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.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

IRS Form Scam: Complete Form W-5 in Attachment

Comes with a .doc attachment, looks like a real form, no virus, however asks
for every bit of information to steal your ID. Everything from back
accounts, to pin numbers, to social security, to mother maiden names, etc.
The IRS would never send anything like this.

Comes from China

-----Original Message-----
From: Internal Revenue Service [mailto:user1@nanhai.gd.cn]
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 9:21 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Complete Form W-5 in Attachment

Fill the form and fax back

VIRUS WARNING > ACH Payment 4033632 Canceled

I am getting about a dozen of these a day. They are a virus, do NOT open the attachment.  They say they are a PDF, but they are EXE files file with virus.

 

report_082011-65.pdf.exe”

 

NEVER OPEN AN ATTACHMENT from someone you don’t know, or an unexpected attachment from someone without confirming they intended to send the item.

 

From: account manager [mailto:account.manager@nacha.us]
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 10:36 PM
To: undisclosed
Subject: ACH Payment 4033632 Canceled

 

ACH Payment Canceled

The ACH transaction (ID: 38433184),
recently initiated from your checking account (by you or any other person),
was canceled by the other financial institution.
 

Rejected transaction
Transaction ID: 8574210513218
Reason for rejection: See details in the attachment
Transaction Report: report_082011-65.pdf.exe (self-extracting archive, Adobe PDF)

 

13450 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 100 Herndon, VA 20171 (703)561-1100 2011 NACHA - The Electronic Payment Association

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Mystery Shopper Scam > Fwd: **** JOB VACANCY ****

There are no solicited Mystery Shopper jobs, they are 100% scams. Never, ever send them information.

This site wants you to reply to <ann14559@aol.com> and not to the company advertised at the bottom of the page.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: JOB VACANCY <ann14559@aol.com>
Date: 2011/8/30
Subject: **** JOB VACANCY ****
To:


Attn: Interested Candidate,
My name is Mark Sears, I am the recruit manager for Retail Active Inc., A professional Mystery Shopping Consultant Co, and this e-mail is an awareness to let the public know that we have a vacant position of a mystery shopper in our company. We are seeking mystery shoppers from around the globe. As a mystery shopper you shop for free plus you get an extra pay of $300 weekly on a Part time basis, you only work 2-3 hours twice in a week.
If you would like to apply for this position, kindly provide the Information requested below for assessment and registration by the company:-
Full Legal Name..........
Address.............
City..........
State.........
Zip Code............
Country............
Age...............
Present occupation.............
Home and Cell .................
We await your urgent response.
Thank you for your help. We look forward to working with you
Thanks
James Smith
(c) 2011 Retail Active Inc.. All rights reserved

Monday, August 29, 2011

Money Email Scam / Vietnam / Contact Her Immediately / Mrs Victorine Akouvi


I feel special, I think this is my first spam asking me to reply to Vietnam.  I wish to thank the Academy and all the people who voted!


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mr. James Walter Peters <dapour9@whl834dub.homepage.t-online.de>
Date: 2011/8/29
Subject: Contact Her Immediately.
To:


Dear friend,
 
 
You might be surprised to get this e-mail from me. I am . Mr. James Walter  Peters  who sent you an e-mail in the past regarding a Multi-Million-Dollar business proposal which we started but never concluded due to lack of proper funding to pay-off the taxes and other related bank charges that the bank imposed on us.
 
 
 
I wish to inform you that the business had just been concluded with the assistance of another partner from India who financed the transaction to a logical conclusion. But I wish to inform you that I successfully transferred the fund out of my bank to my new partner's account in India who equally assisted me in this great venture.
 
 
Due to the effort, sincerity, courage and trust-worthiness you showed during the course of the transaction, I decided to compensate you by showing my sincerity and gratitude to you with the sum of $450,000 (Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars). Though this was not the amount that we initially agreed on, but just accept this in good faith due to some unforeseen expenditure we incurred in the process.
 
 
 
However, I left an International Cashier's Cheque of $450,000 for you. This amount is cashable anywhere in the world. Therefore, contact my Account Officer, Mrs. Victorine Akouvi , on her private e-mail address at for the collection of your cheque. I authorized her to release the cheque to you when you contact her. Send to her your full names, phone number and your correct mailing address where you want her to mail the cheque for you. She will require the information for registering and mailing the cheque to you.
 
 
 
CONTACT: Mrs Victorine Akouvi
 
Account Officer,
Continental Bank Benin Sa
 
Avenue Jean Paul II
 
BP 01
 
Cotonou,  2020
 
Benin
 
 
E-mail address: victorineakouvi@zing.vn
                victorineakouvi11@zing.vn
 
 
At the moment, I am in Pretoria, South Africa because of some investment projects, which my new partner and I have. Please adhere strictly to the directives of Mrs Victorine Akouvi so that she will send the cheque to you without any hitch or delay.
 
 
 
I look forward to hearing from you as soon as you receive the cheque.
 
 
 
Best regards,
 
Mr. James Walter  Peters
 
 

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Money Scam > Mrs. Muen John - PICK UP YOUR FIRST PAYMENT MTCN:9390370958

I thought we finally had a end to Polish Jokes, but this scam is one coming from Poland and it is a huge joke.  The only thing worse that SHOUTING In an email is SHOUTING BOLD UNDERLINE.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bfoffice Board <bfofficeboard@prokonto.pl>
Date: Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 12:40 PM
Subject: PICK UP YOUR FIRST PAYMENT MTCN:9390370958
To:





CONGRATULATION TO YOU.
 
This is to inform you that the international money monetary fund governor had on wednesday agreed/approved your $2.5 million dollar by the above GOVERNMENT to see that they obeyed the current order from the America President(Barack Obama)which instructed that any Citizens,Whose properties and payment has been delayed due to one reason or the other should be paid the part payment their entitlement before 3 weeks.And we have concluded yesterday with the governor of our office known as (international money monetary fund management) that your fund of $2.5 million dollar should transfer through Western Union money transfer,after the two managerment have concluded it first.
 
Western union have already sent your first payment of $5,000.00 to you and waiting for you to re_confirm your recieving information to complete your transfer
SENDER: NAME:=====DURU UCHECHUKWU
(QUESTION; =====WHAT COLOR
ANSWER:=======GREEN
MTCN:===== (9390370958)
AMOUNT====$5,000.00

You can track it by copying this site:(www.westernunion.com) and click on track payment then you enter this MTCN :(9390370958) and sender first name: Duru and last name: Uchechukwu.And send them your recieving information for them to complete the transfer with your correct information.Our governor told them to keep sending you $5000.00 daily until the payment of $2.5 million dollar is completely transfered to you. Forward them your recieving information and reconfirmed Telephone number and address where your money will transfering on for you to start picking your daily money in any of nearest western union around you in your country.
 
You are therefore advice to quickly contact the Western Union office on their email (headoffiw.u@w.cn) Send them your information and know if they can send you another one today because your transfer needed to be urgently inorder to finish before the deadline given by international money monetary fund management.
CONTACT WESTERN UNION OFFICE INCHARGE OF YOUR MONEY
Thanks very much.
Yours,
Mrs. Muen John

Friday, August 26, 2011

Money Scam: YOUR ATM CARD PAYMENT.

Email goes to atm.processingunit@rediff.com

I have been "verified" but they don't know who I am?  

Really some generic UPS codes, you are supposed to believe them?

Horrible scam...  badly done.

2011/8/21 ATM CARD CENTER <info@atm.gov>
ATTENTION: FUNDS BENEFICIARY,
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF PAYMENT VIA ATM CARD.
 
 
 
This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract file
presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not received your
payment due to your lack of co-operation and not fulfilling the
obligations giving to you in respect to your contract
payment.Secondly,you are hereby advised to stop dealing with some
non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to stop
if you so wish to receive your payment immediately.
 
 
 
The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations
and Federal Bureau of Investigation have successfully passed a mandate
to the current president of Nigeria his Excellency President Good-luck
Jonathan  to boost the exercise of clearing  all foreign debts owed to
you and other individuals and organizations
who have been found not to have receive their Contract
Sum,Lottery/Gambling, Inheritance and the likes. We will send you an ATM
CARD which you will use to withdraw your Funds via ATM MACHINE in
any part of the world,and the maximum daily limit is Five Thousand united
States Dollars($5,000) valued sum at 8.3 Million United States Dollars
{8,300,000.00}.Your payment would be sent to you via UPS Delivery
Service, Because we have signed a contract with them which should expired
by November 30th 2011.
 
 
 
 
Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from UPS
website(www.ups.com) to confirm people like you who have received their
payment successfully.
 
 
 
JOHNNY ALMANTE ==============1Z2X59394198080570
GARY METZGER ==============1Z2X59394195952759
GLEN PAPANIKAS ==============1Z2X59394198690947
CAROL R BUCZYNSKI==============1Z2X59394197862530
KARIMA EMELIA TAYLOR ==============1Z2X59394198591527
LISA LAIRD ==============1Z2X59394196641913
POLLY SHAYKIN ==============1Z2X59394198817702
JON SEDAS ==============1Z2X59394197362893
PHIL CHEN ==============1Z2X59394198361481
ROBERT BONELLI ==============1Z2X59394199137472
MORGAN MAGUIRE ==============1Z2X59394199654869
 
 
 
If you like to receive your fund this way,Kindly reconfirm your.
 
 
 
(1) Your Full Name
(2) Full residential address.
(3) Phone/country code
 
 
 
To effect the release of your fund valued at $8.3 million you are advised
to contact the director of payment and delivery.
 
 
 
We shall be expecting to receive your information as you have to stop any
further communication with anybody or office.Thanks for your
co-operation.
 
 
 
BEST REGARDS,
 
 
 
Rev Thomas Williams.
Cc: Senate President.
Cc: All Foreign Payment Offices.
Cc: Board of Directors .
Cc: Accountant General Of The Federation.
 

Monday, August 22, 2011

SCAM > FEDEX COURIER SERVICE [mailto:info@fedEx.org]

#1 FedEx is FedEx.com not FedEx.Org
#2 FedEx does not send anything to Undisclosed-Recipients
#3 FedEx does not know the contents of their packages
#4 FedEx does not give away money
#5 If FedEx was giving you money, they would already know your name and
address
#6 Attorney's don't use Gmail as their main email address
#7 You don't send money to get money
#8 If you still need more proof this is fake, by all means except my win
below!

SCAM

-----Original Message-----
From: FEDEX COURIER SERVICE [mailto:info@fedEx.org]
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 5:30 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: GOOD NEWS !!!!


Greetings!!!

This mail is to inform you of your registered
package.CONTENT: Bank Draft of $750, 000.00 USD registered by an Official of
the United Nation. The Fund is a donation to you from the U.N through
e-mails balloting in affiliation with commonwealth poverty eradication
program.
Please provide your contact information as to enable us dispatch you Parcel.

Full Name:

Cell Phone Number:

Mobile Number:

Country:

Delivery Address :

Age:


Are you ready to pay the cost of security keeping fees ($30 USD ) :

Occupation :


For your information the VAT and COD have been paid and the only money you
will have to pay is the security keeping fee which is just $25.usd Do
Contact FedEx Delivery Department
(sjw592741@gmail.com) for
shipment.

If you have any question email and all response regarding claim should be
sent to (jw592741@gmail.com) or call +234-818 393 6566


Best Wishes,

Lawrence Brain.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Craigslist Email Winner iPad Scam > My name is Jim, Ceo of Craigslist


Wow... 

Can anyone fall fall this?  Just check some of the highlights (Yellow)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jim Spurling <synthiakdkt@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 12:12 PM


Attention Medium Office Size,

My name is Jim, Ceo of Craigslist. Weve recently joined up with Apple company regarding a one-time promotional event today, we are giving away complimentary Ipad 2 to randomly selected folks who have published an advert living in #CSVFIELD(4)# that use Craigslist. You've been selected as one of our newest winners for today. We randomly select numbers to match up with ads on Craig's list and your advertisement matched with our latest drawing.   I quit...  there is more, but I am amazed at this crap.  You can find the rest of the bad writing below.

We have partnered up with Apple inc to promote their most popular product yet, the Apple Ipad 2. Once again, were running this promotion for one-day only. All you need to do is  #CSVFIELD(4)#, #CSVFIELD(5)# to go to our site generated for this promotion and enter your email to recieve yours for free. Simply make sure you enter your email so we can locate our records to guarantee that we have reserved one for you. That is it!

Congrats on winning a free Apple Ipad 2 (valued at $399). If you might have any question or issues, feel free to e-mail me back. However, you need to claim your free Ipad 2 first and if your not living at  #CSVFIELD(4)#, #CSVFIELD(5)# anymore please update that to make sure one will be reserved for you personally before the deadline ends. We do understand that you may well not receive this e-mail until after the deadline, however, we suggest you check the web site and enter your email to see if we still have yours on hold, which we often-times do because others haven't claimed theirs in time.

Jim

CEO, Craig's list

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Email Money Scam Mrs Mary Susan Derrick - Important Notice:( Stop Contacting Those People )

Typical pay a fee to get money that does not exist.  You send one fee via Western Union and then they ask for more fees, and more fees and you keep paying fees because the big payoff is around the corner, and why you stop paying fees, they stop answering.  They will milk you for whatever they can! 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mrs Susan Derick <test123@mail.sinofriends.com>
Date: 2011/8/9
Subject: Important Notice:( Stop Contacting Those People )
To:


 
Attn: My Dear,
 
I am Mrs Mary Susan Derrick, I am a US citizen, 48 years Old. I reside here in New Braunfels Texas. My residential address is as follows. 108 Crockett Court. Apt 303, New Braunfels Texas, United States, am thinking of relocating since I am now rich. I am one of those that took part in the Compensation in Nigeria many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over $50,000 while in the US, trying to get my payment all to no avail.
 
So I decided to travel to WASHINGTON D.C with all my compensation documents, And I was directed by the ( F B I) Director to contact Mr.Kelvin Williams, who his a representative of the ( F B I ) and a member of the COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE, currently in Nigeria.and I contacted him and he explained everything to He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment. Right now I am the most happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation funds of $15,Million Us Dollars Moreover, Mr.Kelvin Williams, showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your name as one of the beneficiaries, and your email address,that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people,they are not with your fund, they are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact Mr.Kelvin Williams.
 
You have to contact him directly on this information below.
 
COMPENSATION AWARD HOUSE
Name  : Mr.Kelvin Williams
 
You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing.
 
The only money I paid after I met Mr.Kelvin Williams was just $359 for the paper works, take note of that.
 
Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact Mr.Kelvin Williams so that he can help you to Deliver your fund instead of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for different kind of money to complete your transaction.
 
Thank You and Be Blessed.
Mrs. Mary Susan Derrick
108 Crockett Court.
Apt 303, New Braunfels Texas,
United States Of America
 
 

Friday, August 12, 2011

Email Sweepstakes Scam > FW: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! LAPRIMITIVA SEGUROS. S.A.

Wow.. both Hotmail and AOL emails, how authentic! What a scam..

-----Original Message-----
From: NOTIFICATION DEPT. [mailto:jmsanchez11545@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 6:20 AM
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

****Congratulations!!

This mail is to notify you that your Email Address attached to a Reference
Number:
EG/069713160012 and a Batch nr:LAP/14/0017/ESP won an Award Sum of
$515,810.00 Dollars (Five Hundred And Fifteen Thousand Eight Hundred And Ten
USD) In an Email Sweepstakes program held in our company,LAPRIMITIVA
INTERNATIONAL.

Please contact the claim officer through the below given contact
information.

LAPRIMITIVA SEGUROS. S.A.
Snr.Carlos Hurtado
Telephone :+34 672961451
Email:lapseguros@aim.com

Yours Sincerely,
Maria Carmen De Nuniz
Public Relations Officer

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Nigerian Money Scam: URGENT BUSSINESS PROPOSAL... Mr. Collins Mark.

Nigerian Offers = Scams 99.999999% of the time.  I have to leave the smallest margin of error for someone that is sincere, but I leave the same margin of errors for pigs flying too! 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Collins Mark <mat4real05@yahoo.com>
Date: 2011/8/4
Subject: URGENT BUSSINESS PROPOSAL...
To:


FROM: Mr. Collins Mark.
Tel:  +234-802-582-4103.
Email Address: cm199021@yahoo.co.jp

                                   URGENT BUSSINESS PROPOSAL
Dear Friend,

I am the MANAGER of BILLS EXCHANGE at the FOREIGEN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT of the BANK ATLANTIQUE NIGERIA. I am writing to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out a transaction. We discovered an abandoned sum of $7.5 MILLION {SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THUOSAND U.S.DOLLARS} in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died in a plane crash with Kenya Airways flight with registration number 5Y-BEN which departed from Nairobi to destination Lagos and all the passengers on-board and the flight crew, including his family died in this fatal air crash on 30 JAN 2000.

Since this development, we have advertised for his NEXT OF KIN or any CLOSE RELATION to come forward to claim this money but nobody came to apply for the claim. To this effect, I and two other officials in my department have decided to look for a trusted foreign partner who can stand in as the NEXT OF KIN to the DECEASED and claim this money, we need a foreign partner to apply for the claim because of the fact that the customer was a foreigner and we don't want this money to go into bank's treasury as unclaimed fund.

Every document to effect this process will emanate from my table and I will perfect every document to be in accordance with the BANKING LAW and GUIDELINES, so you have nothing to worry about, We have agreed that 30% of the money will be for you, 10% for expenses incurred on both sides while 60% will be for me and my colleagues. If you are going to help us, indicate by replying this letter and putting in your  FULL NAME AND ADDRESS, PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.

I await your immediate reply to enable us start this transaction in earliest. Once I receive your reply, I will send you the text of application for immediate application of claim that you will be required to fill and send to the bank administrative department.

Thanks for anticipated assistance in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Peter Godwin.

Note: please reply to my private Email address: cm199021@yahoo.co.jp
Or call me on my private phone number +234-802-582-4103 in case you have any questions.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

PHISH > FW: Western Union: Profile update necessary.

Bad Phish, the site looks pretty good.  You are redirected to:

 

http://wwumt.westernunionc.com/us/WUCOMWEB/signInAction.do?pid=usMenuLogIn&method=load

 

DO NOT ENTER ANY REAL DETAILS INTO THIS FAKE SITE.

 

From: westernunionresponse@westernunion.com [mailto:westernunionresponse@westernunion.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:57 PM
To:
Subject: Western Union: Profile update necessary.

 

 

Dear valued member,

This email is to inform you that your profile on Western Union needs updating.
We have changed the method in which we store your personal data in accordance with
the latest web security standards. Your profile needs to be updated to the new guidelines.
Until your account is updated you won't be able to send/receive money transfers online,
and your account will be limited. If you have any questions, please contact Western Union
Customer Service immediately by web or call us at 800 788 945

You can access your profile at https://www.westernunion.con/webmt/reglogin.asp

Thank you for using Western Union!


DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT US

 

Monday, August 08, 2011

Email Money Scam > Mr. Fred Ofori. The Regional Manager, Barclays Bank of Ghana

Wonderful, now people are trolling Google Profiles to find people to scam. 

Simple rule = Anything that comes "from Africa" and is unsolicited is a SCAM. 

This one wants you to email back to Japan, so that is odd too, but maybe it was the only place they could get a free Yahoo email address and/or was the only one they were able to phish the password. 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Fred Ofori <frred.oforrii041@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 2:53 AM
Subject: Message via your Google Profile: hi


From; Mr. Fred Ofori. The Regional Manager, Barclays Bank of Ghana, Tema Branch. Dear Friend, I wish to contact you on a good business which I want you to assist me and receive this fund into your bank account in your country from the good report received about you and believing that this will really workout between both of us. I am the regional manager of Barclays Bank of Ghana Ltd in Tema branch, a family man, I discovered this money six million four hundred and ten thousand united state dollars (USD$6,410.000.00) On the course of the last year 2010 business financial report and I have packaged a transaction that will benefit you and I, as the regional manager of Barclays Bank of Ghana Tema branch, it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city Accra at the end of each business year. I have placed this funds on what we call escrow call account with no beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account and get 37% of the total funds as commission. Please there is no risk involved, if you can work with my instructions and this business will be a bank-to-bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of the said fund who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account. If you accept to work with me on trust I will appreciate it very much. I wait your response as soon as possible. Here's the e-mail ID will use to contact (fredofori41@yahoo.co.jp). Best regards, Mr. Fred Ofori.




-------------------------------------------------------------

This message was sent to you from your Google profile. The sender does not have your email address.

If you no longer wish to receive messages from your Google profile, you may edit your settings.


Email Money Scam >> FW: Very Urgent!!! On Behalf Of Sayidi Omar

Very typical money scam, nothing new...

sayidi1315@msn.com

-----Original Message-----
From: sayidi1315@msn.com [mailto:sayidi1315@msn.com] On Behalf Of Sayidi
Omar
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 12:33 PM
To: .
Subject: Re:Very Urgent!!!

Greetings from BURKINA FASO:

Let me start by introduce myself,I am Mr.Sayidi Omar,BILL AND EXCHANGE
MANAGER (Bank of Africa) Burkina Faso.I am writting you this letter based on
the latest development at our bank which I will like to bring to your
personal edification.($12,250million transfer claims).This is a legitimate
transaction and I agreed to offer you 30% of this money as my foreign
partner after confirmation of the fund in your bank account,If you are
interested,get back to me.

Yours faithful,
Mr.Sayidi Omar.

Sunday, August 07, 2011

Money Scam - FW: OFID Grant Notification

You do NOT get a GRANT unless you apply for a grant from a valid source. Any unsolicited GRANT emails or Student Loan emails are SCAMS. Avoid.

Any time any company requires you to SEND money before receiving money is usually a scam. Exceptions would be refinancing or doing a loan modification on a house may require 1-2 points, etc.

-----Original Message-----
From: OFID [mailto:ofidnotifications015@cox.net]
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 7:11 PM
Subject: OFID Grant Notification

Dear Sir/Madam,
The sum of £745,816 British Pounds Sterling has been awarded to you as Grant Donation/Award from OFID. Contact Mr. Fred Thickins by replying to this notification.
Your Grant Qualification Code ( OFID/SAJ01/OGA2/55 )

FBI SCAM - Email Money Scam - Mr. Fred Miller - Alert!! gregeze2@gmail.com

Common FBI Scam, about a dozen a week.  I love the spoof email "Agent Fred" HA! 

Of course the FBI wants for you to get your money by emailing some gmail.com address, because the FBI trusts Gmail for all it's private secure documents!

I had to resize the fonts, some were about 72pt. 


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Anti-Terrorist <agentfred@fbi.gov>
Date: 2011/7/16
Subject: Alert!!
To:


FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Anti-Terrorist and International Fraud Division
601 4th Street NW,Washington, DC 20535
 
 
Attn: Beneficiary,
 
This is to officially inform you that it has come to our notice and I have thoroughly completed an Investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System. Base on the informations reaching us from IRS and our Monitoring Network System (MNS) some illegal officers, in the Apex Bank whose names you find listed below, have been apprehended by the legal authorities for not releasing your Inheritance/ Contract payment. Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo , Dr. Patrick Aziza, Mr. Tunde Lemo , Mr. Ernest Obi, in collaboration withCentral Bank of Nigeria,Zenith Bank, Oceanic bank , First Bank, andWestern Union. Billions of dollars was recovered from their accounts.
 
 
We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved by the New Central Bank Governor, Dr. Lamido Sanusi, has approved your payment of $10.5M (Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand, United States Dollars) via their ATMMasterCard® payment system. The ATMMasterCard® is designed to work on anyAutomated Teller Machinearound the Globe. On no account must you send your banking details to any person or office, no matter the circumstance. We have been assured that your payment will be released to you through the ATM MasterCard® payment system which has been approved by theacting President,Goodluck Jonathan. If you are willing to get your payment reconfirm the following datas immediately: YOUR FULL NAME: LOCAL ADDRESS (INCLUDING CITY/STATE/ZIPCODE): IDENTIFICATION: CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS (CELL & HOME): to the processing and legal office via the information listed below:
 
 
HEADS OF PROCESSING: Dr. Mrs GLORY UTOMI
CONTACT ADDRESS: 14TH FLOOR 51/55 BROAD STREET, 12147 ABUJA - NIGERIA
CONTACT PHONE: +234-7053205543
 
 
In order to ensure your ATM MasterCard® gets delivered to you ASAP, you are advised to contactthe above person immediately to avoid unnecessary delay and complications leading from unsuccessful participants. Our commission has stood the test of time in discharging our official duties and our record is transparent without any fraudulent dent or illegal compromise.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Mr. Fred Miller
HEAD OF INVESTIGATIONS

James Hayworth Email Money Scam

Hotmail and ATT.net accounts... whenever one email is spoofed or stolen and they need you to reply to a 2nd FREE address like Hotmail, Yahoo, or Gmail.  99.9999% of the time it is a scam.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: James <jameshayworth8@att.net>
Date: 2011/8/7
Subject: Hi,
To:


From: James Hayworth
 
Kindly accept my warm regards, my name is James Hayworth, from Sydney, Australia. I am sending you this mail from the confines of my hospital room here at Jean Colvin Cancer Centre located in NSW, Australia. I have been diagnosed to be suffering from Esophageal Cancer, to my greatest bewilderment; my doctor informed me that I have only a few months to live due to the spread of the cancer to other areas of my throat and upper chest. The news was so devastating to me, that I decided to stay within the confinement of my hospital room and live out my last days on earth quietly. I asked that my hospital room be equipped with a laptop so that I can take care of some outstanding issues. One of which is my desire to donate a sizable amount of money to cancer research institutes and other deserving charity organizations.
 
 
I wish that you receive the funds, and assist me in disbursing the funds to the above mentioned organizations, but more importantly, I would love to have you as a friend during these trying moments in my life. Do not mind the time taken from your busy schedule to work with me on this sole act of charity, because I will surely compensate you for your time and assistance. Indicate your wiliness to assist me by sending an email to my private email box (james.hayworth1@hotmail.com.au) by doing so I will be able to send you more details.
 
Sincerely,
James Hayworth
 

Saturday, August 06, 2011

Email Money Scam > Business Proposal of $19.7m - China / Chile

I don't get many scams coming out of Chile, but the actual reply goes back to China = youngchang0035@yahoo.com.hk

Typical Money Scam.

You send / wire fees to a few hundred here and there in promise to get millions.  Fees are sent until they suck you dry and then disappear.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Young Chang <lordsalm@conadi.gov.cl>
Date: 2011/8/6
Subject: Re:.....
To:


May I ask if you would be eligible to pursue a Business Proposal of $19.7m with me if you dont mind? Let me know if you are interested.

Bad Email Scam >: I'm Ms. Salote Bernard of Tampa, FL 33629., I'm a US citizen, I'm 51yrs Old

Badly done, what a mess!  Bad layout, bad writing, bad text.  International Phone Number.  Ohio Mailing Address.  French Email address.  Email reply is Canada.  You can tell it not written as English as a first language.  

Badly written money scam.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ms. Salote Bernard <data@keyin.cn>
Date: 2011/7/22
Subject: I'm Ms. Salote Bernard of Tampa, FL 33629., I'm a US citizen, I'm 51yrs Old
To:


Dear Friend

I'm Ms. Salote Bernard of Tampa, FL 33629., I'm a US citizen, I'm 51yrs Old. I'm one of those that took part in the

Compensation in Nigeria many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over $38,000 while in the US, trying to

get my payment all to no avail.

So I decided to travel down to Nigeria with all my compensation documents, And I was directed to meet Barr.Mathew

James, who is the member of COMPENSATION AWARD AUTHORITY and a Human Rights Activist (Lawyer), and I

contacted him and he explained everything to me. He said whoever is contacting us through emails are fake.

He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment. Right now I'm the most happiest woman on

earth because I have received my compensation funds amounting to $850,000.00 Moreover, Barr.Mathew James,

showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your email as one of the scam

victims, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund, they are only

making money out of you. I will advise you to contact Barr.Mathew James on his contact information below

You have to contact him directly on this information below.

COMPENSATION AWARD AUTHORITY
Name: Barr.Mathew James (Barrister)
Email:(barristermathewjames@yahoo.fr)
Cell Phone number(+2347025842435)

You are hereby advised to contact Barr.Mathew James with the following information's below

1. Your Names in full.
2. Your Occupation.
3. your Residential Address.
4. Your Place and date of birth.
5. Your Telephone and fax Number

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it

is not in anyway with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing.

The only money I paid after I met Barr.Mathew James was just $285 for the paper works which lead to the success of

receiving my funds

Thank You and Be Blessed.

Mrs. Salote Bernard
Trustee/Treasurer, Triad Foundation Inc.
1902 South Wykagyl Street
Tampa, FL USA. 33629
Education: BS, Business Administration

Friday, August 05, 2011

Email Fraud - Fake FBI Email Scam = AGENT FRED MILLER FBI ALERT!!!


Get about a dozen a week, always the same stuff, just worded differently.  Always a scam.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Anti-Terrorist <fbigov@fbi.org>
Date: 2011/8/5
Subject: FBI ALERT!!!
To:


FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Anti-Terrorist and International Fraud Division
LOS ANGELES 100 WILSHIRE BOULVAR, CA
Direct phone:(209)370-5657
Direct Fax:(209) 996-3359
 
 
 
Attn: Beneficiary,
 
 
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. Base on the information's reaching us from IRS and our Monitoring Network System (MNS) some illegal officers, in the Apex Bank whose names you will find listed below have been apprehended by the legal authorities for not releasing your Inheritance/ Contract payment. Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo , Dr. Patrick Aziza, Mr. Tunde Lemo , Mr. Ernest Obi, in collaboration with Central Bank of Nigeria, Zenith Bank, Oceanic bank , First Bank, and Western Union. Billions of dollars was recovered from their accounts as they wanted to divert your funds into their overseas bank account without your consent.
 
 
We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved by the New Central Bank Governor, Dr. Lamido Sanusi, has approved your payment of $10.5M (Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand, United States Dollars) via their ATM MasterCard® payment system. The ATM MasterCard® is designed to work on any Automated Teller Machine around the Globe. On no account must you send your banking details to any person or office, no matter the circumstance. We have been assured that your payment will be released to you through the ATM MasterCard® payment system which has been approved by the acting President, Good luck Ebele Jonathan.
 
 
However, If you are willing to get your payment, you are to reconfirm the following data's immediately: YOUR FULL NAME: LOCAL ADDRESS (INCLUDING CITY/STATE/ZIPCODE): IDENTIFICATION: CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS (CL & HOME): to the processing and legal office via the information listed below:
 
HEADS OF PROCESSING: Dr. Mrs. GLORY UTOMI
CONTACT ADDRESS: 14TH FLOOR 51/55 BROAD STREET, 12147 ABUJA - NIGERIA
CONTACT PHONE: +234-7055366700
 
 
In order to ensure your ATM MasterCard® gets delivered to you, you are advised to contact the above person immediately to avoid unnecessary delay and complications leading from unsuccessful participants. Our commission has stood the test of time in discharging our official duties and our record is transparent without any fraudulent dent or illegal compromise.
 
 
Yours sincerely,
 
AGENT FRED MILLER
HEAD OF INVESTIGATIONS
LOS ANGELES 100
WILSHIRE BOULVAR, CA
 

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Another Web Lottery Email Scam > Mrs. LILLIAN GOLD

·         Rule # 1  = No Online Lotteries Are Real

·         Rule # 2 = Never open attachments from someone you don't know.

·         Rule # 3 = If you know someone and they sent you an unexpected attachment, contact them to make sure they actually sent you something.

·         Rule # 4 = See Rule 1-3

·         Rule # 5 = If you ignore Rule #1 - #4 then we thank you for supporting your local computer repair shop.

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mrs. LILLIAN GOLD [mailto:maurilia@epagri.sc.gov.br]
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 3:30 AM
Subject: ATTEN WINNER

 

ATTEN WINNER

 

We are glad to announce your selection in our Postcode scientific draw,Please Open the attached file for details and contact our fiduciary agent for immediate Claim.

 

Direct +31-685-083-128

E-mail:claims10agent@aim.com

 

Congratulations!

Mrs. Lillian Goldstrew

Public Relation Officer.

Monday, August 01, 2011

Google Profile Money Scam > Message via your Google Profile > Barrister Fraid Johnson

Someone scamming via Google Profile, so they can enter your name, but can't see your email address.  Typical scam, fees to pay to get the money that never shows up. 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Johnsons Fraid <fraidjohnsons1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 10:37 AM
Subject: Message via your Google Profile: 
To: 


Dear xxxxxx Greeting to you, I am Barrister Fraid Johnson, My late client Engr M. A.xxxxx, died with his family without no one to claim his U $8.5,000.00(Eight Million Five Hundred U.S Dollars) deposit in the bank.I have a mandate to present the bank my late client next of kin,You have the same last name with my late client so I wish to present you to the bank as his next of kin. And our sharing ratio will be 50/50.Kindly contact me on my private email address for more details should you be interested in My proposition ( barr_fraidjohnson1@hotmail.fr ) My regards, Barrister Fraid Johnson Tel::00228-759-0615 My email: ( barr_fraidjohnson1@hotmail.fr )


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This message was sent to you from your Google profile. The sender does not have your email address.

If you no longer wish to receive messages from your Google profile, you may edit your settings.


Inheritance Scam - FROM: BARR. SHAWN LEE

Shares the same last name as me, however does not know my last name. If I emailed back and said my name is Michael Gobblesmack, I am 100% sure they would reply with the name of someone named Gobblesmack. No matter what you say, it will match, not even a good scam.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: BARR.SHAWN LEE <akwaterra@neostrada.pl>
Date: 2011/7/29
Subject: FROM: BARR. SHAWN LEE
To: info@info.net


Dear Friend,

I am, Shawn Lee attorney at law.A deceased client of mine that shares the same

last name with yours,died as result of a heart-related condition in March 12th

2009.Leaving behind a deposit valued of $19 million dollars,his heart condition was

due to the death of all the members of his family in the tsunamidisaster on the 26th

December 2004 in Sumatra Indonesia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_

earthquake

I want you to assist in distributing the money left behind by my client before it is

confiscated or&n bsp;declared unserviceable by the bank.

The bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin. My proposition to you is to

seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my late client.

This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any

breach of the law,contact me immediately if you are interested.

Best Regards,
Shawn Lee
Attorney at Law.

Convoluted Scam > Fwd: Unpaid Funds == Ms Justina Oge

Japan, Nigeria, Funds, Hard Drives, Files, Copies, Escape from Nigeria, etc... etc.. what a mess.   Even the date si wrong, May 8th, 2011 and received today 8/1/2011. Even if written a different way, it is still not 8/5/2011, it is just so wrong.  Not even a good try. 


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ms Justina Oge <justinaoge022@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: 2011/5/8
Subject: Unpaid Funds
To:


I am Ms Justina Oge. A computer scientist with central bank of Nigeria.

I am 26 years old, just started work with C.B.N. I came across your file which was marked X and your released disk painted RED, I took time to study it and found out that you have paid VIRTUALLY all fees and certificate but the   fund has not been release to you.

The most annoying thing is that they cannot tell you the truth that on no account will they ever release the fund to you. Please this is like a Mafia setting in Nigeria; you may not understand it because you are not a Nigerian.

The only thing I will need to release this fund is a special HARD DISK we call it HD120 GIG. I will buy two of it, recopy your information, destroy the previous one, and punch the computer to reflect in your bank within 24 banking hours. I will clean up the tracer and destroy your file, after which I will run away from Nigeria to meet  with you.

If you are interested. Do get in touch with me immediately, You should send to me your convenient tell/fax numbers for easy communications and also re confirm your banking details, so that there won't be any mistake.for phone converstion,please call me on +234-8051708534.


Regards,


Ms Justina Oge


Lottery Scam Stratos.Victor You have won 850,000.00GBP

Once again, there are NO online lotteries.  

Also, no bank is going to notify you by email. 

Also, a bank would not use bluemail. as a return address. 

Also, the bank would know your information, your name, your email. 

Also, Also, Also...

SCAM



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Stratos.Victor <Victor.Stratos@suntrust.com>
Date: Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 2:44 PM
Subject: You have won 850,000.00GBP
To:



Attention:Lucky Winner,

We are happy to announce that you amoung the 4 winners of the UK National Lottery Sweeptstakes
We are happy to announce that you are amoung the 4 winners to share 3.6 Million Pounds Sterling. Which means you are entitled to £850,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling. Hope you Contact Mr. Edwin Winco for the release of your Funds.Contact Fiduciary by Email: processunit@blumail.org, Tell:+44 701 004 6057.

The next promotion is fast approaching,as such we have to round up all draws presently before the next edition comes up.

It is important that you acknowledge your receipt of this correspondence.

Congratulations once again.

Yours Faithfully,
Dr.Calvin Smith.


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