Here's yet another "help us scam some money and we'll give you a percentage" scam.
The red flag should come out when you read the part saying the government can't find out. Hopefully people don't fall for this scam.
Here's a copy of the email we received.
Hello,
There is an issue that came up which we would like to discuss with you my
self and my colleagues,that there is an over invoice payment made to our
company which involves some amount of money,so we have decided to involve
a third party who we can entrust this money on when we have been able to
pull it out from its destination to a designated account.I decided to put
it before you so you can assist with this situation.
We also found out that if the government finds out,the money will be
confiscated and transferred into banking treasury,to avoid this we have
made an arrangement for the movement of the funds due to the fact that we
can not transfer such money without the authorities not knowing,so all we
require from you is for you to help handle this situation and lay claims
on the consignment funds as all necessary arrangement has been made to
ensure that you collect the funds and move it to your home nominated
account where we will come for final disbursement.
You will be given 30% of the total funds when we see that there is a
success in this deal,the amount involved is $15.3million we will provide
you with the necessary information as soon as the funds arrive.Please note
that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these funds to
you has been finalized.
We will discuss much in details when I do receive your response.
Mr John Chan.
Again, this is a copy of an email we received which has not been verified. These posts are for information only. Anything action you take on these posts is your deal, and Spam Scammers can not be held accountable for any information listed in this blog.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Another Money Transfer Scam
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Another Lottery Scam
Here's another Lottery type scam where the email sender claims you've won hundreds of thousands of dollars from a lucky lottery draw. Here's the latest lottery scam:
Attention:
Dear Prominent User of the Internet How are you today? Hope all is well with you
and your family? I hope this mail meets you in a perfect condition.
This is from a total cash prize of US 800,000,00 Dollars, given to the first
FIFTY (50) people who will be compensated in this world internet Programs.
All participants were selected randomly from Worldwide Web site through computer
draw system and Extracted from over 700.000 companies I am using this
opportunity to thank you for using the internet daily.
Due to your effort, using internet programs indoor and in your office, we want
to compensate you and show our Gratitude to you with the sum of $800,000,00
United States of America Dollars we have authorized Mr. BOB JAMES. to assist
your in getting your compensation cheque across to you.
The name and contact address of The Mr. BOB JAMES. is as follows;
COMPENSATION HEAD OFFICE
CONTACT AGENT: Mr. BOB JAMES.
EMAIL: contactbobjames@googlemail.com
TEL:+234-705-548-2401
Finally remember that I have forwarded instruction to Mr. BOB JAMES. on your
behalf to send the cash prize of (Eight hundred thousand United State Dollars)
to you as soon as you contact him with your Delivery address and Telephone
numbers without delay.
Best Regards,
Mrs. Ruth Mary Duke.
Presidential Library & Museum
Former Director International Online
Lottery Co- coordinators. © 2009 WORLD
INTERNET PROGRAMS®
Remember, be careful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, January 5, 2009
PayPal Account Information Scam
This is one of the more difficult spam scams to detect. We'll call it the PayPal Scam. Basically, you receive an email notifying you that some unusual activity has occurred on your account. They then request that you click on the "PayPal" link to update your account information and/or change your password. Unfortunately, the link goes somewhere else other than PayPal and you give your information to the scammers. PayPal states they NEVER send out emails with links to their site. The ONLY way you should login to your PayPal Account is to go directly from your browser by typing in PayPal.com
Here is a copy of a PayPal scam we received recently. We have no idea of the origin, originators, or creators of this email, and we can't verify that it's a scam; however, based on the link locations attached to the links, we believe this is a scam.
When you receive these forward them to spoof@paypal.com
Below is the copy of the email we received from someone other than paypal.
(NOTE: We removed the bad links so you wouldn't accidentally click through)
As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.
www.paypal.com
www.paypal.com
www.paypal.com
