Economic Stimulus Check Scam

We received another spam scam email which we felt was important enough to post as a warning to you.

This email claims to be an IRS request for information so you can receive an economic stimulus check. Be careful with these emails that ask for personal information. Most of the time they are scams.

Here's a copy of the email.

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined
that you are eligible to receive a Stimulus Payment.

Please submit the Stimulus Payment Online Form in order to process it.
A Stimulus Payment can be delayed for a variety of reasons.
For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.

To access the form for your Stimulus Payment, please follow the next URL:

http://www.iriscoatings.com/css/index.html

For security reasons, we will record your ip-address, the date and time.

Deliberate wrong inputs are criminally pursued and indicated.


Regards,
Internal Revenue Service


Copyright 2008, Internal Revenue Service U.S.A. All rights reserved.



FOLLOW UP NOTE:  This is a copy of the email, and we do not make any claims as to the accuracy of
the contents of this email; nor do we represent any of the sender's or organizations mentioned
in this spam email.

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

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:

1. Be calm and understand it is more than likely a scam, but don't take it too lightly.
   
2. 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.
   

You can also forward to spam@uce.gov, but the link listed above will get more attention. By submitting you must agree that you can be contacted by Federal or Local authorities. Obviously this is fine if you have received a death threat.

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

Let's have some fun Contest

We're thinking about connecting a few of these scammers with each other so they can hassle each other for awhile instead of innocent people. We're currently taking suggestions for the best way to accomplish this without getting our blog hacked.

1. We need a perfect email address which we can create to entice these scammers to play the game.
2. We need your suggestions as to who we should match up against each other on our current blog entries.

The best suggestions we receive for #1 and #2 will each be be given 50 EntreCard Credits!!!!!!!

We'll close this contest on March 1st. Then we'll follow up with their responses.

This could be fun if guido the killer doesn't figure out how to track us down.

Thanks,
Spambusters

Time to Fight Back! Let's Spam the Spammers

As you can tell from this blog there are hundreds upon thousands of spam scams circulating on the World Wide Web. Our email mailboxes get filled with these scams every day. It's quite frustrating because it takes time to delete these emails...........and.........we get so used to seeing them that we could actually delete a real email of importance.

So today I started to wonder....how can we fight back? Then an idea came to mind.

What if we all copy and paste the SAME scam and send it back to the original sender. Maybe he/she would then spend so much time deleting their spam that they wouldn't have time to spam others :)

To protect ourselves lets write, "This is a spam email we received which we DO NOT believe to be true. In NO way do we endorse the contents of this email, however, we thought you may want to investigate since it used your name and email address as the sender. We have forwarded a copy to the appropriate parties so they can investigate and clear you and your clients name if either of you have been misrepresented. Good luck in resolving this matter."

If anyone wants to join in on the fight here's todays opportunity.

We received this spam scam from: robertkenolly_esq66@yahoo.com
Here's the email scam sent in by Robert:

Just copy and paste the email below and send it back to the address listed above. Hopefully he'll get the message.....over and over and over and over.

BARRISTER ROBERT KENOLLY.
SUPREMECHAMBERS
35 KOFO ABAYOMI ST/ KALCUTA CRESCENTS
APAPA-LAGOS.

Dear Sir/Madam,


This letter is not intended to cause any embarrassment in whatever form,rather it is intended to contact your esteemed self, following the knowledge of your high repute and trust worthiness.

Firstly,I must solicit your confidentiality. I know that a proposal of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried,but I am assuring you that it is made in good faith and will be of mutual benefit.

I am Barr.ROBERT KENOLLY, Esq, the personal attorney to Mr.William,herein after referred to as my client, who used to work with National Oil plc.My client and his entire family were involved in a plane mishap that took place in Kano

For more details and pictures of the plain crash Please Click and view the Link below to see Clip of the incident.News.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm

I have since made several inquiries to your Embassy, in a bid to locate any relation of my client, and these efforts of mine have not been productive. I then decided to trace his last name over the internet, and came across your name which is why I have contacted you to assist me in securing the money and property left behind by my client before they are declared as unclaimed and unserviceable by the bank where they have been lodged for safekeeping.

I am particularly interested in securing the funds lodged with a Finance Firm,The sum of USD11.5M Dollars.This is because the said Bank has issued a notice to me, unequivocally instructing me to produce the Next of Kin / Beneficiary to the said account within the next ten official working days, or have the account confiscated. Considering my lack of success in my bid to locate his relatives for over two years,I solicit your consent to enable me produce you as the Next of Kin to my deceased client, since you both bear the same last name.

The funds will then be transferred to you as the beneficiary and shared according to a proposed sharing pattern /ratio of 60:40 i.e. 60% for me and 40% for you. I will provide the necessary, legally obtained documents to back up any claim we make
regarding this process, and will just require your understanding/ cooperation to enable us achieve success within a legitimate arrangement, laminating any liability resulting from any breach of the prevalent laws.

Your urgent response will be highly appreciated. My direct contacts have been provided above, use same accordingly for effective communication,then kindly respond immediately.

Thank you.

Best regards,

Barr.ROBERT KENOLLY(Esq)