The Spam and Scam Superthread- Merged
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Here's the latest one being "advertised" on Crackbook by (obviously) account hackers:
Working Online a Gold Rush? Los Angeles Tribune Scam Alert
There is no Los Angeles Tribune. :
Working Online a Gold Rush? Los Angeles Tribune Scam Alert
There is no Los Angeles Tribune. :
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Here's another Job Offer One, don't fall for it.
It reads: Job Offer!!!.
From: Henry Peters (Henrypeterss@mail2dotcom.com)
You may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as junk
Sent: Fri 10/09/09 10:05 PM
To:
A new job opening in your area, It's a work from home/office position and you are not required to pay any registration fee or pay for any application form before you get employed. Job details (what you'll be doing): 1.Collect payment from Customers. 2. Cash Payments at your Bank. 3. Deduct 1/10 which is your commission/Payment on check cashed. 4. Forward the remaining 9/10 to the information that will be provided later on. fill application: I would be glad if you accept my proposal for an opportunity to make up 10% of each transaction completed. Please reply via email with complete information as requested: A. NAME,B. STREET ADDRESS (NOT P.O BOX),C. CITY
. STATE:E. ZIP CODE F. COUNTRY G. MOBILE NUMBER,H. AGE,I. SEX,J. OCCUPATION K. E MAILAll replies should be sent to Henrypeters@mail2dotcom.com kindly reply immediately. Please email me back as soon as possible. Regards,Henry Peters
Poor Old Henry Peters is gonna wait a long time.
Here's another Job Offer One, don't fall for it.
It reads: Job Offer!!!.
From: Henry Peters (Henrypeterss@mail2dotcom.com)
You may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as junk
Sent: Fri 10/09/09 10:05 PM
To:
A new job opening in your area, It's a work from home/office position and you are not required to pay any registration fee or pay for any application form before you get employed. Job details (what you'll be doing): 1.Collect payment from Customers. 2. Cash Payments at your Bank. 3. Deduct 1/10 which is your commission/Payment on check cashed. 4. Forward the remaining 9/10 to the information that will be provided later on. fill application: I would be glad if you accept my proposal for an opportunity to make up 10% of each transaction completed. Please reply via email with complete information as requested: A. NAME,B. STREET ADDRESS (NOT P.O BOX),C. CITY
. STATE:E. ZIP CODE F. COUNTRY G. MOBILE NUMBER,H. AGE,I. SEX,J. OCCUPATION K. E MAILAll replies should be sent to Henrypeters@mail2dotcom.com kindly reply immediately. Please email me back as soon as possible. Regards,Henry PetersPoor Old Henry Peters is gonna wait a long time.
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There's no doubt in my mind that the Kennedys have huge unkown and unaccounted amounts squirreled away in hidden accounts. I somehow doubt though that Mr. Mark Ford has access to them
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Here is another little gem from the scammers.
I traced the IP address to the delightful little country of Benin.
I didn't know Yahoo moved their headquarters to that place. ;D
But wait a minute, it says to reply to the message and submit your personal information.
But this sentence appears later in the email.
I hate dumb scammers. ;D
I traced the IP address to the delightful little country of Benin.
I didn't know Yahoo moved their headquarters to that place. ;D
But wait a minute, it says to reply to the message and submit your personal information.
But this sentence appears later in the email.
I hate dumb scammers. ;D
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FastEddy said:
It reads: Job Offer!!!.
From: Henry Peters (Henrypeterss@mail2dotcom.com)
You may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as junk
Sent: Fri 10/09/09 10:05 PM
To:
A new job opening in your area, It's a work from home/office position and you are not required to pay any registration fee or pay for any application form before you get employed. Job details (what you'll be doing): 1.Collect payment from Customers. 2. Cash Payments at your Bank. 3. Deduct 1/10 which is your commission/Payment on check cashed. 4. Forward the remaining 9/10 to the information that will be provided later on. fill application: I would be glad if you accept my proposal for an opportunity to make up 10% of each transaction completed. Please reply via email with complete information as requested: A. NAME,B. STREET ADDRESS (NOT P.O BOX),C. CITY
Poor Old Henry Peters is gonna wait a long time.
Yeah, this is a real fraud technique being done right now. You will certainly get "customers" to collect from. They give you a cheque for about $100, you keep your $10 and the cheque will clear. However, at that point you are hooked. Suddenly, the customer payments are around $4000 (never over $5000
) and you think you are raking in the cash! Right up until you realize that every cheque was bogus and you just gave away a hell of a lot of your own money to some unknown fister. More dumb? Sadly, elder abuse is a big target for these types too. I could see the "You are about to be arrested" working on some oldster. I just did a call last week where the guy on the phone did the old "I am with XXX Internal Security and I need your help with an investigation at your bank". They get the person to go to the bank, withdraw $4800, meet them and hand over the money. This guy even went so far as to swear the woman to secrecy, and told her that if the bank inquired about why she was taking so much cash out she should say "It's for an private family emergency" so as to not tip them off to the investigation. The person who takes the money at the drop site is then supposed to verify the amount, put it back into the persons account and then arrange to re-issue them a bank card. You'd think anyone could spot that kind of bullshit a mile away, yet the poor bird I was taking the report from was out $4800 cash.
Another one that worked in our border town is somebody claiming to be from a Canadian police department calls American grandparent and says their grandchild is in jail and needs several thousand dollars bail. This one actually made the news over here.
If you have older family that still live on their own, it doesn't hurt to just go over some of these scams and just get them thinking that way. Most people say it could never happen to them, yet if it couldn't these arseholes would be out of jobs.
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At least make a friggin' attempt to scam me using proper English. ^-^
Attn: My Dear
We have arranged your payment of ($1.5Million) One Million five hundred thousand united state dollars Previously in ATM payment card to be sent to you through western union money transfer payment: Your payment will sent to you by western union.
The amount you will receive per day is $10,000 The minister trust funds and IMF boards of Benin Republic will send you the current standard track details you will need to pick up your ($10,000) payment by western union, you will receive every day till you receive the $1.5Million united state dollars, now no need to send you this ATM card because you can not be able to withdraw the ATM card due to the atm master card contain large money on it.
The director administrtor trust funds has already signed your payment, now you are free to comply with wemaco payment office on this emailwumtbenin2009@sify.com) however, kindly contact the below person who is in position to release your payment by western union per $10,000 a day.
MR YAWA OKATA,
western union department
Telphone
The financial western union payment center has been mandated to issue out your payment and you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment. Note that the administrator payment need this details from you to process your payment and the only money you will pay is the processing and administration fee before you will start receiving your fund.
Receiver name---------------
Country---------------------
City------------------------
Tel-------------------------
Test question---------------
Answer----------------------
Comply now because as soon as you send this required details to MR YAWA OKATA he will start sending your payment by western union.
Regards,
Ukaria Ebele
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我有新的電郵地址！
你現可電郵給我：donchuks62@yahoo.com.hk
- Attention beneficiary, we have concluded to effect your payment via western union $4.500. Daily until the total of $1.500,000.00SD is completely send. The Western union Agent: is Mr.Frank Gilton TEL: +229 97 860 992 E-mail
This guy even has a Facebook page. Guess where he's from?? :
kkwd
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PMedMoe said:What exactly is J850,000.00? Yen?? :
I think The J is supposed to represent Pounds Sterling but they didn't have that symbol on their keyboard. Looking at the number of times "Ј850,000.00" showed up on a Google search seems all the scammers have the same keyboard.
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kkwd said:
Win Vista has "Create Documents" same as Word and "Create Spread Sheets" same as Excel, both do the exact same thing, just a slightly different Menu structure built in. However I've put in Office 2000, I like the Tool Bars better.
Cheers.
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Here's one from the Desk of a Rev. Father. Oh Yeah :
CENTRAL BANK INT'L PAYMENT CENTRE,IKEJA LAGOS-NIGERIAFROM THE DESK OF:REV FATHER BRIGHT EGOO SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNOR ATTENTION: This is to notify you that after we met today with The President, Accountant General of the Federation,Office of the Senate House, and House of Representatives we came to a conclusion that we have to pay you the sum of $8.3m as your contract/inhretance entitlement. The payment will come to you via ATM DEBIT CARD, therefore you are to rec-confirm the following iNFORMATION; (1) Full Name: (2) Address3) Phone no: Immediate respond is urgently needed. Call +234-1 -822-6986 for more details. REGARDS,Managing Director \ INT'L REMMITANCE DEPT.CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIAREV FATHER BRIGHT EGOO SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNOR
Here's one from the Desk of a Rev. Father. Oh Yeah :
CENTRAL BANK INT'L PAYMENT CENTRE,IKEJA LAGOS-NIGERIAFROM THE DESK OF:REV FATHER BRIGHT EGOO SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNOR ATTENTION: This is to notify you that after we met today with The President, Accountant General of the Federation,Office of the Senate House, and House of Representatives we came to a conclusion that we have to pay you the sum of $8.3m as your contract/inhretance entitlement. The payment will come to you via ATM DEBIT CARD, therefore you are to rec-confirm the following iNFORMATION; (1) Full Name: (2) Address
3) Phone no: Immediate respond is urgently needed. Call +234-1 -822-6986 for more details. REGARDS,Managing Director \ INT'L REMMITANCE DEPT.CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIAREV FATHER BRIGHT EGOO SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNOR
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PMedMoe said:
Me to, I didn't know I had a account with Google.
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I did'nt click on this one to find out where they were going, but they don't sound like the Nigerian bunch.
Cheers.
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Received another "typical" one today from South Africa. What was interesting was that it was a pdf attached to the email. It also uses the name of a real (?) person, but of course with the warning not to call at the office number due to the "sensitivity" of the transaction. : There are indeed Skinner and Andries streets in Pretoria, South Africa.
If these scammers are making up personalities and the accompanying websites, they are pretty creative.
The scam email can be seen here.
There are indeed Skinner and Andries streets in Pretoria, South Africa.If these scammers are making up personalities and the accompanying websites, they are pretty creative.
The scam email can be seen here.
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Just found this one in the news, it would seem that an Etobicoke couple has been defrauding seniors of money by claiming to have a winning lottery ticket and not being able to cash it as they are not citizens.
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TORONTO -- An Etobicoke couple is duping seniors and new Canadians out of money by claiming to be lottery winners who can't cash their tickets because they're not citizens.
Const. Tony Vella said the scam surfaced after a 65-year-old woman was approached by a middle-aged couple at a bus stop in the Islington Ave. and Humber Summit Lane area last weekend.
"The suspect spoke Spanish and claimed to have a winning ticket," Vella said yesterday. "He told the victim he couldn't cash the ticket because he wasn't a Canadian citizen."
The senior was driven to an ATM where she was persuaded to hand over $18,000 to the couple in exchange for half of the winnings.
Police said the woman asked for her money back and was given a pencil case, which turned out to contain newspaper clippings, instead of the money. By the time she had the case opened, the couple had disappeared, police said.
"People should always be aware and cautious in whatever they do," Vella said. "This sum of money could be her life savings."
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I don't know about most people, but I have a limit on what I can withdraw at one time on an ATM and it certainly isn't $18,000.
It's disgusting that these people deliberately perpetrate their crimes on the gullible.
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TORONTO -- An Etobicoke couple is duping seniors and new Canadians out of money by claiming to be lottery winners who can't cash their tickets because they're not citizens.
Const. Tony Vella said the scam surfaced after a 65-year-old woman was approached by a middle-aged couple at a bus stop in the Islington Ave. and Humber Summit Lane area last weekend.
"The suspect spoke Spanish and claimed to have a winning ticket," Vella said yesterday. "He told the victim he couldn't cash the ticket because he wasn't a Canadian citizen."
The senior was driven to an ATM where she was persuaded to hand over $18,000 to the couple in exchange for half of the winnings.
Police said the woman asked for her money back and was given a pencil case, which turned out to contain newspaper clippings, instead of the money. By the time she had the case opened, the couple had disappeared, police said.
"People should always be aware and cautious in whatever they do," Vella said. "This sum of money could be her life savings."
More on link
I don't know about most people, but I have a limit on what I can withdraw at one time on an ATM and it certainly isn't $18,000.
It's disgusting that these people deliberately perpetrate their crimes on the gullible.
