You probably see these all these all the time. An email with a catchy subject", line like "Re", Thanks for your response", "good to hear from you, etc.
Just catchy enough to get you to open the email only to find links to (cheap drugs online, cheap viagra, xyz company, etc.)
Why would someone send these? Pretty simple. The sender more than likely joined an internet affilliate company who pays a small percentage when someone clicks on the link and buys their product. In some cases the sender gets paid a commission from that time on any time you purchase from that "store".
It's one of the many ways people can make money online.
Hey, if it leads you to a product or service that you need.....well good for them and you.
But Beware.....some of the links can be dangerous programs/viruses/etc. which can wipe out your computer or steal your information.
When you open an email like this....it is probably more safe if you do a google search on the product/company instead of clicking on some dangerous link to a hacker trying to ruin your day.
Be careful.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Affiliate Emails
Posted by
Spambuster
at
12:03 AM
0
comments
Labels: affiliate emails, buy cialis online, emails with links, online pharmacy, spam email
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
ATM Scam Email using FBI to scare readers
Well folks....they don't get much worse than this. In this email scam the sender claims others are Imposters claiming to be from the FBI in order to scam you and get your 11 million dollars. Instead, this scammer claims that you need to send him $300 to get access to your 11 million since they 'claim' to be the real group working with the FBI. They even go so far as to use fraud by claiming the email is written by the Director of the FBI.
This is a shame. Just the mention of the FBI is enough to scare many people. We hope this post will help many of you understand the extreme levels these scammers will go to in order to take your money.
Also, any time you receive these type of emails, misspelled words and bad grammar should raise alarm because people dealing with amounts equal to millions are generally more educated and professional in their work.
Here is a copy of the email scam we received today. We don't make any claims as to the validity of this email, and we remove phone #'s and email addresses to protect our readers.
Attn: Beneficiary,
This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have
thoroughly Investigated with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network
System that you are having an illegal Transaction with Impostors claiming to be
Mr. Tito Mboweni Republic of the Reserve Bank Of South African , Mr. Patrick
Aziza, Mr Frank Nweke, none officials of ABSA Bank, FNB Banks, kelvin Young of
HSBC, Ben of Fedex,Ibrahim Sule,Larry Christopher are impostors claiming to be
the Federal Bureau Of Investigation. During our Investigation, we noticed that
the reason why you have not received your payment is because you have not
fulfilled your Financial Obligation given to you in respect of your
Contract/Inheritance Payment.
Therefore, we have contacted the Federal Ministry Of Finance on your behalf and
they have brought a solution to your problem by cordinating your payment in
total USD$11,000.000.00 in an ATM CARD which you can use to withdraw money from
any ATM MACHINE CENTER anywhere in the world with a maximum of $4000 to $5000
United States Dollars daily. You now have the lawful right to claim your fund in
an ATM CARD.
Since the Federal Bureau of Investigation is involved in this transaction, you
have to be rest assured for this is 100% risk free it is our duty to protect the
American Citizens. All I want you to do is to contact the ATM CARD CENTER via
email for their requirements to proceed and procure your Approval Slip on your
behalf which will cost you $300 only and note that your Approval Slip which
contains details of the agent who will process your transaction.
CONTACT INFORMATION
NAME: Mr. James Smuts
EMAIL: paymentoffice@yahoo.cn
Telephone Numbers: (removed by Administrator)
Do contact Mr. James Smuts of the ATM CARD center with your details:
FULL NAME:
HOME ADDRESS:
TELL:
CELL:
CURRENT OCCUPATION:
BANK NAME:
So your files would be updated after which he will send the payment informations
which you'll use in making payment of $300 via Money Gram Transfer for the
procurement of your Approval Slip after which the delivery of your ATM CARD will
be effected to your designated home address without any further delay. Mr. James
Smuts will reply you with the secret code (8389 ATM CARD).
We advice you get back to the payment office after you have contacted the ATM
SWIFT CARD CENTER and we do await your response so we can move on with our
Investigation and make sure your ATM SWIFT CARD gets to you.
Thanks and hope to read from you soon.
FBI Director Robert S.Mueller III.
Note: Do disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to
be in possesion of your ATM CARD, you are hereby adviced only to be in contact
with Mr. James Smuts of the ATM CARD center who is the rightful person to deal
with in regards to your ATM CARD PAYMENT and forward any emails you get from
impostors to this office so we could act upon and commence investigation.
Posted by
Spambuster
at
9:56 AM
0
comments
Labels: ATM scam, fbi scam, spam email
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Can I trust you scam
Here is another scam I recently received. The ironic thing about this email scam was the title read...
Spam Scammer readers, I hope you don't ever fall for these vultures. Here is a copy of the Can I trust you scam:
Hello Dear,
Please kindly permit me to introduce myself and this business deal opportunity
to do with you. My name is Mr. Johnson Kofi, a bank manager. I wish to know if
we can work together.
I would like you to stand as the foreigner who made huge deposits in my bank.
The transfer would be made via swift and it will be a Bank-to-Bank wired
transfer. All I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of
this fund.
I will compute your particulars as the person who made the deposit in my branch,
so that my head office will immediately order the transfer to your designated
bank Account.
Please indicate If you are interested or not so that I can give you details on
what we are to do, I urgently hope to hear from you as soonest.
Best regards,
Mr. Johnson Kofi
Posted by
Spambuster
at
9:26 AM
0
comments
Labels: Bank Scam, can i trust you scam, spam email, wire transfer scam
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Top 10 Internet Scams
We found a nice breakdown of the top 10 internet scams on switched.com. These are general descriptions of the types of scams being used. If you scan through our site you'll find actual copies of emails received from the scammers. This will hopefully better assist you in determining whether the emails you receive are a scam or not. You can read the article by clicking here.
Remember, the best thing you can do is to delete the email if you don't know the sender. And if the sender APPEARS to be from a company you deal with, you are better off to delete the email and go to your vendors website or call directly to determine if the email was real or not. In most cases you will be told the email is spam or a phishing scheme. Also, in many cases the vendor will give you a spoof@____.com address to forward the email to.
Posted by
Spambuster
at
10:21 AM
0
comments
Labels: internet scams, phishing, spam email, top 10 scams
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Spam Scam Sympathy Spam Scam
Here's a good one for any Dr. Suess readers out there in web land. We labeled this supposed spam scam The Spam Scam Sympathy Spam Scam.......Sam I am.
The email subject catches your attention since you've received so many scams.
Email Subject: Good News to Scam Victims
Enticing subject. Could it be possible that someone has finally caught these scammers and shut down their operation? Is there some new program that blocks all of these scams? Not hardly.
This Nigerian scammer is claiming you get 1 million dollars from the Nigerian Government because they are embarrassed by all of the bank scams which have been committed through their country. Including you...they are giving away 100 victims 1 million dollars.
The Big Question is....Would someone who's been victimized by a Nigerian Bank Scam actually reply to this and get scammed twice? We sure hope not unless they're going for the Darwin awards.
Once again there are grammatical and math errors. While promising 100 people will get the million they later claim 84 have been paid and 20 are left. That's 104. Maybe if you hurry they won't notice the 4 million dollar mistake.
Also, who would believe Nigeria would pay out 100 million dollars? Based on their GDP you would think that amount would be a stretch. Anyway...........
HERE'S THE SCAM EMAIL
CENTRAL BANK/UNITED NATIONS 2008 COMPENSATIONS
PAYMENTS DIRECTOR
ATTN:Sir/madam,
SCAMMED VICTIM/1 MILLION BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS
CODE:06654 1MILLION USD.
This is to bring to your notice that I am delegate from the United Nations
to Central bank Nigeria to pay 100 Nigerian 419 scam victims $1 Million
each, you are listed and approved for this payments as one of the scammed
victims,get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payments of
your $1 Million compensations funds.
On this faithfull recomendations,I want you to know that during the last
UN meetings held at Abuja,Nigeria,it was alarmed so much by the rest of
the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by variouse foreigners to
the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today,in
other to retain the good image of the country,the president of the country
is now paying 100 victims of this operators $1Million USD each,Due to the
corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria,the payments are to be
paid by Central bank Nigeria as corressponding paying bank under fundling
assistance by the National westminster bank london.
According to the number of applicants at hand,84 beneficiaries has been
paid ,half of the victims are from the United States,we still have more 20
left to be paid the compensations of $1Million each.Your particulars was
mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Lagos, Nigeria as
one of thier victims of the operations,you are hereby warned not to
communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so
ever,the US secret service is already on trace of the criminal.
For more vital information,please
visit:http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/news1jul.htm
You can receive your compensations payments via any of the both options
you choose,ATM
CARD,DRAFT PAYMENTS or WIRE TRANSFERS,I shall feed you with further
modalities as
soon as I hear from you.
Reconfirm the following ..
1) Your full Name.
2) mobile Phone
3) Age and marital status.
4) profession,
5} Your Full Address.
Send a copy of your response to
email:cbnunitednations@gmail.com
Yours faithfully,
Rev.Dr.Patrick Azziza
Remember, it's best if you ignore these scammers by banning their ip address.
Posted by
Spambuster
at
12:45 AM
0
comments
Labels: Nigerian Bank Scam, phishing, pity scam, spam email, sympathy scam
Friday, March 14, 2008
Death Threat Email Spam
We received another Death Threat email this week. That's two in one week. Considering we've never done anything to hurt anyone it's a pitiful shame that these spam scammers would make such a horrible attempt to scam our hard earned money. Please let your friends know about this scam so they will be prepared if they recieve a copy. You can report this spam to the FBI by visiting their complaint site: http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/
Here's a copy of the latest Death Threat Scam. This one posed as a member of Al Quaeda. Not funny!
Attn,
I am very sorry for you, is a pity that this is how your life is going to
end as soon as you don't comply. As you can see we are the members of
the deadly networks in the world, which is the responsible for the bombing
of twin tower's in America on Sept. 11th and the bombing of London
transport services on the July 7th (AL-QUAEDA NETWORKS), I don't have any
business with you, my duty as I am mailing you now is just to KILL you
and I have to do it as I have already been paid for that.
Someone whom you called your friend told us all about you and how you
supporting President George Bush, during the war against our Muslim
brothers
in Iraq and this person have spent a lot of money in this venture, This
person came to us and told me that he wanted you dead and he provided us
with your name, picture and other necessary information's we needed about
you. So I sent my boys to track you down this including bugging of your
phones with satellite tracking devices and they have carried out the
necessary investigation we needed for the operation on you, and if you
doubt this information am going to give you all the necessary information
about you back to you in your next reply so that you can believe me, and
my boys are really on you but I told them not to kill you that I will
like to contact you and see if your life is important to you and the one
of your family. I called my client back and ask him of your email address
which I didn't tell him what I wanted to do with it and he gave it to me
and I am using it to contact you now. As I am writing you this mail my
men are monitoring you and they are telling me everything about you.
Now do you want to LIVE OR DIE? Since all program has be made and draw to
kill you. Get back to me now if you are ready to pay some fees to spare
your Life, $10,000 is all you need to spend in this process you will
first of all Pay $7,000 and then I will send a tape to you which I
recorded in every discussion I had with the person, who wanted you dead
and as soon as you get the Tape, You will pay the remaining balance of
$3,000. If you are not ready for my help, then I will carry on with my
job straight-up, while we are doing this, we want to make America,
London, Spain, Germany a hell for those that support the President George
Bush war against Iraq, our Muslim Country.
WARNING: DO NOT THINK OF CONTACTING THE POLICE OR EVEN TELLING ANYONE
BECAUSE I WILL NOW ,REMEMBER, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU VERY WELL WANT YOU
DEAD!
I WILL EXTEND IT TO YOUR FAMILY, INCASE I NOTICE SOMETHING FUNNY ABOUT
YOUR TELLING THE SECURITY ABOUT IT BECAUSE A GOOD LOOK IS OUT YOU AT
MOMENT.
DO NOT COME OUT ONCE IT IS 7PM UNTIL I MAKE OUT TIME TO SEE YOU AND GIVE
YOU THE TAPE OF ALL DISCUSSION WITH THE PERSON WHO WANT YOU DEAD THEN YOU
CAN USE IT TO TAKE ANY LEGAL ACTION. GOOD LUCK AS I AWAIT YOUR REPLY......
THANKS,
AL-QUAEDA NETWORKS
Posted by
Spambuster
at
12:48 PM
0
comments
Labels: dangerous spam, death threat scam, death threat spam, fraud, phishing, spam email, spammers
Saturday, March 8, 2008
DEATH THREAT SCAM (Information Purposes Only)
Okay. This is where the spammers cross the line. We obviously get a lot of spam scams and we publish a few of the various types here along with a little humorous commentary to make light of the serious problem all of these spammers cause. Our intention is to educate you as to the types of scams which are being circulated on the internet.
THIS ONE IS NOT FUNNY AT ALL. We recently received a DEATH THREAT SPAM email, and folks, there is nothing funny about this at all. In fact, if you receive a spam email like this you need to contact your Federal Authorities at once.
This one scared us. We did some research and found out it has been circulating on the internet as another type of internet scam. Nevertheless, we/you can not take this type of spam lightly. These scammers are the lowest scum there is and they NEED to be found and prosecuted.
If you receive one of these Death Threat Scams:
- Be calm and understand it is more than likely a scam, but don't take it too lightly.
- Contact the authorities. In the US you can submit the information to the Internet Crime Complaint Center which is a joint venture between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center.
Below is a copy of the death threat email we received.
THIS INFORMATION IS IS A COPY OF SPAM SENT TO US AND IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND AND RECOGNIZE THIS TYPE OF SPAM IF YOU RECEIVE IT. We did not write it, and we believe it to be false information.
HERE IS A COPY OF THE Death Threat Scam we received:
Attn,
I am very sorry for you , is a pity that this is how your life is going
to end as
soon as you don't comply. As you can see there is no need of introducing
myself to you because I don't have any business with you,
my duty as I am mailing you now is just to KILL you and I have to do it as I
have already been paid for that.
Someone you call a friend wants you Dead by all means, and this person
have spent a lot of money in this venture,This person came to us and told me
that he wanted you dead and he provided us with your name ,picture and
other necessary information's we needed about you. So I sent my boys to
track
you down and they have carried out the necessary investigation needed for
the operation on you, and they have done that but I told them not to kill you
that I will like to contact you and see if your life is important to you.I
called
my client back and ask him of your email address which I didn't tell him what
I wanted to do with it and he gave it to me and I am using it to contact you
now. As I am writing to you this mail my men are monitoring you and they are
telling me everything about you.
Now do you want to LIVE OR DIE? Since all program has be made and draw to
kill you. Get back to me now if you are ready to pay some fees to spare your
life, $15,000 is all you need to spend in this process you will first of
all pay
$8,000 then i will send a tape to you which i recorded every discusion i had
with the person who wanted you dead and as soon as you get the tape, you
will pay the remaining balance of $7,000. If you are not ready for my help,
then I will carry on with my job straight-up.
WARNING: DO NOT THINK OF CONTACTING THE POLICE OR EVEN TELLING
ANYONE
BECAUSE I WILL KNOW,REMEMBER, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU VERY WELL
WANT YOU
DEAD! I WILL EXTEND IT TO YOUR FAMILY, IN CASE I NOTICE SOMETHING
FUNNY ABOUT
YOUR TELLING THE SECURITY ABOUT IT BECAUSE A GOOD LOOK IS OUT YOU
AT MOMENT.
DO NOT COME OUT ONCE IT IS 7:PM UNTIL I MAKE OUT TIME TO SEE YOU AND
GIVE YOU THE TAPE OF ALL DISCUSSION WITH THE PERSON WHO WANT YOU
DEAD THEN
YOU CAN USE IT TO TAKE ANY LEGAL ACTION. GOOD LUCK AS I AWAIT YOUR
REPLY
____________________________________________________________________
REMINDER: THE ABOVE POSTING A COPY OF A SCAM WHICH IS CIRCULATING ON THE INTERNET. THIS IS POSTED ON THIS SITE FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. IF YOU RECEIVE THIS TYPE OF SPAM CONTACT THE AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY. IN THE US CONTACT http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/
Obviously this is the most horrible spam scam there is on the internet. These scammers must not be allowed to continue to take advantage of internet users with this form of abuse. Be careful, the internet can be a bad place.
Take Care,
Spambusters
Posted by
Spambuster
at
9:04 PM
6
comments
Labels: dangerous spam, death threat scam, death threat spam, illegal spam, ransom scam, spam email, spammers
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
The Best Spam Subject Ever!
We received a spam email today which had us jumping for joy....at least for a minute. The subject read "THIS IS MY THIRD AND FINAL EMAIL TO YOU".
Could it be true? A FINAL email from a spammer! Now this is a subject line that captured our attention. It wasn't like the others, i.e. , regarding your inheritance, contact immediately, bless you for your assistance, your funds have arrived, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc...
Well obviously we were disappointed when we anxiously opened the SPAM email to read more of the same old stuff. You know, some guy died who wanted to leave his money to someone trustworthy because he didn't have any relatives.
It's nice to be thought of as trustworthy but it just doesn't mean as much when it's from a total stranger and oceans away.
Well anyway, here's a copy of today's spam scam of the day. If you're a helicopter pilot maybe this was meant for you since this guy apparently in a Helicopter society of some sort. We could think of a lot easier groups to match up with strangers such as "He was a member of the "I don't care for barristers of lawyers who claim to have inheritance club.
Here's today's spam scam from DAVID SMITH AND ASSOCIATES' david.smith1esq22@yahoo.co.uk
The Barristers' Chambers:
DAVID SMITH & ASSOCIATES
Phone: +44 701 113 3308
+44 704 572 6455
Fax: +44 700 592 1653
E-mail: dsmith631@googlemail.com
Address: 33 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4JH, England
Attention:
On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr.
Jurgen
Krugger,I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was
returned
undelivered.I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email
address on the WILL.I wish to notify you that late Jurgen Krugger made
you a beneficiary in his WILL. He left the sum of Thirty Million, One
Hundred Thousand Dollars (USD$30,100,000.00) 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 travelled man, he said he met you sometime in the past
or
simply you were nominated to him by one of his numerous friends abroad
who
wished you good, I am not too sure again. Jurgen Krugger until his
death
was a member of the Helicopter Society and the Institute of Electronic
&
Electrical Engineers and a German property magnate. He was a very
dedicated christian who loved to give out alms to the poor,hungry and
needy. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his
life
time. Late Jurgen Krugger died on the 30Th day of July, 2000 at the age
of
80. His WILL is now ready for execution after 8 years of thorough
investigation.
According to him, this money is to support your humanitarian/medical
activities and to help the poor and the needy in our society. Please if
I
reach you as I am hopeful, endeavour to get back to me as soon as
possible
to enable me conclude my job. I hope to hear from you in no distant
time.
I am sincerely sorry if you feel bothered or embarrassed by this
message;
I am just about my own job. I do hope you understand that? Thank you.
Note: You are advised to contact me with my personal email address
below:
Email:dsmith631@googlemail.com
david.smith1esq22@yahoo.co.uk
I await your prompt response and please keep this very discrete and to
yourself until the transfer of the funds to you is finalised.
Yours in Service,
BARRISTER DAVID SMITH.
PRINCIPAL PARTNERS
PARTNERS: Barrister Aidan Walsh.Esq, Markus Wolfgang, Mr. John Marvey
Esq,
Mr. Jerry Smith Esq.
Posted by
Spambuster
at
7:47 PM
0
comments
Labels: foreign bank scam, Inheritance scam, phishing, scam spam, spam email
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Scare Tactics Scam
Now this one was quite alarming because we could see where someone might be tempted to respond based on their concern that government authorities are getting involved. Some of these scammers are getting pretty good at catching our attention. They should be writing headlines for newspapers or magazines instead of trying to scam innocent people out of hard earned money.
This one came from:
'INDEPENDENT CORRUPT PRACTICES COMMISSION(ICPC)
cbn_org@freenet.de
Subject:
Intercepted Transfer By National Drug Law Enforcement/Anti-Terrorist Commission.
Type: Text
INDEPENDENT CORRUPT PRACTICES COMMISSION(ICPC)
HEADQUARTER: LAGOS HOUSE, IKEJA GOVERNMENT QUARTERS.
MOTTO: NO MAN IS ABOVE THE LAW.
YOU AND THE LAW
Re: Intercepted Transfer By National Drug Law Enforcement/Anti-Terrorist Commission.
Dear Sir/Madam,
It was reported to our Minister for Foreign Affairs that your impending
funds($10,500,000.00) which was intercepted by the National Drug Law
Enforcement/Anti- Terrorist Commission. We have investigated your
transaction through the apex bank of Nigeria(CBN), We noticed that you made
several attempt to transfer your funds but to no avail. Our
investigation continued to the judiciary upper house(National House of
Assembly),The Senate monitoring team gave an unsatisfactory report to your
transaction, hence the chairman is presently under investigation for conspiracy
and with an intension to divert your funds.
We have in our powers as the only and approved office by the Federal
Government of Nigeria taken absolute possession of your funds which has
been deposited with H.S.B.C BANK PLC LONDON. In consonance with the law
guiding this organization, It might interest you to know that Prof
Charles Soludo and others shall be interrogated and if found guilty, they
shall have no option than to pay whatever you have spent in the past.
Below is the information we have stating that it belongs to you but we
still advise that you re-confirm this again as we shall not be held
responsible for any misdirection of your transfer.
Bank name:USBank
1015 Industry Road
Lexington,Kentucky 40505
A/C# 189706657
Routing# 034577123
Swift Transfer# usbkus44imt
If the above information is not correct,then endeavour to send the
correct one including your direct phone number,address etc. Haven said
this, in other to avert any form of difficulties or problem with your
transaction,you will be paid via our corresponding bank in London. This is
base on our bilateral relationship with the United Kingdom(UK). You
might be a foreigner in the United State and for this reason no American
Bank would accept an individual transfer to such an amount of money. It
might also interest you to know that since the September 11th attack by
terrorist in America, they have beefed up their security even to banks
and the flow of cash is totally checkmated. The homeland security agent
even in the airport despite your position as a diplomat, You must be
searched. The same situation is applicable here in Nigeria and even in
the United Kingdom.For this reason, your funds will be only and safely
released to you through an organization which is registered by the
government of this country.
Our interaction with the National Drug Law Enforcement/Anti- Terrorist
Commission was real but due to the fact that the homeland securities
even in the banks are not convinced and your transfer was halt. Finally,
we have your funds in our custody and it is safe but will be
transferred via our corresponding bank.
You are advised to call the telephone number below for oral and
important discussion, Should you fail to call or respond as advised then we
shall have no option than to confiscate this funds in agreement with the
law governing this organization. We promise to give you our
professional service that will ensure your quick receive of your funds within
7days.
1. YOUR FULL NAME:........................
2. YOUR FULL ADDRESS:......................
3. YOUR TELEPHONE.........................
4. FAX....................................
5. AGE....................................
6 .SEX:...................................
7. YOUR OCCUPATION........................
8. YOUR ACCOUNT DETAILS WHERE YOU WANT YOUR FUND TO TRANSFER INTO:
...........................................
...........................................
Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Ugo B. Emeson.
Head:ICPC
Posted by
Spambuster
at
12:58 PM
0
comments
Labels: Bank Scam, money transfer scam, phishing, scam spam, Scare tactics scam, spam email
Monday, January 28, 2008
Saddam Hussein Money Transfer Scam
It's amazing how these scammers feel no remorse in using the names of real people to make their scams sound more believable. In this case this scammer acts like he and one of his fallen military comrades found millions of dollars which had belonged to Saddam Hussein. Same scam, different story.
Here he wants you to help him transfer the millions for a generous commission. Of course once you give your information he'll drain your bank accounts and leave you holding the bag.
Hopefully one day some of these scammers will get caught. It would be a shame if this scam ever fell into the hands of the family of the fallen soldier he refers to in this email. They've lost enough as it is.
Here's this one....
Subject read: From Sergeant Giles Bright
FROM: SERGEANT GILES BRIGHT.
Camp MXP-512 Third Infantry Division Unit(T.I.D.U), Abul Uruj, Baghdad , Iraq .
I am Sergeant Giles Bright, a native of the United Kingdom . But a citizen and resident of the US . I am a soldier of the America troop currently serving in the third infantry division Unit in Iraq .
I am currently on duty break. My partner Darren D. Braswell,36, of Riverdale , Ga. ,Darren D.Braswell died Jan. 7th near TalAfar , Iraq , when the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter in which he was a passenger crashed.
Braswell worked For the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, Before his death
We secretly moved some abandoned cash in a mansion belonging to the former president, Saddam Hussein and the total cash is US$20,200,000.00 (Twenty Million two hundred thousand Dollars). As I write this letter to you, this boxes are in security company as I secretly moved it out of Iraq to safe place. You do not have to be afraid of anything as no one else knows about this and everything is safe.
I would be pleased And grateful to you if you could assist me and My late partner Darren D. Braswel in receiving this boxes for us on your behalf as I will be heading back soon to camp in Iraq to join my colleagues. Of course, I shall compensate you with an attractive percent of the total funds for your role/efforts. We have limited time now, kindly get back to me immediately.
Moving the funds out of the security company is not going to be much of a problem as arrangements are being made towards that. All I want from you is your trust, please get back to me with your full name and contact phone number (cell phone, preferable) without delay and lets negotiate terms.
Your response will determine our subsequent correspondence.
You can read more on this website for more information and explanations
Yours in Service.
SERGEANT GILES BRIGHT
Posted by
Spambuster
at
2:50 PM
0
comments
Labels: Bank Scam, money transfer scam, phishing, Saddam Hussein Scam, spam email
Friday, January 18, 2008
Another UK Lottery Scam
Here's another apparent lotto scam. It's pretty amazing that a company we've NEVER heard of has so much money to give away to someone that knows nothing about them. We don't think we'll give them our personal information any time soon.
--
Online Cyber Lottery
20 Craven Park,
Harlesden London NW10
United Kingdom
Ref Number: EH 9590 OG 0612
Batch Number: 563881545-NL/2006
Dear Winner,
WINNING NOTIFICATION
The prestigious Online Cyber has set out and sucessfully organised a
Sweepstakes marking the new year 2008 anniversary we rolled out over
$25,000.000.00 for our end of year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the
draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which
we enjoy their patronage.
The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalised
email addresses to ticket numbers.
Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to Ref Number: EH
9590 OG 0612, Batch Number: 563881545-NL/2007 and Ticket Number: PP 3502
/8707-01 which subsequently won you $2,500,000.00 USD as one of the 10
jackpot winners in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum
of $2,500,000.00 USD.
Please be informed by this winning notification,to file your claims,you are
to make contact with your designated agent who shall by duty guide you
through the process to facilitate the release of your prize. To file for
your claim Please Contact your fiduciary agent
Name: Steve West,
Phone: +44 70359 02983
+44 70359 02983
Email:onlinecyber_lottery@strompost.com
You are advised to contact your fiduciary agent with the following details
to avoid unnecessary delays and complications:
1. Full name and address.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. Country.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. Tel and fax number.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Age
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. Occupation.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5.Email Address.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.Electronic Bank Transfer.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Issuance of a certified Cheque.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thank you for being part of this promotional award program.
Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates.We wish
you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune.
Yours Faithfully,
Walter Jones.
Lottery Coordinator.
Posted by
Spambuster
at
9:57 AM
0
comments
Labels: Bank Scam, foreign bank scam, lottery scam, phishing, spam email
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Spam Scam Rebate Scam Spam....Ahhhhhhhhh
This may be the craziest alleged bank scam we've seen. This email claims you get $150,000 as payment to make up for someone else scamming you previously. Of course they want you to hurry and be secretive because there are only 37 rewards left. We're not sure what to label this....perhaps a spam scam rebate from a spam scam. With all the spam and scam in this email maybe we'll call it the Green Eggs and Ham spam scam, Sam I am. :)
Attn: Sir/Madam,
SCAMMED VICTIM/$150,000 BENEFICIARIES.
REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 02007 $150,000 USD.
This is to bring to your notice that We have been having a meeting for
the passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago with the former secretary to
the UNITED NATIONS. On this faithful recommendations, I want you to
know that during the last U.N. meetings held at Abuja, Federal Republic
of Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the world in the meetings on
the lost of funds by various individuals to scams artists operating in
syndicates all over the world today.
In other to compensate these victims, the U.N Body is now paying 221
victims of this operators $150,000 USD each in accordance with the U.N
recommendations.
Due to the corrupt and in-efficient Banking Systems in Federal
Republic of Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by UNION BANK PLC as
corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by United Nation body.
Benefactor will be cleared and recommended for payment by UNION BANK PLC
Nigeria.According to the number of applicants at hand, 184 Beneficiaries
has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States ,we still
have more 37 left to be paid the compensations of $150,000USD each.
Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was
arrested as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not
to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so
ever as the U.S. secret service is already on trace of the other
criminals. So keep it secret till they are all apprehended.Other victims who
have not been contacted can submit their application as well for
scrutiny and possible consideration. You can receive your compensations
payments via any of this options you Choose, DRAFT/CHEQUE PAYMENTS or
WIRE TRANSFERS.
You are advised to contact Mr.Bill Westmoore of UNION BANK PLC, as he
is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your
Cheque/International Bank Draft of USD$ 150,000,00. This funds are in a
Bank Draft for security purpose ok? so he will send it to you and you can
clear it in any bank of your choice.
Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone number/your
correct mailing address where you want him to send the Draft to you.
Contact Person: mr Bill Westmoore
Director,International Banking Dept
UNION BANK PLC
Email:bill-hypertecintl@ommail.com
Thanks and God bless you and your family.
Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your payment.
Making the world a better place.
Regards,
Mr. Koffi Annan
Former Secretary (UNITED NATIONS).
SCAMMED VICTIM/REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 02007 $150,000 USD).
Posted by
Spambuster
at
9:53 AM
0
comments
Labels: Bank Scam, beneficiary scam, Nigerian Bank Scam, phishing, rebate scam, spam email
Monday, January 14, 2008
Well written Bank Scam (unverified)
Kudos to Mr. Williams for taking the time to write such a long spam email. This supposed bank/inheritance scam sounds official. Of course so do the other 600 we receive from the UK and Nigeria.
Title of todays email was simple: Re: Inquiry from John Williams
Here's today's latest spam scam attempt........
Greetings,
I am John Williams,staff of Coutts & Co Private Bank London UK. I am contacting you concerning a deceased customer and an investment he placed under our banks management three years ago.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 subject matter; came to our bank to engage in business discussions with our private banking division. He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars, which he wished to have us turn over (invest) on his behalf.
I was the officer assigned to his case, I made numerous suggestions in line with my duties as the de-facto chief operations officer of the private banking sector then, 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 Two million United States Dollars, this margin was not the full potential of the fund but he desired low risk guaranteed returns on investments.
In mid 2005, he asked that the money be liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash payments in Helsinki- Finland. He directed that I liquidate the funds and deposit it with a security firm. I informed him that my Bank 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 Coutts 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 the 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 deceased 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 of November 2006.
In June last year 2007, we got a call from the security firm informing us about the inactivity of that particular portfolio.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 deceased had not come forward to claim his deposit. I made futile efforts to locate the deceased. I immediately passed the task of locating him to the internal investigations department of Coutts & Co Private Bank.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.We were soon enough to identify the body and cause of death was confirmed.
The bank immediately launched an investigation into possible surviving next of kin to alert 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 make the accounts anonymous. This bank also gives the choice to depositors of having their mail sent to them or held at the bank itself, ensuring that there are no traces of the account and as I said, rarely do they nominate next of 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 testate. 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 present official capacity as the Head of Finance 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,is 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 financial year broadcast a request for statements of claim to Coutts & Co Private Bank, failing to receive viable claims they will most probably revert the deposit back to Coutts & Co Private Bank.This will result in the money entering the Coutts & Co Private Bank 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 Twelve Million five hundred thousand dollars. 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 my Bank 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 now seek your permission to present you as a next of kin to the deceased, as all documentations will be carefully worked to make you the beneficiary to the funds $12.5m (Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars.) ; I am prepared to place you in a position to instruct The security Firm to release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation. 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. We share the proceeds 60/40.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.I assure you that I could have the deposit released to you within a few days.
I will simply inform Coutts & Co Private 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 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 Policy.Please observe this instruction religiously.
Please, again, note that 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.
Send your response to my private email:
johnwilliams44kk@yahoo.co.uk
I await your response.
John Williams.
(Coutts & Co Private Bank London UK.).
PS. THANKS BUT NO THANKS!
Posted by
Spambuster
at
2:56 PM
0
comments
Labels: Bank Scam, foreign bank scam, Inheritance scam, investment spam, phishing, spam email, transfer scam
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
FedEx Courier Scam
Here's another one where you supposedly get 5.5 million dollars if you'll pay $285 to the person in this email. I wonder why a FedEx representative wouldn't have a FedEx email address.
Attn/ My Good Friend,
Happy New Year . I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your
Confirmable Bank Draft of $5.5 Million United States Dollars, but I did
not hear from you since for a couple of weeks now. Then I went to the bank
to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to expire and Dr.Wilson
the Director Bank of Africa told me that before the draft will get to your
hand that it will expire. So I told him to cash the $5.5 Million USD UNITED
STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration
as I will be out out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not
come back till ending of March 2008.
What you have to do now is to contact FEDEX COURIER SERVICES as soon as
possible to know when they will deliver your Consignment to you because
of the expiring date. For your information, I have paid for the delivering
Charge, Insurance premium.
The only money you will send to the FEDEX COURIER SERVICES to deliver your
Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is ($285.00 US)
Two Hundred & Eighty Five United States Dollars only being Security Keeping
Fee of the Courier Company so far.Again, don't be deceived by anybody to
pay any other money except $285.00 US Dollars. I would have paid that but
they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case
of demurrage.
You have to contact FEDEX COURIER SERVICES now for the delivery of your
Draft with this information bellow;
Directors Name: DR. DAVIS MOORE
Companys Name:FEDEX COURIER SERVICES
Email Address: (info.fedex_courierltd207@yahoo.fr)
Tel/00229-939-15-468
FAX:00229-938-132-00
Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone
number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to
give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over there
and know when it will get to your address. Let me repeat again, try to contact
them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay and remember
to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $285.00 US Dollars for their immediate
action.
Note this. The FEDEX COURIER SERVICES don't know the contents of the Box.
I registered it as a BOX of Africa cloths. They did not know it contents
was money. this is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don't let them know
that box contents money ok.
I am waiting for your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,
Barrister Pamela Jeffery
Posted by
Spambuster
at
4:19 PM
2
comments
Labels: courier scam, FedEx Scam, phishing, spam email
Friday, December 28, 2007
Note to our Readers
We have not verified all of the information submitted on this blog are scams. It is only our assumption that this information posted is spam scams. Our assumption is based on the number of similar emails we receive on a daily basis.
To give you an idea of the amount of these emails we receive, we have saved 551 emails similar to those posted on this blog over the past couple of months. Many are repeats from different emails and many are similar in content with a few words changed around.
Posting these emails on this blog is our attempt to educate the readers of this blog of the various techniques used by these apparent scammers to obtain your personal information. We hope these postings will help you verify if a similar email you receive(d) is identical to one posted on this blog.
We do not guarantee the validity of any of the information posted and any information you use for personal reasons is at your own risk.
We hope this blog can assist you and/or your acquaintances in identifying apparent email spam scams.
Posted by
Spambuster
at
12:58 PM
2
comments
Labels: Blog Disclaimer, phishing, Scam Verification, spam email
Fondazion Di Vittorio Apparent Scam
We wanted to publish this apparent scam because we've received approximately 30 emails from senders claiming to represent the Fondazion Di Vittorio in ITALY. Based on this amount of emails we would imagine you would be safe to delete any emails you receive from senders claiming to be associated with this group.
Fondazion Di Vittorio, ITALY
http://www.fondazionedivittorio.it
CONCERN,
The Fondazion Di Vittorio, ITALY would like to notify you that you have been chosen by the board of trustees as one of the final recipients of a cash Grant/Donation for your own personal, educational, and business development. The Fondazion Di Vittorio, ITALY, established 1977 by the Multi-Million groups and now supported by the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS), United Nations Organization (UNO) and the European Union (EU) was conceived with the objective of human growth, educational, and community development.
In conjunction with the ECOWAS, UNO and the EU, We are giving out a yearly donation of US$850,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United states dollars only) each to 33 lucky recipients. These specific Donations/Grants will be awarded to 33 lucky international recipients worldwide, in different categories.
Based on the random selection exercise of internet websites and millions of supermarket cash invoices worldwide, you were selected amongst the lucky recipients to receive the award sum of US$850,000.00 as charity donations/aid. (Note that all beneficiaries email addresses were selected randomly from over 100,000 internet websites or a shop's cash invoice around your area in which you might have purchased something from).
You are required to contact the Executive Secretary below, for processing of your claims. After contacting our office, you will be given your donation pin number, which you will use in collecting the funds. Please endeavor to supply the requested data below and quote your Qualification numbers (N-222-6747,E-900-56) in all discussions.
Full Name:
Sex/Age:
Address Line 1:
City: State: Zip/Postal Code:
Country:
Valid Phone Number: Fax (optional):
Marital Status:
Occupation:
Next of Kin:{indicate}:
How do you feel to be a winner:
I _________ HEREBY DECLARE THAT, ALL ABOVE INFORMATION PRODUCED BY ME ARE TRUE.
Executive Secretary:
Mr. Gianni Mattioli
Contact E-mail:fdvoffice99@aim.com
(Foundation officer)
Please note that these donations/Grants are strictly administered by the EU, ECOWAS, UNO. You are by all means hereby advised to keep this whole information confidential until you have been able to collect your donation, as there have been many cases of double and unqualified claim,due to beneficiaries informing third parties about his/her donation.
On behalf of the Board kindly, accept our warmest congratulations.
Regards,
Mr. Gianni Mattioli
Contact E-mail:fdvoffice99@aim.com
(Foundation officer)
Posted by
Spambuster
at
12:43 PM
0
comments
Labels: award scam, bank draft scam, Bank Scam, Fondazion Di Vittorio Italy Scam, spam email
Bank of America Account Information Scam
This apparent SCAM is scary. They trick you into believing someone is tampering with your account so you'll click on the link to enter your login and account information. Remember, most financial institutions will not solicit your personal account information via email. Only enter your information on the company's direct website. This email did NOT come from Bank of America. The sender did NOT leave a return email address. Beware of these dangerous scams because they can sound real. On this one they even had Bank of America logos on the email. Subject read: Important Messege From Bank Of America (Notice they misspelled Message :)
Bank of America is constantly working to protect your account. Your Bank Of America Online Banking Account has been SUSPENDED because you have exceeded the maximum Number of SIGNIN attempts allowed. To lift this SUSPENSION, you are required to log on to your account and update your online banking details.
SIGN IN
*Important*
Be warned that filling wrong details will result in a permanent SUSPENSION of your account.
Customer's Security Advisor
Bank Of America
Posted by
Spambuster
at
12:35 PM
0
comments
Labels: Account Information Scam, Bank of America account information scam, Bank Scam, fraud, phishing, spam email
Nigerian Bank Draft Scam from an alleged Senator
This one came from f_d111@myway.com with an email from a person who claims to be a Senator. These Nigerian bank scam spam emails sure make their government look bad. We hope the real government officials will get a handle on this thing so these supposed scammers will slow down on their attempts to fraud harmless citizens. I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred Dear Friend, I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay . Presently I'm in paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary in nigeria, her name is VIVIAN OBASI Ask her to send you the total of ($1.800.000 Million) which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter in the past. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much.So feel free and get in touch with my secretary VIVIAN OBASI and instruct her where to send the amount to you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferness at that time. In the moment, I’m very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand.Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with VIVIAN OBASI she will send the amount to you without any delay. Regards, Senator Davison F Williams Esq
Posted by
Spambuster
at
12:23 PM
0
comments
Labels: Bank Scam, foreign bank scam, fraud, Nigerian Bank Scam, phishing, spam email
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Distribution Company Money Transfer Scam
Here's another supposed scam where representatives from a foreign company offer 20% of the funds you allow them to transfer to your US account so they can avoid higher tax rates. 20% is quite a large sum to offer. What is the tax rate in China anyway? Ironically, once again the contact email isn't in a company name...it's carried by the large provider yahoo.
The subject reads: How are you today? Without replying I hope they know my answer is...."Tired of receiving all of these email spam scams.
MAJESTICGOLD.LTD
Dear Sir/Madam,
We introduce ourselves to you as a Diamond Mining and Distribution company
located here in China . This communication serves as an attempt to locate a
willing participant who can aid us with our business in the following manner.
We are major distributors and exporters of Gold/Diamond to various company in
the United States , Canada and part of Europe .
Due to currency restrictions here, we are seeking the participation of a third
party who can handle certain financial aspects of our business in the United
States of America . We would require assistance in the movement of
funds since
we are unable to freely control this from our country.
We are interested in associating with a reliable /credible trust worthy person
or company whom will represent our company as payment collection agent, you
will be expected to act as a medium of getting to our customers and also
receiving our payment from our various customers within the United States and
North America .
In order to identify, evaluate and select a suitable participant we would
require that you or your company are able to demonstrate credit worthiness by
having a strong relationship with your bankers and having a running line of
credit account with your bank.
Our overall objective is to reduce our tax exposure, to increase ease of
payments between our suppliers and customers and to alleviate the problem of
wire payments from One country to another that we are currently experiencing.
Our company Policy does not accept checks from customers, therefore, we
strongly advise all our customers to pay through direct wire transfer to the
line of credit account of our collection agents.
We are offering a 20% share of any payment received on our behalf, all profits
in this endeavor to an honest, trustworthy, and credible participant. Please
respond to us if you feel that this assignment is of interest, in order for us
to mutually agree on future terms and conditions.
Please if you are interested in this lucrative business With us, we will be
very glad. Please for more information contact the President/CEO Mr Anthony
Hope
email mitsuioilfield20077@yahoo.com www.majesticgold.net Subject to your
satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which
we will pay you for your services as our representative in your country Please
if you are Interested forward to us your phone number/fax and your full
contact address and Age.
Mr Anthony Hope
President/CEO
MAJESTICGOLD.LTD
www.majestcgold.net
Email : mitsuioilfield20077@yahoo.com
Posted by
Spambuster
at
9:29 AM
0
comments
Labels: fraud, money transfer scam, phishing, spam email, transfer scam, US Money transfer scam
Worried ATM Scammers
These supposed scammers want you to quit trying to deal with others in securing your "inheritance" to prevent losing your awesome deal. They want you to get their ATM card and withdraw their maximum of 20,000 per day. I don't know of any ATM's which allow that much withdrawal. It's amazing these people find all the best deals out there and then expect us to believe them. With all of these email scams out there it means someone has more than likely fallen victim to this illegal activity. Hopefully this blog will keep others from doing the same.
OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA
Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB
Your Ref
COMPLIMENT OF THE SEASON!!!
THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT.
SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE OFFICIALS IN THE BANK YOUR ENTIRE ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU. WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT LIKE THESE HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM MR. PRESIDENT,UMARU YAR'ADUA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND FBI.
THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS DEPARTMENT CARD PAYMENT CENTER.
CONTACT: MR BARRY WEALTH ON HIS
EMAIL ADDRESS: oceanicbankremittancedept01@mail.md
AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION.
5. COUNTRY AND ZIPCODE
THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT TWENTY THREE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2007. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT. FOR ORAL DISCUSSION, EMAIL ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED OFFICE. NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-822) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.
KINDEST REGARDS,
MR. DAVID MARK.
SENATE PRESIDENT.
Posted by
Spambuster
at
9:22 AM
0
comments
Labels: ATM scam, Bank Scam, Nigerian Bank Scam, phishing, spam email