Scambusters, Preventing Internet Scams & Phishing Attempts

This blog is dedicated to help preventing internet fraud and internet scams. Scambusters was a radio show I started in Albany Oregon, but due to defaulted payment by the radio station we took the show offline. Regardless of this issue we still wish to help prevent internet fraud and save people from internet loss. I have been interviewed and featured in various publications such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times & Daily News, The London Times & AARP Newsletters. Please watch this blog for latest tips and tricks and scams to avoid.

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

We're moving soon...

More info coming soon!  We are moving Scambusters to my new PERSONAL website, along with Rock & Roll Rarities and e-Powersellers.  We have been spending time concentrating on Websitewellness and I have been holding back on Scambusters.  Once moved I can dedicate more time and better format the site.  We will duplicate postings here for a while letting people know we are moving. 

Sorry for any delay in posting.

Be safe this holiday season, a ton of email scams coming out, I have been getting 3-5 daily. 

However keep emailing us with any questions or concerns.  We do answer 100% of all valid emails. 

--

Craig Solomon, Creative Director

Website Wellness "Be Remarkable"

Email // Facebook // Twitter


Monday, October 17, 2011

CL Craigslist iPad Scam > Harold Bates

We had to hire a replacement programmer and got his SPAM in reply on CL. 

CL does not give anything away except the ability to post. 

Always a Scam.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Harold Bates <knightonaaw@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: Programmer Needed ASAP for PHP / MySQL Linux Project (Albany OR)


Dear Cl User,

My name is Harold Bates, Chief executive officer of Craigslist. We have recently partnered up with Apple for a one-time promotional event today, we are giving away complimentary Apple iPhones and iPads to randomly selected individuals who have published an ad on C-list. You have been chosen as one of our latest winners for today. We randomly select numbers to match up with ads on Craigslist and your ad matched with our latest drawing.

We have partnered up with Apple to advertise their most popular product yet, the Apple iPhone and iPad. Once yet again, we are running this campaign for one-day only. All you need to do is CLICK HERE to go to our website made for this promotion and fill out the short survey to get yours for free. Just make sure you enter your email so we may locate our records to ensure that we have reserved one for you. That's it!

Congrats on winning a free Apple iPhone4 and iPad2. In case you have any query or concerns, feel free to email me back. However, you should claim your free iPhone and iPad first to ensure one will be reserved for you before the deadline ends. We do understand that you may well not receive this e-mail until after the deadline, but, we advise you check out the website and enter your email to see if we still have got yours on hold, which we often-times do because others have not claimed theirs in time.

Harold Bates
CEO, C-list

Friday, October 07, 2011

Money Scam > zulusofola@gmx.com > Urgent and very confidencial......

Can someone please define... confidencial ??

SCAM and not a good one! 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jerry Zulusofola <zulusofola1@yahoo.com>
Date: 2011/10/4
Subject: Urgent and very confidencial......
To:


NEEDING YOUR ASSISTANCE ! ! !


BUDUBURAHAM REFUGEE CAMP, WESTERN REGION.
ACCRA-GHANA


Jerry Zulusofola

I and my younger sister write to seek for your assistance; we got your contact from a noble gentleman that came to our refugee camp who came to give a seminar about AIDS whom we confronted that we are looking for a God-fearing person that is when your data was given to us.

I want to introduce myself to you. My name is Jerry Zulusofola and my younger is Aicha Zulusofola and we are both  Sudanese. My consignment contains the sum of 48.5 million United States dollars and some quantity of gold and Diamond, which I cannot be specify. The consignments are presently in the United State. The consignment gets to the State through the help of a U.N diplomat Dr. Newman Desmond. The fact is that Dr. Newman Desmond is supposed to have delivered this consignment trunk boxes to our adopted mother called Miss.Oliver Strongman in the State.


The week Dr. Newman Desmond is suppose to deliver the consignment metallic trunk boxes to her, when he got to the State after clearing the consignment from the Airport, he call Miss.Oliver Strongman to tell him the description to is house for the delivery, but is house keeper answered the call and told Dr.Newman Desmond that her mistress Miss.Oliver Strongman hard a fatal car accident which lead to her death some few hours later. Our mother has already paid the demur-rages from the security company, she paid for Bullion van that took the consignment to the airport and she paid for custom check report she also assisted us in getting the Necessary Document covering the Consignment and Also for the DRUG / ANTI TERRORIST CERTIFICATE, which is so expensive that he spent 75 thousand dollars to acquire it, but unfortunately she died in a car accident, that was why Dr. Newman Desmond has to deposit the consignment with a warehouse over there in State of Utah where our late adopted Go
 d mother do reside. And called us

(1) Assist in the banking safely of the said funds
(2) Advise on lucrative areas for investment
(3) Assist in purchase of properties.
(4) Assist us to continue our education and to start a better life over there.


We will need a financial support from you to get every of our legal documents been transfer to your name in the high court of justice Accra Ghana where our consignment trunk boxes is being originated from before getting to the United State before the diplomat can have the legal right to relocate the delivering to you as our new foreign beneficiary. Diplomat Dr. Newman Desmond has instructed us that as soon as we get all the documents being transfer to your name legally from the high court of justice we are to contact him immediately so that he can proceed with the delivering to you as our new foreign beneficiary. If you can render your assistance in this regard, 45% of the total investment sum will be for you, as your commission.

It will be done under a legitimate process so that we will not breach any international or local laws, governing this matter it's a 100% risk free.

I wait in anticipation of your reply and co-operation.

Thanks


E mails me: zulusofola@gmx.com

Thanks and God bless you

Jerry Zulusofola

Cell Phone #  +233 20 423 9430


Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Goodbye Mr. Jobs...

My most sincere and shortest blog post ever.

"Goodbye Mr. Jobs, you have changed people in ways you will never know."

10/5/2011

Money Scam >: ECOBANK PLC, DEPT OF WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFERm

Yes, it really says " TRANSFERm"  I am not sure what the "M" is for, but it does not really matter.  

Email address "FROM" = test@l3d.nl and if that is not a dead giveaway, what could be...  Oh, right, the lousy email below that.  Would anyone believe a bank would write such a bad email?  If you do, then I guess you deserve to lose your money!  

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: DR. AMATA MICHAEL <test@l3d.nl>
Date: 2011/10/4
Subject: ECOBANK PLC, DEPT OF WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFERm
To:


ECOBANK PLC, DEPT OF  WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
LAGOS NIGERIA/ADDRESS 455 AGBOKOU,ANKPA ROAD OFF
GENERAL GOWON AVENUE VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS.
CALL US ON +2347081358151.

ATTN: Beneficiary,

PLEASE YOU ARE ADVISE TO GO TROUGH THIS EMAIL CAREFULLY AND MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND AND READY TO COMPLY WITH THE CONTENTS BEFORE REPLYING TO IT. WE ARE INSTRUCTED BY JULIUS BERGER MULTI-NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ON THEIR AWARD WINNING TO UNITED STATE, ASIA AND EUROPEAN CITIZEN WHO ARE TO RECEIVE THE BELOW MENTIONED AMOUNT, SO YOUR NAME HAPPEN TO BE IN THE LIST OF BENEFICIARIES. SO YOU WILL BE RECEIVING USD$250,000.00 FROM THIS DEPARTMENT OF ECOBANK (WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER), YOU WILL BE RECEIVING USD$20,000.00 SPLITTED INTO FIVE DAILY ON THE INSTALLMENT OF USD$4,000.00 PER CASHED AT ANY WESTERN UNION OUTLET UNTIL IT COMPLETE THE CORRECT AMOUNT (USD$250,000.00).  SO THAT MEANS YOU WILL BE RECEIVING FIVE (5) MTCN NUMBER PER DAY, USD$4,000.00 INTO FIVE THAT'S USD$20,000.00 PER DAY.

MEANWHILE YOU ARE REQUIRE TO BE SENDING US THE TRANSFER CHARGES, THAT IS IF YOU SEND US TRANSFER CHARGES WE WILL RELEASE YOUR INFORMATION TO PICK UP YOUR FUND AND WHEN YOU'VE RECEIVED THE FUND, YOU WILL SEND US THE TRANSFER CHARGES OF NEXT DAY TRANSFER THEN WE RELEASE THE NEXT DAY PICK UP INFORMATION. BECAUSE WE ARE GIVEN ONLY FIFTEEN BUSINESS DAYS (15DAYS) TO GET THE TRANSFER COMPLETED VIA OUR SERVICE AND SUBMIT TRANSFER SLIP TO THEM AT THE END OF THE TRANSFER.

It became imperative to contact you on the subject matter because after the fund has been brought to our office to remit somebody from your country by name Charles Porter contacted us and said you are on sick bed and ordered him to contact us to remit the USD$250,000.00 using his information to pick up your fund presently under our custody for transfer on your behalf.

The Official responsible for the presentation of your money valued  USD$250,000.00 Winning quickly granted approvals to their application now waiting for final endorsement from Board of Trustees.

When our ECOBANK Debit Note was submitted to my desk for final Approvals before forwarding it to Board for endorsement, I noticed that there are discrepancies as there was no evidence of authorization letter from you for Charle Porter to receive the fund on your behalf. I urgently summoned The Official responsible for the presentation of the winning and directed him to stop the movement of the funds and at the same time placed a stop order instruction on the funds pending when your views and comments are received with regards to this matter.

I hereby urged you to call or email me urgently for your comments which will be highly appreciated if you are still alive or not on sick bed, because we will not hesitate to continue the payment transfer activation with the name of the gentleman on claim if no response come from you. Contact me on this number : +2347081358151. or e-mail me back using this address ecobankwesternunion@abv.bg as your silence will be a clear indication that you authorized her to effect the above changes . Also fill the information below to help us facilitate your transfer via western union.
1) Your Full Name:.............

2) Fax and Mobile #:..........
3) Home/ Office Address:....
4) Profession and Age:.......
YOUR URGENT RESPOND IS HIGHLY NEEDED .

REGARDS,
DR. AMATA MICHAEL,
DIRECTOR OF  OPERATIONS,
ECOBANK PLC WESTERN UNION DEPT

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

EFCC OFFICE -- Email Money Scam

Common scam, we report these all the time.  Money needed to be wired to cover costs, then contact goes away when the money is dried up! 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: EFCC OFFICE <info@efcc.org>
Date: 2011/10/4
Subject: OUTCOME
To:


ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION
(EFCC) FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,

Attn: Beneficiary,

I am Mrs. Farida Waziri the chairman of ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC). EFCC in alliance with economic community of West African states (ECOWAS) with head Office here in Nigeria. We have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Western part of Africa With the help of United States Government and the United Nations.

We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various parts of west African countries which includes (NIGERIA, REPUBLIC OF BENIN, TOGO, GHANA CAMEROUN AND SENEGAL) and they are all in our custody here in Lagos Nigeria.

We have been able to recover so much money from these scam artists. The United Nation Anti-crime commission and the United State Government have ordered the money recovered from the Scammers to be shared among 100 Lucky people around the globe.

This email is being directed to you because your email address was found in one of the scam Artists file and computer hard disk in our custody here in Nigeria and with the information gardered from this Scam artist, we notice that you have been scammed of so much money and have decided to complensate you you with a little token to recover the lost of your fund. You are therefore being compensated with the total sum $2.5 Million Dollars. We have also arrested all those who claim that they are barristers, bank officials, Lottery Agents who has money for transfer or want you to be the next of kin of such funds which does not exist.

Since your name appeared among the lucky beneficiaries who will receive a compensation of US$2.5 Million, we have made arrangement to register an Online Banking through our Global Bank, where you will have full access to your Online Banking Account Fund, to transfer your fund personally to your Private Bank Account with no complication of things or questioning as the Account will be fully registered in your Name.


Feel free to contact the processing officer Mr. PAUL NELSON. The online Banking Processing is made much easier for you to transfer your fund to your private Bank Account personally, to avoid any delay or complication of things. With this Online Banking Transfer Processing, you can only transfer the Maximum Amount of US$500.000.00 daily/instalmentally until the total amount of your Compensated/deposited fund is transfered and completely paid to you.

So you are advice to contact, processing officer MR. PAUL NELSON with your provided information's required for verification below.

CONTACT PERSON: MR. PAUL NELSON.

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: mcameron@blumail.org
CONTACT TELEPHONE: +234-7033823004

Provide the information bellow to enable the processing of your Online Banking Account for deposition of your total compensated fund.

1)YOUR FULL NAME.
2)YOUR ADDRESS.
3)YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER.
4)YOUR OCCUPATION
5)YOUR IDENTITY.
6) COUNTRY

Contact Mr. Paul Nelson with the information required for verification to enable him start the processing of your Online Banking Account Registration.

We guarantee your safety and wish you the best of luck.

Best Regard,

Mrs. Farida Waziri
CHAIRMAN ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION
(EFCC) FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.

Internet email Money Scam > RE-IMMEDIATE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION BENEFICIARY

Very common, fees need to be paid / wired to get money.  Using free email accounts >> sjpoffice@gmail.com 

SCAM

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mr.Simons Jean-Paul <huntingfate@cs.com>
Date: 2011/10/4
Subject: RE-IMMEDIATE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION BENEFICIARY
To:




Our Ref: UN/OHG/OXD1/2011
Your Ref:..............................
PAYMENT FILE: UN/EU/DSF/PED/XX01/11.


Attn: Beneficiary

SUBJECT:  RE-IMMEDIATE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

Definitely, I know that this letter will be a surprising one to you. Firstly, I will like to introduce myself formally as Mr. Simons Jean-Paul the EU Protocol Officer

for External Private Relations London Regional Office. You are been officially contacted by me today because your payment funds were Re-deposited into the "European

Union Diplomatic Storage Facility", because you did not forward your claim as the right beneficiary.

Well known to all, The European Union Diplomatic Storage Facility is the mother bank of all diplomatic agency in Europe and World in general. Really these men were

unexpected by me because their visit was imprompt. I had to ask them why they came to see us in person and they said that they were here to collect your funds

consignment valued US$D 12,500,000 (Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which rightfully belongs to you, on your behalf. At this development, I

asked them who authorized them to come down to London for the collection of this payment and they told me that you asked them to come and collect this consignment on

your behalf.

In fact, this was the biggest shock that this office have ever received so far because your funds is deposited here as personal belongings and yet you sent these men

to come and collect this funds consignment on your behalf without notifying us. We in this office do not understand why you sent these men to come and collect your

consignment on your behalf. You really let us down because the present EU Legislator are the pillar of our set up here and if actually you want them to help you

collect your payment valued, at least you should have informed me as the Protocol Officer of this office. They actually tendered some Vital Documents which proved that

you actually sent them for the collection of this funds. Honestly, it really baffles me that you took such decision without my consent.

Here are the Document which they tendered to this office:


1. LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION.

2. HIGH COURT INJUCTION.

3. ORDER TO RELEASE.

Actually, these documents which they tendered to this noble office is a clear proof that you sent them to collect this funds consignment for you. Finally, I told them

to come back and they promised to come back. As the Protocol Officer of this noble office, I was supposed to release this funds consignment to them but I refused to do

so because I wanted to hear from you first. Due to the nature of my job, I will not want to make any mistake in releasing this consignment to anyone except you whom is

the recognized bonafide beneficiary to this payment.

As a matter of urgency, you are required to re-confirm to me immediately the follow informations; Your Full Name, Complete Address (Physical Address with Zip Code not

P.O.BOX), Mobile telephone number and copy of your identification for subsequent delivery of the consignment in your favor without any hesitation.

In receipt of this confidential letter, you are also required to Email: sjpoffice@gmail.com with the above mentioned information.

Anticipating your prompt response and thanks for your understanding.

Yours Faithfully,

Simons Jean-Paul

Protocol Officer for External Private Relations
European Union Diplomatic Storage Facility
London, United Kingdom


Saturday, October 01, 2011

Money Scam > Assalam Malaikoum ( Please Do Not Delete )

What a mess, Asian Candian and Saudi Ambasador and email back to Japan, what a mess... ugly money scam.

Received 5 of these this morning.

Headers

Received: from emta114.att.ne.jp by vmta114.att.ne.jp with ESMTP
id <20111001125630675.TJRA.32212.vmta114.att.ne.jp@mta114.att.ne.jp>;
Sat, 1 Oct 2011 21:56:30 +0900
Received: from wem103 ([143.90.14.203] [143.90.14.203])
by emta114.att.ne.jp with ESMTP
id <20111001125630546.XIEN.4656.emta114.att.ne.jp@mta114.att.ne.jp>;
Sat, 1 Oct 2011 21:56:30 +0900
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 21:56:30 +0900
From: "Mrs. Aisatou Mohammed" <ast02@zax.att.ne.jp>
Reply-To: aisatou_mohammed44@yahoo.co.jp
To: ast02@zax.att.ne.jp
Subject: Assalam Malaikoum ( Please Do Not Delete )
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
Sensitivity: Normal
Message-Id: <20111001125630546.XIEN.4656.emta114.att.ne.jp@mta114.att.ne.jp>
X-Spam-Score: ++ (2.3)

-----Original Message-----
From: Mrs. Aisatou Mohammed [mailto:ast02@zax.att.ne.jp]
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 5:57 AM
To: ast02@zax.att.ne.jp
Subject: Assalam Malaikoum ( Please Do Not Delete )

Free Donation For Charity Projects

Assalam Malaikoum

Dearest One,

I am Mrs. Aisatou Mohammed an Asian Canadian but now been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer and have been hospitalized for couple of years now. I know as a human that you will feel for me, but the best thing you can do for me is to help me with this my proposal most especially for under privileged ones. I got your full information from the network searching and I decided to contact you out of the lot.

I am 68 years old and was married to Dr, Idriss Mohammed from Saudi Arabia and a crude Oil dealer and lastly worked as to ambassador to Germany for years before he died in the year 2009. We were both married for Sixteen years without a child. My illness has defied all forms of Medical treatment, and right now I have about few months to live, according to the medical experts. Having known my condition and believing the doctor I have decided to donate this fund to avoid total loss to less privilege, organizations, individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein.

My husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were both good religious and since his death I decided not to re-marry. I have decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on this planet earth before anything could happen. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations hear in England, Algeria, Malaysia and also the Tsunami victims. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore. I once asked my husband's relatives to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan; they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them.

The last of my money which no one knows of, is this huge cash deposit of Three Million five hundred thousand United States dollars ($3.500.000) that I have in a secure security vault which I will disclose to you later when I receive your positive reply showing your interest. I would want you to keep 20% of the funds to yourself. On complete arrangement the consignment could be convey to your door post if you so wish without your involvement. All I need from you is honest.

I am interested to use this last fund for the propagation of the work of Allah in any form and for charity, like building Clinics, school, orphanage, library and drilling of water for the orphans, local community,helping also the widows, Old Aged, and people living with HIV AIDS who can not afford to pay for health, school and foodstuff or otherwise in relation to God work. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are fighting over theproperties and I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by their greedy attitude.

I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an UNGODLYmanner, hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of death since I am a good believer. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of Allah. The Holy book says that the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace. I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health and because of the presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this development. With Allah all things are possible. Please do not fail to spread the funds across the globe.

Yours,

Mrs. Aisatou Mohammed

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Scam > Scammed Victim Compensation Fund.: VERY IMPORTANT

The Scam is the Scam is the Scam.. etc...

Come on people... email is a HOTMAIL account.  

Plus if you have not been Scammed, why would you be compensated.  And if you have been scammed are you really going to fall for it again?

What a mess.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dr Gary Williams <compensationoffice@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 4:38 PM
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT
To:


Attention:Beneficiary,

SCAMMED VICTIM/ $3.5million COMPENSATION-REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654.
We were delegated by the presidency Federal Republic Of Nigeria in
conjunction with the Economic Community Of West African
States(ECOWAS),Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission(EFCC),International Monetary Fund(IMF) and the United Nations
to pay 250
Americans,Asians and Europeans respectively who were scammed by Nigerian
fraudsters/perpetrators the sum of $3.5million each.You are listed as one of
the scam victims and approved for this payments.

In view of this recommendations, I want you to know that during the last
UN,IMF and ECOWAS meeting held at Accra,Ghana,it was alarmed vehemently so
much by the rest of the world in the meeting on the loss of funds by
various foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over
the world today, In other to retain the good image of this country, the
president (Goodluck Ebere Jonathan) has instructed the payment of 250
victims the sum of $3.5million each.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 85 beneficiaries has been
paid.we still have more left to be paid the compensation of $3.5million.

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Fraudsters who was arrested
in Lagos State Nigeria as one of their victims of the operations.Efcc with
the support of the US Federal Bureau Investigation(FBI) is
already on trace of these criminals.

Kindly reconfirm the following below information for immediate processing
of your payment:

Your full name
Your address
Your country
Your age
Your occupation
Your Phone number

Note that You will receive your compensation payments
via the approved bank by the Federal Government.I shall feed you with
further modalities as soon as I hear from you.

Yours faithfully,
Dr Gary Williams ,
De-facto Chief Compensation Officer,
EFCC And United Nations Compensation Committee,
(United nations Anti-fraud Committee)



Monday, September 26, 2011

Loan Scams > Fwd: Interesting Loan Offer :::

Why a scam with such a good rate... 

Because you have to pay a fee up front to apply for the loan that you will be denied.  Usually about $1000.00 fee. 

SCAM. 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Trans Loan Finance <info@patel-hospital.org.pk>
Date: 2011/9/24
Subject: Interesting Loan Offer :::
To:


Desk of Kim Neuman
September, 2011.
LOAN OFFER!
 
Are you a business man or woman? Are you in any financial mess or do you need funds to start up your own business?
 
Do you need a student loan? Do you need loan to settle your debt or pay off your bills or start a nice business?
 
Do you have a low credit score and you are finding it hard to obtain capital loan from local banks/other financial institutes?
 
WE OFFER LOANS WITH 2% PERCENT INTEREST RATE.
 
Our company is Continental Finance Investment and we do not require many documents.
 
We offer a loan within the range of a minimum amount of $5,000.00 US Dollars to Maximum of $10.Million. We deliver loan to our applicant within 24 hours of receiving your application form.
 
Indicate your interest via e-mail for your loan process.
 
Thanks.
LOAN OFFICER/SON TO CEO
Francis Doucet

UK Lottery Scam > : Final Notification!!!

1. I did not do the bright blue, they did, so I wanted to show you how annoying this crap can really be....
2. There are still NO internet lotteries...  100% Scam 100% of the time. 
3. After 10's of thousands people and agencies reported on this fact, if you still fall for a lottery scam... well, I guess you are a hermit, as you have not seen any news or talked to anyone not inside your cave for about a decade. 
4. Just a number 4 as I don't like ending on an odd number. 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: admin@national-lottery.co.uk <admin@clanowen.co.uk>
Date: Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 4:46 PM
Subject: Final Notification!!!
To: admin@national-lottery.co.uk


The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1N
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/09/ZY369
 
 
FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:
 
Dear Lucky Winner,
 
 
RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION
 
We are pleased to notify you the Draw (#1640) of the NATIONAL LOTTERY, Online Sweepstakes International Lottery Program held on Saturday, 10th September, 2011. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished professionals drawn from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions program conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots. The result of our computer draw (#1640) which took place on Saturday, 10th September, 2011 selected email address attached to an e-ticket number 56475600545 188 with Serial number (5627635368/10) drew the lucky numbers:  05 07 09 10 22 47(bonus no. 37), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category to the sum of £3,229,908(Three Million, two hundred and twenty
 
Your prize award has been insured in your email address and is ready for claims. To begin your claims therefore, you are advised to expeditiously contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for Overseas Lottery Winners within a period of 7 days (date of this email inclusive) for the processing of your winning and remittance to your designated bank account after all statutory obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed with. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. You may want to go through our online web result checker
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
to verify your prize online with your numbers: 05 07 09 10 22 47
 
This promotion takes place twice weekly. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Switzerland as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your funds would be released to you by any of our payment offices in England. Please be informed that claims not processed within the stipulated period may be forfeited to the pool without further notice. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented below sending the batch and reference numbers and these information below for quick verifications and release of funds between the hours of 8.00am - 7.30pm on Monday through Sunday.
 
 
Overseas Claims Unit
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person: Miss Ann Song
Email: (  songann@blumail.org  )
 
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
 
1. FULL NAMES: __________________________________
2. FULL ADDRESS: ____________________________________________
____________________________________________
3. SEX: _______________
4. AGE: ________
5. MARITAL STATUS: ___________________
6. OCCUPATION: ________________________
7. E-MAIL ADDRESS: _____________________________
8. TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________
9. LOTTO NUMBER: __05 07 09 10 22 47 __B. DRAW NUMBER: __1640__
10. TICKET NUMBER: __56475600545 188___
11. SERIAL NUMBER: __5627635368/10___
12. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________
13. AMOUNT WON: ______£3,229,908_____________________________
 
 
 
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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Job Scam: PERSONAL ASSISTANT POSITION

This is a really bad job scam as it can land you in prison.  Either State or Federal depending on who prosecutes first or even both, leave one to go to the other.   You are moving stolen money, stolen merchandise and using the Federal Post Office to move the stolen items.  

Local traffic of stolen goods, having stolen property or using the US Post Office for Wire Fraud and moving Stolen Property or Federal Criminal Enterprise.

Easy for people to fall for this scam, as they offer to pay you $300 a week for doing almost nothing. 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: james allen <brucereiter24@aol.com>
Date: 2011/9/25
Subject: PERSONAL ASSISTANT POSITION
To:


Hello  and Gooday to you , i am emailing you as  regards my advertisement
 submitted with the job seekers  and recruiters firm on the position of a
 PERSONAL ASSISTANT POSITION..I received your contact details  from the  firm

so as  to contact you directly , i would  really love to meet up with you to

talk about this job position but presently i am on a business trip, i would have


 loved  to put up a job test on you to see the capability, knowledge  and

 skills in you to be  able  to know how  you could be  a capable  and  diligent

personal assistant. i am in IRELAND  right now  and there would be no form of

interviews or aptitude test but i will like  you to answer some  questions  for both of us to really get acquainted


 1.Have you ever been a Personal Assistant ?


 2.If you have been a Personal Assistant before,how long and was it for a
 company or an individual person?


 3.Can you communicate effective and efficiently?


 4.Do you have a job as at  present?


5.Will you be able to run errands 2 hours per day for 3 days in a week?




I will prepay you in advance to do my shopping. I will also have my mails
and packages forwarded to your address. If you will be unable to stay at your  house


 to get my mails I can have it

 shipped to a post office near you and then you can pick it up at your

 convenience,When you get my mails/packages; you are required to mail them to

  where I want them mailed to. You don't have

 to make use of  your own personal money .all you have to do is have packages

 shipped to your house and do my shopping..You are allowed to open the

 packages

to reveal the content. The contents of the packages are computers , electronics, clothing's business

 and personal letters..All expenses and taxes will be covered by me. You will

 work between 15 and 20 hrs a month

 I will pay $300 per week.I need your services because I am constantly out

of town on business as I own a electronics and clothing store in ireland but i want

 to open another outlet in the US.more so i  shall be returning to the US in October, this process will be on

going till then. If you don't mind, I will meet up with you when I return

and then we can talk about the possibility of making his long term. Well, let me know if you would be  able  to handle

this possition

 I will email you the lists  and pictures of what to shop for when I am
ready.


 No heavy packages are involved! You can do the shopping at any nearest
store.

 You will be shopping for Electronics and

 clothing's. I will provide you my personal UPS account number for Shipping.

All you have to do is provide my account number to UPS and shipping charges will

be applied into the account. I will provide clear set of instructions for each task I need done as well as  the

 funds to cover them.f I were to mail you money to do my shopping plus up
 front

 payment for your service, where would you

 want it mailed to? Your full info for check,money orders or cash payment

    Full Name:

   Full Address:

   (NO P.O.BOX)

    City:

   State:

   Zip Code:

  Phone Number:(Cell):

     Home:

     Age:


    Email:

 Present Job:

 The address of the nearest Post Office to you for receiving packages:>

    Name:

  Address:

    City:

   State:

   Post Code:

 I would l be expecting to hear from you soon in order to know if you will be

 willing to handle my business on my behalf before I return.Note that this

 job is 100% legitimate.You can open allpackages to confirm  the content therein


   Thanks so much and have a nice day.

   Regards,

 James Allen.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Money Scam > United Nations Compensation Program

Reply email comes from http://www.optuszoo.com.au/, not the United Nations.

Emails with the word "Payment" in the subject line are never legitimate.

There are no "global meltdown payments" via, United Nations Compensation
Program or any other.

Western Union does not use free Microsoft @live.com emails.

Badly done scam.

-----Original Message-----
From: United Nations Compensation Program [mailto:mdobbinm@optusnet.com.au]
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 2:08 PM
Subject: Payment

This is to officially notify you that you have been selected as one of the
few beneficiary of 2011 United Nations Compensation Program,You have been
compensated with $800,000.00USD by United Nations as a sign to help
individuals financially due to the global and financial economic meltdown.
Contact the Western union Money transfer for immediate claims.

The compensated program draws was held today in United Kingdom(England)
Western Union England will be sending you the sum of $10,000 (Ten Thousand
United State Dollar) daily till the $800,000.00 USD is complete.

We write to inform you that we have already sent you $10,000 USD( dollars
through Western Union from your compensation of $800,000.00 USD as we have
been given the mandate to transfer your compensation of $800,000.00 USD via
Western Union.

So we decided to mail you the MTCN and sender name, so you can pick up this
$10,000USD to enable us send another $10,000USD by tomorrow until you have
finally receive your full compensation of $800,000.00USD as you we will be
sending you only $10,000USD daily.

Please pick up this information and run to any Western Union in your Country
and pick up $10,000USD( out of your compensation of $800,000.00USD Given to
you by United Nations Compensation Unit.As soon as you pick up the
$10,000USD(today call us back or email us to send you Another payment
tomorrow).

Here is the western union information to pick up the $10,000USD today.

Sender Information's

https://wumt.westernunion.com/asp/orderStatus.asp?country=global

sender's First Name: Oscar Marcelo
Sender's Last Name: Roviglio Souberville
MTCN: 3301654025
Test Question: Grant
Test Answer: Compensation
Amount: 10,000.00 USD

Mr. Anthony James
OFFICE CELL NUMBER: +44-704-573-7975
Email: western_union_101@live.com
Customer Service.
WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER***FAST WAY TO RECEIVE MONEY WORLD WIDE

Warning > Which Penis Enlargement Products Work?

Not really a "Scam" directly, but really people, do not send your money to anything like this ever.  If anything like this worked, it would be on every shelf everywhere.  Not something you have to order out of the country.  Who knows what wild chemicals are put into a mess like this. 

When something advertises "Not Sold In Stores" there is a reason.  

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brianna Corrin <lissettejae@brueggen.com>
Date: Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 5:24 AM
Subject: Which Penis Enlargement Products Work?
To: linda.vdd@gmail.com



Which Penis Enlargement Products Work?

What You Need To Know About Penis Enlargement

Dirty Truth You Need To Know On Penis Enlargement

Get the real truth about the best penis enlargement pills and penis enlargement supplements in this new 2011 report
 
removed link



Friday, September 23, 2011

Awful Scam > PAYMENT NOTIFICATION - webmaster@forestdesign.com.hk

Fun read, totally messed up.. bad try, code is bad.

-----Original Message-----
From: PAYMENT DEPARTMENT [mailto:webmaster@forestdesign.com.hk]
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 6:49 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

Content preview: Attention: Sir/Madam, REMITANCE ADVICE: This is to inform
you that your payment file was forwarded to us today for immediate Wire
Transfer
to your designated account.To update your records with us and to process
your file and the approval of this fund payment to you, you are required
to
forward the following informations via returned email. [...]

Content analysis details: (7.5 points, 5.0 required)

pts rule name description
---- ----------------------
--------------------------------------------------
-1.4 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP
2.2 FH_FROMEML_NOTLD E-mail address doesn't have TLD (.com, etc.)
1.8 SUBJ_ALL_CAPS Subject is all capitals
0.7 MSOE_MID_WRONG_CASE MSOE_MID_WRONG_CASE
4.2 FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK Forged mail pretending to be from MS Outlook
-0.0 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list

Thursday, September 22, 2011

SCAM: OFFICIAL LETTER FROM FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI

So very tired of this scam, it rehashes itself over and over again.  I have seen this so many times, it feels like a house guest who never leaves.  A Scam, A Bad Scam, an ALL CAP SCAM, an annoying scam, It is Green Eggs & Scam. 

I love the email >>> Email: fe_dexexpress@hotmail.com

Really, would someone fall for that?  FedEx breaking up their name and using Hotmail?

Duh!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation <info@fbi.org>
Date: Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 8:03 AM
Subject: OFFICIAL LETTER FROM FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI
To:




OFFICIAL LETTER FROM FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI
ROBERT MUELLER III EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FBI FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON DC.
FBI SEEKING TO WIRETAP INTERNET
FROM: ROBERT MUELLER III
ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY

The federal bureau of investigation (FBI).Through our intelligence-monitoring network has discovered that the transaction that the bank contacted you previously was legal.Recentlythe fund has been legally approved to be paid via Central Bank of Nigeria. So, we, the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) Washington Dc, in conjunction with the United Nations (UN) financial department have investigated through our monitoring network noting that your transaction with the Central Bank of Nigeria legal. You have the legitimate right to complete your transaction to claim your fund US$10.7,000,000.00 (Ten million Seven Hundred Thousand united states dollars) Because of so much scam going on in Nigeria.We the federal bureau of investigation decided to contact the FedEx Courier Service Company in Nigeria
for them to give us their procedures on how to sent this money to you without any further complain or delay. We just got an information from the Central Bank of Nigeria and they have loaded your US$10.7,000,000.00 in ATM CARD and submit to the FedEx courier service company for immediate delivery to your doorstep. You are required to choose one option, which you will be able to pay and also convenient for you, for quick delivery of your parcel containing your ATM CARD and other two original back up documents.
Service Type | Delivery Duration | Charges/Fees
------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---------------
Premium Express (24hrs Delivery)
Mailing $200.00 00.00
Insurance $150.00 00.00
Vat $100.00 00.00
TOTAL $450.00
$450(Four Hundred and fifty US Dollars Only).
.............................. .............................. ..........
Special Express (2 Days)
Mailing $180.00 00.00
Insurance $50.00 00.00
Vat $150.00 00.00
TOTAL $380.00 00.00
$380(Three Hundred and Eighty US Dollars Only).
.............................. .............................. ................
Economy Express (3Days)
Mailing $100.00 00.00
Insurance$?150.00 00.00
Vat (5%) $50.00 00.00
TOTAL $300.00 00.00
$300(Three Hundred US Dollars Only).
.............................. .............................. ........
You are hereby required to advice us, on your parcel delivery option by filling in the required form stated above. Please note that the deadline for claiming your fund is exactly one week after the receipt of this email. After this period, your fund will be return back to the ordering costumer. That is the instruction given to us .So take note. We request that you reconfirm your mailing address to ensure conformity with our record for immediate dispatch of your parcel to you. Only valid residential/ Office address and postal address are certified OK.

DELIVERY DESTINATION INFORMATION:
------------------------------ ------------------------------ -
Receiver's Name :............................. .................
Address:...................... .............................. ...........
Tel/:......................... .............................. ...............
Delivery Information/ Parcel Description
------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---------------
Delivery Terms: .............. .......International Delivery
Condition Of Delivery..............Priority Delivery
Consignment Note No: ........... MI 49866-2110
Color of Parcel: ..................... Brown.
Total Weight: ..........................36.2 kg
Total Net Weight: ...................1.7 kg

We are here to protect you from any problem till you receive your package .You can as well get in touch with the FedEx delivery company assigned to deliver this financial package to your doorstep.

Below is the delivery companies contact information:

Companies Name: Federal Express Courier Service.
Contact person: Rev Dele Robert
Email: fe_dexexpress@hotmail.com

Looking forward to hear from you as soon as you receive this message

Best Regards,
Robert S. Mueller III
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C.
20535-0001, USA
Email:fedbureauinvestdept@mail2world.com

----------------------------------------------------------------
This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.


Money scam > oneononel@aol.co.uk > FW: ( MESSAGE ENQUIRING)

1. I received about a dozen of these this morning, all pretty much the same.
2. If it sounds too good to be true it is..
3. Banks do not use AOL emails
4. Common Scam

-----Original Message-----
From: ONE ON ONE TRACKING LIMITED [mailto:limitedtracking@aol.co.uk]
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 5:06 AM
To: oneononel@aol.co.uk
Subject: ( MESSAGE ENQUIRING)

( Message)

Hello,

My name is Mrs Sandra Ferguson; I work with the One on One Tracking Ltd, a
consulting Firm in London, UK. We are conducting a standard process
investigation involving a client who shares the same name with you and also
the circumstances surrounding investments made by this client at HSBC Bank
Plc.

The HSBC Private Banking client died intestate and nominated no next of kin
to inherit the title over the investments made with HSBC Bank Plc. The
essence of this communication with you is to request that you provide us
information on three issues:

1-Are you aware of any relative/relation having the same surname, whose
last known contact address was Madrid, Spain?

2-Are you aware of any investment of considerable value made by such a
person at the HSBC Bank Plc.?

3-Can you establish beyond reasonable doubt your eligibility to assume
status of next of kin to the deceased?

It is pertinent that you inform us ASAP whether or not you are familiar
with this personality that we may put an end to this communication with you
and our inquiries surrounding this personality.

You must appreciate that we are constrained from providing you with more
detailed information at this point. PLEASE RESPOND BACK TO MY PRIVATE AND
DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS; (oneonntrackinlimited201@aol.co.uk) as soon as
possible to afford us the opportunity to close this investigation.

Thank you for accommodating our enquiry.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Sandra Ferguson.
One on One Tracking Ltd
For: HSBC Private Clients.
This is a confidential message from One on One Tracking Ltd.

Suha Arafat Scam > suha1901@live.com FW: urgent

Wow… Microsoft must be proud that Yassar Arafat’s late wife uses live.com

 

Awful Scam

 

 

From: kofi agymang [mailto:suha1901@live.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 7:21 PM
To: undisclosed recipients:
Subject: urgent

 

Greetings

 

I am sorry to contact you through this medium without your consent or prior notice. My Name is Madam Suha Arafat, I am a wife of Late Palestine President Honorable Yessar Arafat, I am here to negotiate with you on a possible transfer of $3.5 Million to you for safe -keeps and Investments.

 

I will give you more details as soon as i receive your response.

 

 

I will be waiting.

 

Thanks 

{Madam Suha Arafat}

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Western Union Phishing Scam > : Dear WesternUnion Member,

Bad when they don't even know your name or account information. Always a
scam. If you ever have questions about any online transaction, never follow
the links. Go direct to the website of choice and log in from there. If
you are logging into any secure site always make sure you see the "https"
for secure and check for the lock on the browser to make sure your data
entry is secured. Browsers are coming a long way in making sure that you
are at the right location with the proper security.

DO NOT FOLLOW ANY LINKS BELOW AND IF YOU DO REGARDLESS MAKE SURE TO NOT
ENTER REAL INFORMATION.

-----Original Message-----
From: Western Union [mailto:service@westernunion.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 5:16 AM
To:
Subject: Dear WesternUnion Member,

<http://www.westernunion.com/images/logos/WU_header_logo.184.42.gif>
Dear WesternUnion Member,

We recently reviewed you account status and we suspect that your
WesternUnion Online Account may have been accessed by an unauthorized third
party. Protecting the security of your account and of the WesternUnion
Online Network is our primary concern.

Therefore, as a preventative measure, we have temporarily limited access to
sensitive account features.
To restore your full account access, please take the folowing steps to
ensure that your account has not been compromised.

1. Login to your WesternUnion account. In case you are not enrolled for
WesternUnion Quick Collect Service, you will have to fill in all the
required information, including your name and your account number.

2. Review your recent history for any unauthorized withdrawals or deposits,
and check your account profile to make sure no change has been made. If any
unauthorized activity has taken place on your account, report this to
WesternUnion staff immediately.

To get started please click the link below:

To continue please click here: <http://s383517639.onlinehome.fr/western/>


Click here to restore your account access
<http://s383517639.onlinehome.fr/western>


If you received this notice and you are not the authorized service holder,
please be aware that it is in violation of our policy to represent oneself
as another WesternUnion user. Such action may also be in violation of local,
national, and/or international law. WesternUnion is committed to assist law
enforcement with any inquiries related to attempts to misappropriate
personal information with the intent to commit fraud or theft. Information
will be provided at the request of law enforcement agencies to ensure that
perpetrators are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Thanks for your patience as we work together to protect your service.


Sincerely,
WesternUnion Cardmember Services

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Money Scam: Mrs. Susan Amso Pls reply, if you care & Wish.

Pls reply, if you care & Wish,


May the peace of the Lord be upon you (respond to me today?)

I am Mrs. Susan Amson from Netherlands, I am 58 years old, I am
suffering from a long time cancer of the breast, from all indication
my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that I
can't work or do any stressful thing, according to my doctors they
have advised me that I may not live for the next two months, this is
because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage. I was brought
up from a motherless babies home was married to my late husband for
twenty years without a child.

My Husband (Roberto Amson) died in a fatal motor accident before his
death we were true Christians. Since his death I decided not to
re-marry, I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum
of $5.6 Million dollars with a Finance Company.

Presently, this money is still with them and the management just wrote
me as the true owner to come forward to receive the money for keeping
it so long with attract a demurrage fees as the security fees paid by
me has expired or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody
to receive it on my behalf since I cannot come over because of my
illness or they get it confisticated.

So instead of getting it confiscated I rather have someone whom I can
trust to receive the funds and utilize it according to my Wishes. And
the best part of it is, the Finance Security Company told me in the
letter that they can have the funds released to my approved person
that was authorized by me or transferred to his bank account and if I
issue authorizations letter to them to transferred to his or her bank
account.

Presently, I am using my laptop in the hospital at Frankfurt Germany
where I have been undergoing treatment for my sickness. I have since
lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only
more 2 months to live. It is my last wish to see atleaset 60% of this
money is invested/donated to any organization/business of your choice
and distributed each year among the charity organization, e.g. the
poor homes, the motherless babies home where I came from, the deaf
homes, and churches etc.

All I seek for is a God fearing person like you ,who will carry out my
last wishes and before I emailed you today I prayed and the holy
spirit gave me the confidence to send you this email. I took this
decision, before I rest in peace because my time will soon be up.

As soon as I receive your reply I will give you the contact of the
Finance Security Company.
Please send me the below information.


NAME:
ADDRESS:
AGE:
OCCUPATION:
TELEPHONE NO:

All I need from you is a confidential assurance that the funds when
received by you will be used for the said purpose, Nowadays there are
so much scams going on in the internet and it is difficult to trust
but I don�t know why the Holy spirit still approved me to email you
about this out of few email addresses I have from the internet, yours
was the only one that my mind convinced me to contact.


Waiting for your reply.

Yours in Christ,

Mrs. Susan AmsonJust such a mess, horrible, and using "Christ" to lure people into the scam.   Not much to say about this mess, just an FYI post. 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mrs. Susan Amson <mrs.susanamson25312@mail.com>
Date: 2011/9/20
Subject: Pls reply, if you care & Wish..Please view the memo for more details
To: 

 Pls reply, if you care & Wish,   May the peace of the Lord be upon you (respond to me today?)  I am Mrs. Susan Amson from Netherlands, I am 58 years old, I am suffering from a long time cancer of the breast, from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that I can't work or do any stressful thing, according to my doctors they have advised me that I may not live for the next two months, this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage. I was brought up from a motherless babies home was married to my late husband for twenty years without a child.  My Husband (Roberto Amson) died in a fatal motor accident before his death we were true Christians. Since his death I decided not to re-marry, I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of $5.6 Million dollars with a Finance Company.  Presently, this money is still with them and the management just wrote me as the true owner to come forward to receive the money for keeping it so long with attract a demurrage fees as the security fees paid by me has expired or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I cannot come over because of my illness or they get it confisticated.  So instead of getting it confiscated I rather have someone whom I can trust to receive the funds and utilize it according to my Wishes. And the best part of it is, the Finance Security Company told me in the letter that they can have the funds released to my approved person that was authorized by me or transferred to his bank account and if I issue authorizations letter to them to transferred to his or her bank account.  Presently, I am using my laptop in the hospital at Frankfurt Germany where I have been undergoing treatment for my sickness. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only more 2 months to live. It is my last wish to see atleaset 60% of this money is invested/donated to any organization/business of your choice and distributed each year among the charity organization, e.g. the poor homes, the motherless babies home where I came from, the deaf homes, and churches etc.  All I seek for is a God fearing person like you ,who will carry out my last wishes and before I emailed you today I prayed and the holy spirit gave me the confidence to send you this email. I took this decision, before I rest in peace because my time will soon be up.  As soon as I receive your reply I will give you the contact of the Finance Security Company. Please send me the below information.   NAME: ADDRESS: AGE: OCCUPATION: TELEPHONE NO:  All I need from you is a confidential assurance that the funds when received by you will be used for the said purpose, Nowadays there are so much scams going on in the internet and it is difficult to trust but I don't know why the Holy spirit still approved me to email you about this out of few email addresses I have from the internet, yours was the only one that my mind convinced me to contact.   Waiting for your reply.  Yours in Christ,  Mrs. Susan Amson



Money Scam > 2011 United Nations Compensation Program

They screwed up this scam by messing up the senders first and last name by putting two names in each box.   

 

None of the combos work and give this error: W0131 We do not have an order with the provided information. Please verify your information and click Check Status.

 

Regardless of their common mistake, and being most likely new to the scam business, no one is giving free money. There are no lotteries, no compensation groups, and Western Union does not use an @boc.com and/or @wss-id.org email addresses.

 

Not really a  well done scam, but different that some others so worth posting.

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: United Nations Compensation Program [mailto:western_union_101@boc.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:32 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Payment

 

This is to officially notify you that you have been selected as one of the few beneficiary of 2011 United Nations Compensation Program,You have been compensated with $800,000.00USD by United Nations as a sign to help individuals financially due to the global and financial economic meltdown.

Contact the Western union Money transfer for immediate claims.

 

The compensated program draws was held today in United Kingdom(England) Western Union England will be sending you the sum of $10,000 (Ten Thousand United State Dollar) daily till the $800,000.00 USD is complete.

 

We write to inform you that we have already sent you $10,000 USD( dollars through Western Union from your compensation of $800,000.00 USD as we have been given the mandate to transfer your compensation of $800,000.00 USD via Western Union.

 

So we decided to mail you the MTCN and sender name, so you can pick up this $10,000USD to enable us send another $10,000USD by tomorrow until you have finally receive your full compensation of $800,000.00USD as you we will be sending you only $10,000USD daily.

 

Please pick up this information and run to any Western Union in your Country and pick up $10,000USD( out of your compensation of $800,000.00USD Given to you by United Nations Compensation Unit.As soon as you pick up the $10,000USD(today call us back or email us to send you Another payment tomorrow).

 

Here is the western union information to pick up the $10,000USD today.

 

Sender Information's

 

https://wumt.westernunion.com/asp/orderStatus.asp?country=global

 

sender's First Name: Oscar Marcelo

Sender's Last Name: Roviglio Souberville

MTCN: 3301654025

Test Question: Grant

Test Answer: Compensation

Amount: 10,000.00 USD

 

Mr. Anthony James

OFFICE CELL NUMBER: +44-704-573-7975

Email: wwun.com@wss-id.org

Customer Service.

WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER***FAST WAY TO RECEIVE MONEY WORLD WIDE

Monday, September 19, 2011

Spam - Fraud > FEDERAL BUREAU INVESTIGATION / URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL...

Awful scam, badly done, just a mess.  Just the bad emails and contact are enough to make you want to upchuck.  Using a domain like terra.com is just odd.  Seems like a Spanish version of a Yahoo type portal page.  Of course the FBI does not use their own email, part of the cover up.  The FBI sends email from discaldi.com all the time. 

Badly done scam.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: FEDERAL BUREAU INVESTIGATION <info@biscaldi.com>
Date: 2011/9/16
Subject: ***SPAM*** URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL...
To:


FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001



REF: US/28028/8A28/11 ATTN: RECIPIENT

This is to officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have
thoroughly completed an investigation with the help of our Intelligence
Monitoring Network System that you legally won the sum of $800,000.00 USD. from
a Lottery Company outside the United States of America. During our investigation
we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and
we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via a Certified Cashier's
Check.

Normally, it will take up to 10 business days for an International Check to be
cashed by your local banks. We have successfully notified this company on your
behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the United
States of America so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any
delay, henceforth the stated amount of $800,000.00 USD. has been deposited with
Bank Of America.

We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the
winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100%
risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited at Bank Of America
you will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent
in-charge of this transaction whom is located in Lagos, Nigeria,. According to
our discoveries, you were required to pay for the following -

   * Deposit Fee's (Fee's paid by the company for the deposit into an American
Bank which is - Bank of America)
   * Cashier's Check Conversion Fee (Fee for converting the Wire Transfer
payment into a Certified Cashier's Check)

The total amount for everything is $120.00 (One Hundred and twenty USD.) We have
tried our possible best to indicate that this $120.00 should be deducted from
your winning prize but we found out that the funds have already been deposited
at Bank Of America and cannot be accessed by anyone except the legal owner
(you), the winner; therefore you will be required to pay the required fee's to
the Agent in-charge of this transaction via Western Union Money Transfer Or
Money Gram.

In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the
agent in-charge (JAMES FREEMAN) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find
appropriate contact information:

CONTACT AGENT NAME: JAMES FREEMAN

E-MAIL ADDRESS: agentjames09@terra.com

You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:

You will also be required to request Western Union details on how to send the
required $120.00 in order to immediately ship your prize of $800,000.00 USD via
Certified Cashier's Check drawn from Bank of America, and also include the
following Fund Reference Identification : EA2948-910.

This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation is
authorizing you to pay the required $120.00 ONLY to AGENT JAMES FREEMAN via
information in which he shall send to you, if you do not receive your winning
prize of $800,000.00 we shall be held responsible for the loss and this shall
invite a penalty of $3,000 which will be made PAYABLE ONLY to you (The Winner).

Please find below an authorized signature which has been signed by the FBI
Public Affairs Director - Robert Mueller

       NSB Seal
Robert Mueller
Public Affairs Director - FBI.
       NSB SEAL ABOVE

NOTE: In order to ensure rapid response for the Fund won, contact AGENT JAMES
FREEMAN as soon as possible providing the required information needed from you
above

Friday, September 16, 2011

Phish / Fraud / Email: Account Alert Notification - Bank Of America

Got a bunch of these today, about 2-dozen. They are so badly done I assume
no one will fall for it, unless they can't read the screen and click links
all willy-nilly (is that how you spell willy-nilly?)

Just in case, this of course is a very obvious scam. The link tells the
story (removed) and the attachment (removed) is dangerous.

Don't follow links that you are not sure is real and validated, always just
go to the actual website on your own to check if there are any issues. Do
not open attachments that you are not expecting, even if from friends w/o
confirming they intended to send the attachment.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bank of America [mailto:services@boa.com]
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 2:10 PM
To: sales@e-powersellers.com
Subject: Account Alert Notification


Dear Online Banking customer,

Confirm Your Account Information - verification file attached

IMPORTANT: Your online account information must be confirmed and verified to
ensure uninterrupted service.

To enhance the level of service you receive with Bank Of America Online
Services, we regularly review the online banking accounts. We have issued
this warning message to inform you that we have detected a slight error in
your account information. This might be due to either of the following
reasons:

* A recent change in your personal information ( i.e.change of address).
* Submiting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
* An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due
to an internal error within our processors.

As a result, we require you to confirm and verify your account information
by downloading the attached verification file and completing the
confirmation process.

Note
However, failure to confirm and verify your account information will result
in temporarily account suspension. Please understand that this is a security
measure intended to help protect you and your account.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Thank you for banking at Bank Of America

Please don't reply directly to this automatically-generated e-mail message.

Sincerely,
Bank Of America Online Banking

Scam that hurts the eyes > Beneficiary, Your $1.5 Million Dollars Compensation

Makes my eyes hurt..... BAD SCAM... ouch!

Reply goes to China

SCAM

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mrs. Farida Waziri <info@lee.com>
Date: 2011/9/15
Subject: Attn: Beneficiary, Your $1.5 Million Dollars Compensation
To:


 *ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION*
 *(EFCC) FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT, (ECO WAS),*
 *SUBJECT Attn: Beneficiary, Your $1.5 Million Dollars Compensation*
 * *
 *Attn: Beneficiary,*
 * *
 *I am Mrs. Farida Waziri the charlady of ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME
COMMISSION (EFCC).EFCC in alliance with economic community of West African
states (ECOWAS)with the head office here in Nigeria.we have been working
towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam artists in western part of
Africa with the help of the united states government and the united Nation.*
*We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various part
of west Africa countries which includes(NIGERIA, REPUBLIC OF BENIN,
TOGO,GHANA CAMERON AND SENEGAL)and they are all in our custody here in Lagos
Nigeria. We have been able to recover so much money from these scam
artists.The United Nation Anti-Crime commission and the United state
Government have ordered the money recovered from the scamers to be shared
among 100 lucky people around the global.*
 * *
 *This email is been directed to you because your email address was found in
one of the scam Artists file anda computer hard disk in our custwilliamsody
here in Nigeria.you are therefore being compensated with $1.5Million
Dollars.we have also arrested all those who claim that they are
barristers,bank officials,lottery Agent who has money for transfer or want
you to be the next of kin of such fund which does not exist.*
 * *
 *Since your name appeared among the lucky beneficiaries who will receive a
compensation of $1.5Million,we have arranged your payment through our swift
card payment center.But not that,you are to make a payment of $200 dollars
for the save keeping of your ATM CARD before it can be delivered to your

Email Money Scam > Jerry Zulusofola - Urgent and very confidencial......



Any email that starts with "I and my younger sister" is a Scam. 

End of story! 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jerry Zulusofola <zulusofola1@yahoo.com>
Date: 2011/9/12
Subject: Urgent and very confidencial......
To:


NEEDING YOUR ASSISTANCE ! ! !


BUDUBURAHAM REFUGEE CAMP, WESTERN REGION.
ACCRA-GHANA


Jerry Zulusofola

I and my younger sister write to seek for your assistance; we got your contact from a noble gentleman that came to our refugee camp who came to give a seminar about AIDS whom we confronted that we are looking for a God-fearing person that is when your data was given to us.

I want to introduce myself to you. My name is Jerry Zulusofola and my younger is Aicha Zulusofola and we are both  Sudanese. My consignment contains the sum of 48.5 million United States dollars and some quantity of gold and Diamond, which I cannot be specify. The consignments are presently in the United State. The consignment gets to the State through the help of a U.N diplomat Dr. Newman Desmond. The fact is that Dr. Newman Desmond is supposed to have delivered this consignment trunk boxes to our adopted mother called Miss.Oliver Strongman in the State.


The week Dr. Newman Desmond is suppose to deliver the consignment metallic trunk boxes to her, when he got to the State after clearing the consignment from the Airport, he call Miss.Oliver Strongman to tell him the description to is house for the delivery, but is house keeper answered the call and told Dr.Newman Desmond that her mistress Miss.Oliver Strongman hard a fatal car accident which lead to her death some few hours later. Our mother has already paid the demur-rages from the security company, she paid for Bullion van that took the consignment to the airport and she paid for custom check report she also assisted us in getting the Necessary Document covering the Consignment and Also for the DRUG / ANTI TERRORIST CERTIFICATE, which is so expensive that he spent 75 thousand dollars to acquire it, but unfortunately she died in a car accident, that was why Dr. Newman Desmond has to deposit the consignment with a warehouse over there in State of Utah where our late adopted Go
 d mother do reside. And called us

(1) Assist in the banking safely of the said funds
(2) Advise on lucrative areas for investment
(3) Assist in purchase of properties.
(4) Assist us to continue our education and to start a better life over there.


We will need a financial support from you to get every of our legal documents been transfer to your name in the high court of justice Accra Ghana where our consignment trunk boxes is being originated from before getting to the United State before the diplomat can have the legal right to relocate the delivering to you as our new foreign beneficiary. Diplomat Dr. Newman Desmond has instructed us that as soon as we get all the documents being transfer to your name legally from the high court of justice we are to contact him immediately so that he can proceed with the delivering to you as our new foreign beneficiary. If you can render your assistance in this regard, 45% of the total investment sum will be for you, as your commission.

It will be done under a legitimate process so that we will not breach any international or local laws, governing this matter it's a 100% risk free.

I wait in anticipation of your reply and co-operation.

Thanks


E mails me: zulusofola@gmx.com

Thanks and God bless you

Jerry Zulusofola

Cell Phone #  +233 20 423 9430



Monday, September 12, 2011

Money Scam: Greetings In The Name Of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Wow...what a load of crap.  I could not even come up with something funny to say about this scam.  The only thing it is missing is a box of Kleenex. Badly written crap filled sob story. 

2011/9/11 Mother Margaret Bennett (Evangelist) <faithofdonation@cnonline.net>
Subject: Faith Of Donation.
From: Mother Margaret Bennett (Evangelist)
E-mail:(faithofdonation@cnonline.net)

Greetings In The Name Of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

I am Mother Margaret Bennett, a widow to late Richard A. Bennett, I am 75 yrs old,I am now a Born Again Christian, suffering from long time Breast Cancer, from all indication my condition is really deteriorating and it's quite obvious that I won't live more than two weeks , According to my doctors.This is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very dangerous stage and has blown out.

My late husband killed during the U.S raid against terrorism in Afghanistan,and during the period of our marriage without child. My late husband was very wealthy and after his death I inherited all his business and wealth.

My late husband relatives are wishing me death because all they are Concerned about is my Late Husband Wealth. They want me to die so that they can be able to claim all that my late husband left behind before he died. Simply because I did not had another child for my late husband after my first child died, and they called me all sort of names, Like (BARREN WOMEN), they even said that I killed my husband but only God In Heaven can bear me witness on that because God knows I cannot kill. I want you to claim this fund and use it to help the poor and less privileged in your country instead of my late husband relative to have access to this fund, I rather hand it over to somebody who understand my pains and ready care of the fund and also to use it help people who desire's help and to Win Souls into the Kingdom of God. Because if this fund get to my late husband relatives, they will Misuse the fund for an unworthy act. I am doing this because This is my Mission on Earth as God has
 directed me to you, more also my


I have divided some part of this wealth, to contribute to the development of the church in Africa, America, Asia and also in Europe. I prayed over it, and I am willing to donate on your behalf, the total sum of Five Million Great Britain Pounds (GBPЈ5,000, 000.00) to be used for the Poor, the Less Privilege, the Charity Organization and the Orphanage Home.

My attorney, will file in an application for the transfer of the money in your name. Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when transferred will be used for the said purpose, because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition without Christ is vanity. May the Grace of our Lord Jesus the love of God and the fellowship of God be with you and your family. I await your urgent reply.

Please kindly get back to me on my private email address (faithofdonation@cnonline.net) if you are willing to help for further details and directive.

Yours In Christ,

Mother Margaret Bennett.(Evangelist)