this site.
This scammer’s ip address (217.115.113.219) tells me that he posted this scam from Dublin.
Ignore all these random loan offers. There are no company names given, no accreditations, no full contact details. All these scammers want is to take money from you by charging you fees.
If you need a loan, contact your bank or local credit union or research a certified loan provider such as this one. Don’t use a loan shark or scammer – you will find yourself worse off.
Hello,
Are you in dept? Have you been denied of loan from Bank? Or do you need a
loan to pay off bills? worry no more,Your help comes now, Mr lucky
company is a loan lending firm that offers all kinds of loan to people,
firms who are in need of loan with a low interest rate of 3% contact us via
email: luckyloanfirm1@gmail.com
LOAN APPLICATION FORM (FILL AND RETURN BACK)
FIRST NAME ______________________
LAST NAME _______________________
AGE ______________________________
SEX _______________________________
ZIP CODE _________________________
COUNTRY __________________________
STATE..____________________________
CITY _____________________________
MOBILE NUMBER _____________________
OCCUPATION ________________________
Monthly Income ____________________
AMOUNT NEEDED_____________________
PURPOSE OF LOAN ____________________
LOAN DURATION _____________________
We await your urgent response.
Regards
Mr lucky
Bep Finance Pty Ltd
This was submitted as a comment, but I decided to promote it and give it a post of its own. This is the classic scam where the scammer sends you a payment (in this case anything from 2000 – 10,000 Euros) and then asks you forward most of the money to a third party. Within days the original payment is withdrawn by your bank as being fraudulent, leaving you out of pocket to the scammers.
No company anywhere ever hires an unknown person to process payments. These jobs are ALL scams.
Bep Finance Pty Ltd. 385 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC, 3000, Australia Hello xxxxx, my name is Paul Digby and I am Bep Finance hiring manager. We have found and carefully reviewed your CV at totaljobs.com, and we would like to consider you for the position of Funds Transfer Administrator within Bep Finance Pty Ltd. Key responsibilities 1. Route and input all payment instructions received by mail, fax or electronically in a timely and accurate manner. 2. Control workflow on a daily basis to ensure deadlines are adhered. 3. Monitor and control of required reports. 4. Basic knowledge of online payment systems. 5. Excellent communication skills. Salary & Benefits 1. You will be paid a basic salary of 1700 EUR per month. 2. You will benefit from the commissions, which are 5-7% of each transaction. Normally the amounts that we process vary from 2,000 EUR to 10,000 EUR, but can go higher on special occasions. Why we need Funds Transfer Administrators When buying-selling operations via the Internet are concerned, the buyer and the seller don’t know each other and are placed in different corners of the world. Therefore, it is important both to the buyer and the seller for their transaction to be made safely. Payment security means receiving money concerning the transaction by a reliable, experienced, impartial person – our Funds Transfer Administrator. He will hold all the money until all the terms of the deal are satisfied and only then release them to the intended receiver. Please, visit our web-site for more information. Having a Funds Transfer Administrator in every country we can quickly transfer funds inside a country without wasting time on the international bank transfers, and continue our rapid growth rather than overwhelming our own bank account with inbound and outbound transactions leading to severe hold times and possible service interruption. It is time that is of significant importance to our clients. The main task of the Funds Transfer Administrator will be receiving money transactions to any bank account he would like to use for the purposes of this job; and then forwarding these transactions to the next party of the process according to our instructions. Funds Transfer Administrator will be processing approximately 1-2 transactions per week. If you are ready to proceed, you have to confirm your intention by filling & signing the Agent Agreement. You may download it here: http://www.bepfinance.com/FundsTransferAdministratorEU.pdf If you agree with ALL conditions of the Agent Agreement, please fill in the registration form online at http://www.bepfinance.com/registrationformeu.htm In order to find more information about the Funds Transfer Administrator job, please visit the links below: http://www.bepfinance.com/paymentsecurityinfo.htm http://www.bepfinance.com/paymentsecuritystages.htm Thank you for choosing Bep Finance Pty Ltd. — Sincerely yours, Paul Digby.
Rejected ACH transfer
I have no idea what this is about – and I have no intention of clicking on the “transaction report” link – which, I suspect, contains a trojan.
The ACH transaction (ID: 903315504363), recently sent from your bank account (by you or any other person), was rejected by the Electronic Payments Association.
Canceled transaction
Transaction ID: 903315504363
Reason of rejection See details in the report below
Transaction Report report_903315504363.pdf.exe (self-extracting archive, Adobe PDF)
About NACHA
NACHA develops and implements a comprehensive, end-to-end risk management framework that includes network entry requirements, ongoing requirements, enforcement, and ACH Operator tools and services. Collectively, the strategy addresses risk and quality in the ACH Network by minimizing unauthorized entries and customer services costs to all Network participants.
NACHA and its member Regional Payments Associations help industry professionals expand their payments knowledge to further their professional development and benefit their employers. Offerings include in-person, desk-top, and distance learning courses, publications, and the Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) Program. Payments education offered by NACHA at the national level augments the rich offering of educational programs provided by the Regional Payments Associations throughout the country.
The Network Strategy & Outreach area is responsible for coordinating, managing, and executing on key activities and initiatives for NACHA and the ACH Network, working in close collaboration with other functional areas of the organization. Outreach activities include those that are conducted to benefit all ACH Network participants in NACHA’s role as ACH Network Administrator, and activities that serve the membership of NACHA as an industry trade association.
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Hello
test@21dianyuan.com writes to me from Spain to tell me he is a merchant in Luxembourg. Do I believe him? No. Neither should you. This is an old scam – a badly written one where the writer claims their treatment has “defiled” all treatment. Clearly none of the scammers who are stupid enough to copy this scam have bothered to use a dictionary to find out what defiled means.
Ignore this scammer – who is just after your money.
Dear Friend. As you read this, I don’t want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will die someday. My name is Charles Lionel ,a merchant in Luxembourg, I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer .It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts. I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone(not even myself)but my business. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends. I have decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E, Algeria,South America,Eastern Europe and Malaysia.Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them. The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of seven million euros 7,000,000,that I have with a finance/firm Company abroad. I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations. I have set aside 10% for you for your time and patience.please send a reply through this email address ( charlesgreenem@gmail.com ) with your full contact information for more private and confidential communication. yours truly, Mr Charles Lionel
Order Request – Box Dumpers
I don’t usually bother to wind up scammers, and I certainly don’t recommend that you do. But I couldn’t resist this one. I have an online email address that I reserve for scammers – sent in the name of “Annie Cheater” – which you’d think might give the scammers a clue, but apparently doesn’t.
There’s a rant attached to this one, which I’ve added to the end of the post.
It started when I received this email:
Hello Good Day
My Name is David Soon and I will like to know whether you carry *(Box
Dumpers)* in stock for sale. If yes, email me back each size and with the
prices of (1) attached to it so that i will let you know the size and
quantity i will be ordering…. More over I will like to know whether you do
accept credit card as the method of payment….
Hope to read from you again….Stay Blessed.
Kind regards
David Soon
I replied in the name of Sarah that we did (I had to use Google to find out what a box dumper is) and gave him a quote for a 1 ton model and a 2 ton model.
He replied that he wished to place an order:
“Hello Sarah,
Thank you for your respond well am interested in the 1 ton model costing Price: $4226 and i will like to order 2 pieces for this and i want you to email me with the total cost of the 2 pieces excluding freight.Thank you
Best Regards
David Soon”
I gave him the quote and said that freight costs would depend on where he wanted them to be shipped to. He replied that I should contact his (fictitious) shipping company:
Hello Sarah,
I will like to order the Units (2 Units 1 ton model costing $8452) .. And i will recommend a freight company for the pick up of the Units to to my Company in ( Sweden ) . Now i want to you to contact them with the total weight of the Units and find out the freight quote to Sweden for me . The delivery address is below :
ST’ David and Sons Inc
# Ridmansgatan 42
Stockholm, SWEDEN 114 99
Freight company email address : ModexCargoFreight@hotmail.com
And including the pick-up location and they will surely get you a freight quote . As soon as you her from them let me know so that i can proceed with transaction
Best Regards
David Soon(owner)
I contacted the shipping company as requested – and received this reply:
***MODEX CARGO FREIGHT***
Dear Customer
Thank you Once again for Choosing Modex Cargo Freight Company. Well i will need the following information to be able to get you the cost for the shipping of the Units
(1)Pick Up Location :- That is where the Units has to be Pick Up from .
(2)Delivery Location :- That is where the Units has to be Delivered .
(3)Total Weight and the Dimension of the Units that Need to be Pick Up .
And With these Information i will be able to get you the cost for the shipping of your Units from your location to the delivery location . Thank you Once again for Using Modex Cargo Freight for your shipping needs and services, We serve you better to your fullest satisfactory and we are your shipping needs .
Thank You
Cecil Jones
Shipping Department.
I sent the address that “Mr Soon” gave me for delivery and a totally fictitious address for pick up. The shipping company replied:
“
Dear Valid Customer ,
Thank you for your interest in using Modex Cargo Freight for your shipping needs and services, below is the information regarding the shipping quote and payment terms for pick up schedule. We checked on File of picking and shipping of: 1.5metres square. with the Total Weight: 2 tons. From and to the addresses Below
PICKED UP FROM:
Diggers n Dumpers,
Unit 27, Heartlands
Industrial Estate,
Frencham, Cambridgeshire
SHIPPING TO:
ST’ David and Sons Inc
# Ridmansgatan 42
Stockholm, SWEDEN 114 99
The shipping cost is going to $2,850.99 That includes international airway taxes (I.A.T) ,Tariffs and custom’s clearance duties. we will need 100 % down payments,full payments prior to shipping. Product is very secured in our custody and well protected until aim of delivery is excellently completed. It takes approximately 5 business working days for delivery from the day of pick-up because our shipping method is always compared to express shipping. We will also like you to know that for you being the shipper you are the one supposed to make the payment to us. The only method of payment we accept is Wire Transfer to our financial manager in the delivery location. Let us know if you wish to proceed with this shipment so that we can email you back with all the information you require to be able to transfer the funds to us. We look forward to serving you to your fullest satisfa_ction Thank You
Cecil Jones
Shipping Department,
Modex Cargo Freight”
(I was tickled that I was addressed as a “valid” customer!!)
Note that this “shipping company” claim that they only accept payment by Wire Transfer.
I forwarded this quote to Mr Soon, who replied:
“Hello Annie,
Thank you for your respond well i want the quote from Modex which is $2,850.99 and i want you to email me with the grand estimate cost of the units plus the shipping cost together so that we can proceed.I will be waiting back from you Thank you
Best Regards
David Soon”
As you can see – Annie has taken over from Sarah. Annie isn’t so patient – so she told Mr Soon that she was sure he could this shipping fee to the original quote. He realised what he’d done and replied:
“1ton model :$8452
Modex:$2,850.99
Grand Total Cost Will Be :$11302.99
I will Like to know if you are ready for the Payment soo that we can proceed.Looking forward to hear from you has soon as pissble….
The next day I received an email which claimed to come from Mr Soon’s finance department:
“Dear Annie Cheater
My Name is .Gary Huey am sending you this Mail on Behalf of Mr.David Soon He told me he has place an Order from you and he will like me to take care of the payment on his behalf…Below is my credit card information for the processing the payment.
CC NAME: Gary Huey
CC TYPE: Visa Card
CC NUMBER: 4147202079813489
CC DATE: 03 | 14
CVV: 638
BILLING ADDRESS
10515 66th Rd, Apt 5E
Forest Hills | NY | 11375
Note: i want you to run $5,651.00 First after that Put the rest same time and get back to us.
And After processing payment do send me an email with the Approval.also end email confirmation to Mr.David Soon and let him know that the payment has been Approved.Thank you for your Business.
Regards,
Gary Huey”
I have no idea if these credit card details are made up, or stolen, or legitimate. At this point I decided to contact the UK agency “Action Fraud” – you can see their advert on this site, placed there after they contacted me and asked if I would display it. I explained that the scam had got to the stage where I had been given alleged credit card details and asked if they would be interested in continuing with the scammer. It seems to me that when a potential victim wires money to the fake shipping company it must be possible to trace who it is sent to.
You probably won’t be surprised to hear that Action Fraud are not interested in preventing fraud. They are only interested in hearing from you if you have been a victim of fraud – and even then they can’t actually help you – I think they just collect statistics. They told me to contact the Police.
I duly phoned West Mercia Police – who (surprise) told me to contact Action Fraud. When I explained that they weren’t interested in preventing fraud I was told that I could forward the emails and someone would look at them. It seemed to me that they weren’t particularly interested.
I also phoned Visa (noticed the credit card details claim to be Visa) – their reaction was similar to that of the Police. They weren’t particularly interested but agreed I could forward the emails to them.
I know I’ve said it before on this blog, but I’ll say it again. These scams continue unabated because the scammers KNOW that no-one, anywhere is going to stop them. No Police force anywhere seems to have any interest in tracking down the scammers – it involves work, and a bit of persistence and international co-operation. It doesn’t happen.
These scammers will continue to scam as long as we, the general public, continue to fall for them. The scammers know that they will never be pursued, never be prosecuted and never have the stolen money confiscated.
Online Banking Alert
Apparently the Wells Fargo Account Review Team have “identifies some unusual activity” on the account that I don’t have!
I hope you know that ALL emails from banks saying there is a problem with your account are fake. This is a scammer who wants you to give him/her all your account details. NEVER click on a link in a bank email, even if it appears to come from your own bank. ALWAYS enter the address of your bank website directly into your browser.
Account Status Notification
We are contacting you to remind you that our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity on your account. In accordance with the Wells Fargo Online User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been accessed from fraudulent locations, access to your account has been limited. Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved please log in to your Wells Fargo Online Banking account by clicking on the Secure link below:
Well Fargo Secure-Logon Update
Regards
Online Security Team
Copyright © 2011, Wells Fargo Online Banking. All Rights Reserved.
No Subject
This scammer claims to be called “larry smith”, but he emails from this address: cristiano_costa@generali.com.br. He can’t be bothered to make up fake accreditations for his scam loans and he can’t spell – look at the email address he asks you to reply to!
If you need a loan, go to your local credit union or bank. The only money this scammer is interested in is yours – he wants to take your money by charging you fees. Ignore him.
Do you need a Finance Your Business Or For Personal Purpose if yes
email us at larrysmithfinnaces@gmail.com for more info
Full name
Country
Amount Needed
Duration
Phone Number
phoenixinfosoft.co.in
I have no idea who this company really is – or what they really do. I hope they don’t provide seo (search engine optimisation) services. If they do, you might like to avoid them as clearly the people they employ to do that work aren’t able to read!
I run a series of bed and breakfast listing sites. (You can see one here for reference – www.ledburybedandbreakfast.info). I keeping finding ads for this company posted on these sites. This is the latest ad, posted on a site for Bed and breakfast accommodation in Abergavenny:
“Create your website for Rs.3333/- only & get maximum benefit through internet. Also get lowest rates for Domain & Hosting.
We will help you to create your dream website at throw away rate.
Emails us at: xxxxxx@phoenixinfosoft.co.in
Call: +91-278-300xxxx
PS-WFH-99911xxx”
I contacted them via the live chat on their website and asked them to stop spamming my sites. Their reply:
“we are unable to offer IT services as per ur requirements. sorrry sir.”
THIS IS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Have you noticed how many scammers use capital letters for the subject line of their scams? This one is no exception. This scammer wants me to believe that I “bear the surname identity” of one of his deceased clients and can therefore have millions of pounds. Pull the other leg, sunshine!
Just ignore this scammer. If you make the mistake of replying you will find the scammer starts asking you to send money to pay fees.
Jason Moore & ASSOCIATE
Department Head – Wills, Trust & Probate
This is for your attention:
We wish to notify you again that you were listed as a beneficiary to the
total sum of ?4,257,017.00 (Four Million, Two Hundred and Fifty-Seven
Thousand, Seventeen Pounds) in the intent of the deceased (names now
withheld since this is our second letter to you). We contacted you because
you bear the surname identity and therefore can present you as the
beneficiary to the inheritance since there is no written will.
Our legal services aim to provide our private clients with a complete
service. We are happy to prepare wills, set-up and administer Trusts,
carry out the administration of estates and prepare and administer powers
of attorney.
All the papers will be processed in your acceptance. In your acceptance of
this deal, we request that you kindly forward to us your letter of
acceptance, your current telephone and fax numbers and a forwarding
address to enable us file necessary documents at our High court probate
division for the release of this sum of money.
I await your reply soon.
Yours faithfully,
Jason Moore & ASSOCIATE
Barristers’ Chambers
Jason Moore Esq.(PRINCIPAL PARTNERS)
Contact Mr Desmond Adewale Directly at {gt_customersservice@nba.im}?
Stephanie Campbell writes to me from Cleveland State University in Ohio to tell me she is called “Mr. Jose Manuel Barroso” and has granted me $200k. Sounds unlikely to me. I suspect that Ms Campbell thinks she has found a sneaky way to pay her college fees – by becoming a scammer and trying to take money from you by charging you fees. I imagine that when she’s found out (which she will be) that her college days might end rather sooner than she’d hoped.
Ignore her. She just wants your money.
2011 Western European Union Council 66th Anniversary,
This is to inform you that you have been granted the sum of $200,000.00USD , by the Western European Union Council Board of Trustees as one of the final recipients of (2011) cash /donation celebration we are celebrating Western European Union Council @66th Anniversary wish you are to instructed to re-confirm this information’s below for immediate claims
CLEARANCE FORM:
Full Name:
Contact Address:
Country:
Occupation
Age:
Sex:
Direct Telephone Number:
Mobile Number:
Next Of Kin:
Valid Identity Card/National Passport:
Note: This clearance form is to be submitted to our affiliated financial body Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, contact Guaranty Trust Bank Plc with the information’s below for urgent transferring of your Compensation funds of $200,000.00USD.
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
Contact Person: Mr. Desmond Adewale
Email: gt_customersservice@nba.im
Telephone: (+2348057509097 )
Once again congratulation’s from the entier staff’s and member’s of the
Western European Union Council (WEUC).
Sincerly
Mr. Jose Manuel Barroso
(WEUC Commission President )
Dearest one i trust,
The reason why Miss Solobiya asks you to keep this email secret isn’t because she is “afraid of my wicked uncle who has threatened to kill me” but because she doesn’t want you to expose her as a scammer. If you make the mistake of replying to this person you will find yourself being asked to send money to pay “fees”. You will never see a penny of the $5.6m she claims to have, because there is no such money.
Ignore this scammer.
Dearest one i trust
Greetings my dearest one,my name is Miss Helen Pella Solobiya i am 24 years old Girl from Southern sudan.I want to have a common relationship with you, I need to tell you more things, but first I need your help to Stand for me as a trustee.
My father Dr.Solobiya yak Arop was the former Minister for SPLA Affairs and Special Adviser to President Salva Kiir of South Sudan for Decentralization. My father Dr.Solobiya Yak Arop, my mother including other top Militery officers and top government officials where on board when the plane crashed on Friday May 02, 2008. You can read more about the crat through the below site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7380412.stm
Some months after the burial of my father, my uncle conspired with my step mother and sold my father’s properties to a Chinese Expatriate. On a faithful morning I opened my father’s briefcase and found out document which my beloved late father used and deposit money in a Bank in Burkina Faso , with my name as the next of kin. I travelled to Burkina Faso to withdraw the money so that I can start a better life and take care of myself. The Branch manager of the Bank whom I met in person told me that my present status does not permit me by the local law to clear money or make a transfer of money into an account, he advice me to provide a trustee who will help me and invest the money or I should wait till when I will get married it demand by their Authority……
I have chosen to contact you after my prayers and I believe that you will not betray my trust. But rather take me as your own blood sister and help me. Though you may wonder why I am so soon revealing myself to you without knowing you, well, I will say that my mind convinced me that you are the true person to help me. More so, I will like to disclose much to you if you can help me to relocate to your country because my uncle has threatened to assassinate me. The amount is $5.6 Million and I have confirmed from the bank in Burkina Faso . You will also help me to place the money in a more profitable business venture in your Country.
However, you will help by recommending a nice University in your country so that I can complete my studies. It is my intention to compensate you with 40% of the total money for your services and the balance shall be my capital in your establishment As soon as I receive your interest in helping me, I will put things into action immediately. In the light of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely. Please do keep this only to your self. I beg you not to disclose it till i come over because I am afraid of my wicked uncle who has threatened to kill me.
Sincerely yours
Miss Helen Pella Solobiya.
My Private Email Address ( helenpellasolobiya@one.co.il )
Wedding and Bridal Dresses – vicyc
Be wary of this company http://www.vicyc.com, whose website claim they have been “operating in the bridal dress and formal dress industry for more than 4 years since we have built our company in the United States.”. They even give a convincing looking US address on their website.
However, this company has been spamming a holiday accommodation site that I own with adverts for bridesmaids dresses. When I wrote and complained this is the answer I received from the contact email address on their site:
“thank u for ur interest in our company. there are many beautiful
dresses in the website .we are prefessional in dress making, we will
make the dress perfect for u. we are custo made. We can make the dress
according to ur request We can make the dress in any color from the
color chart in the website. We also can make the dress in any size, we
are located in HK,China”
Clearly:
a) they are not located in the USA.
b) they don’t actually read their emails – which makes me wonder what their customer service would be like if you tried to place an order.
JOINT VENTURE
The only person that will “benefit” “a lot” from this proposal is J.H. – who is a scammer hoping that you will believe his ridiculous email. If you make the mistake of replying you will find that he just starts asking you to send money to pay fees.
Think about it. Would someone who really had that kind of money need to send out random emails to unknown people to find a business partner? I don’t think so!
Dear Friend,
Greetings from Hong Kong
I am sending you this message concerning
a Business Proposal of $24.5 Million USD
and I want you to partner with me in this project.
This business will benefit you a lot.
Please contact me back with the below
address for details:
Email: jkhu902@qq.com
I await your prompt response.
Thanks.
J.H
The Real Truth about your Inheritance
This is the first time I can remember receiving a scam that claims to come from Togo. It’s the usual story of crooked officials and millions of dollars, which I can have if I just send the scammer some money!
Ignore this scammer who will just keep asking you to send money if you make the mistake of replying. If you don’t believe me, read the comment left on this post a few days ago http://keepsafeonthenet.co.uk/2009/02/apex-bank/
Sadly, it’s because victims like this exist that scammers continue scamming.
I am MR Adam David. a computer scientist working with central bank of lome togo.I just started work with central bank of lome togo. and I came across your file which was marked X and your released disk painted RED, I took time to study it and found out that you have paid VIRTUALLY all fees and but the fund was not released to you.
The most annoying thing is that they won’t tell you the truth that on no account will they ever release the fund to you,instead they allow you spend money unnecessarily,I do not intend to work here all the days of my life, I can release this fund to you if you can certify me of my security.
I needed to do this because you need to know the statues of your Funds and cause for the delay,Please this is like a Mafia setting in lome togo, you may not understand it because you are not a Togolaise. The only thing needed to release this fund is the Anti drug/terrorist clearance certificate which will be tendered to any of your nominated bank and the INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE(IRS)for clearance of the transfered amount in your account.
Once the Anti drug /terrorist clearance certificate is obtained funds will immediately reflect in your bank within 10 Minutes,the certificate is all that is needed to complete this transaction.
Note that the actual funds is valued at $15.5 MILLION USD and the president made a compensation fund release for all unpaid beneficiary valued at $10 million usd.
Listed below are the mafia’s and banks behind the non release of your funds that i managed to sneak out for your kind persual.
1) Prof. Charles soludo
2) Senator Mark
3) Chief Joseph Sanusi
4) Dr. R. Rasheed
5) Barrister Awele Ugorji
6) Mr Roland Ngwa
7) Barrister Ucheuzo Williams
8) Mr. Ernest Chukwudi Obi
9) Dr. Patrick Aziza
Deputy Governor – Policy / Board Member
10) Mr. Tunde Lemo
Deputy Governor – Financial Sector Surveillance / Board Member
11) Mrs. W. D. A. Mshelia
Deputy Governor – Corporate Services / Board Members
12) Mrs. Okonjo Iweala
13) Mrs. Rita Ekwesili
14) Barr Jacob Onyema
15) Dr. Godwin Oboh: Director Union Bank Of Nigeria.
16) Mr John Collins: Global Diplomat Director.
17) Foreign fund diplomatic courier
18) Barr. Becky Owens
19)Rev. Steven Jones
20) bank of Africa
21)Mrs. Debbie Hargrove
22)Mr. Micheal Wagner
23)Barr. Isa Farid
24)Dr. Raymond Faye
25)Ibraheem Fashola
26)Dr. Leslie Fawaz
27)Mercy Fajaroo
28)Walter K. Falana
29)Azeez Fatou
30)Ibrahim Fabumi
31)Daniel Faras
32)Micheal Faras
33)Minassa Fernandez
34)Viresh Fernando
35)Deacon Diende Fernandez
36)Ben Felix
37)Dr. Ige Femi
38)Chen Hsiu Fei
39)Gloria Festus
40)Lopez Fernando
41)Aloye Fidelis
42)Augusto Fish
43)Dr. Raymond Fingesi
44)Dr. Martin Fibu
45)Joseph Finn
46)Ogom Fidelis
47)Jennifer H. Fiedler
48)Dr. Jimmy Fowler
49)Robert Fortin
50)Dr. Sharon Forrest
51)Prince Michael Fofano
52)Sarah Fofano
53)Tony Foster
54)Dr. Koman Fofar
55)Samuel Fona
56)Grace Fona
57)Funmi Folorunso
58)Mike Franklin
59)Egbo Francois
60)George Freeman
Do get in touch with me immediately with my direct number +2288522437 to conclude this final transaction immediately,and also send to me your convenient tel/fax numbers for easy communications.
Thanks while i look forward to your positive reply.Please reply back to me on my private email id if you are interested mradamdavid2007@yahoo.com.hk
Regards,
MR Adam David