Monday, January 31, 2011

Another Western Union scam - but from admin@fashionmax-leather.com?

Thanks for this scam message - is this your first? I only ask as there are some obvious pointers that you should really work on:
1) It's supposed to be for Western Union, but the e-mail address it comes from is "fashionmax-leather.com"- really, you could do better than that!
2) talking of e-mail addresses, you say that the person in charge has an e-mail address of "officeinfowu@yahoo.com.hk" - why would an employee of Western Union in Thailand have an address from Yahoo in Hong Kong????
3) also, you were too up-front about the money I needed to send you - ideally, you';d just ask me to confirm some things, THEN, when I'm already suckered in, tell me I need to send you funds

Anyway, I hope you find my comments helpful:)

Best Wishes!!!!

> From: admin@fashionmax-leather.com
> Subject: From Western Union Money Transfer Office Thailand.
> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:46:14 +0700
> To:
>
> From Western Union Money Transfer: Office Incharge Of Your Fund.
>
>
> Attention: Fund Owner,
>
>
> Based on the instruction passed to this Western Union department from the office of the Presidency, your total sum of US$1,000,000.00 Million Dollars can only be paid through this Western Union Money Transfer Department of Bangkok,Thailand. This is to help us check-mate all the Fraudulent activities going on here in Bangkok and Asia at large. You shall be paid bit by bit until your total sum is completely received paid to right at the Counter of Western Union right in your country.
>
>
> After a meeting that was held in the office of the Presidency in regards to this, we have agreed to pay you a total of US$10,000.00 in every Seven Hours(7hours) until the funds is completely paid as agreed in today's meeting.Below is the Money Control Number (MTCN): (1981305069) For verification Kindly call our International service number +18003256000 or 8003256000 and follow the voice prompt,then insert the control number above to hear the availability of your funds ready for pick up,or visit our official web site www.westernunion.com,find TRACKING on the top right of the site page,and kindly insert accordingly this detail ( Williams Kan) and (1981305069) following the instructions bellow.
>
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> Money Transfer Control Number: 1981305069
> Sender First Name: Williams
> Sender Last Name: Kan
> Sender's Address: Bangkok Thailand
> Amount Sent: US$10,000.00
>
>
> Check Status AND CLICK ON CHECK STATUSI 'am Mrs. Melissa Awak, after the failure of the Agent assigned to deliver your Winning Cheque, for reason aligned with the British high commission and other bodies,I was ordered from the office of the President to make your payment swiftly via this medium, you will be receiving $10.000 USD every seven hours,from the above control number till your payment is completed.
>
>
> I request that you send to me your full receiving names for your payment and an activation fee of US$350 dollars only for the names to be activated to the officer incharge at the counter here in Bangkok Thailand as you make the payment we shall activate the names you have given us to enable you receive your first installment payment of $10,000 accordingly,this control number (1981305069) should be kept total secret for your own security,to avoid any further problems which you have experienced in the past,make the payment today and start receiving your money.
>
> You are advice to contact the Transfer Department:And also ask them how you will send the Re-activation fee of $350 to them so that they will start proceeding on how you will be receiving your payment of $10,000.00 every 7hours without any further delay.
>
> Person incharge: Mr. James Lee
> Direct Telephone Number: + (66) 8473727761
> Fax Number + (66) 025-644-63311
> E-mail: officeinfowu@yahoo.com.hk
>
> You can call Mr. James Lee for more verifications regard your funds, or E-mail us immediately for the transfer of your WU Funds:
>
> Here is the information needed for the Transfer:
>
> Your Full Name:
> Your Full Address:
> Your Direct Tel:
>
> Congratulations in advance.
>
> Mrs. Melissa Awak
> WESTERN UNION DIRECTOR
> BANGKOK, THAILAND

Saturday, January 29, 2011

The Government want to give me money - nothing fishy about that, is there?

Dear Revenue & Customs - this is really nice of you, and you have gone to a lot of trouble, I'm sure - but you know what? The country is in dire need of funds at the moment, so why don't you put it towards reducing the deficit?


Thanks anyway!!!



from HM Revenue & Customs
to
date Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 1:31 AM
subject Submit Your Payment Refund

Dear Applicant:

Following an upgrade of our computer systems and review of our records we have investigated your payments and latest tax returns over the last seven years our calculations show that you have made over payments of GBP 178.25

Due to the high volume of refunds due you must complete the online application, the telephone help line is unable to assist with this application. In oder to process your refund you will need to complete the application form attached to this email.Your refund may take up to 6 weeks to process please make sure you complete the form correctly.

NOTE: If you've received an Income Tax ‘repayment’ it will either be following a claim you've made or because HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has received new information about your taxable income or entitlement to allowances. The refund may come through your tax code or as a payment and could relate to the current tax year or earlier years.

An Income Tax repayment is a refund of tax that you've overpaid. So, if you've paid too much tax for example through your job or pension this year or in previous years HMRC will send you a repayment. You'll get the repayment by bank transfer directly to your credit or debit card.

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Copyright 2011, HM Revenue Customs UK All rights reserved.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Jerrold David Reid writes to me:)

Hey Jerrold! Good to hear from you - so you're in the UK for a bit? We must get together for a drink and talk about the old times:) What hotel are you staying at? Maybe I could swing past one evening - how does that sound?

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From: Jerrold David Reid (milerfranksns900@gmail.com)
Sent: Tue 1/25/11 3:02 AM
To:


Dear Friend,

I am Mr.Jerrold David Reid,the credit manager of SNS Fiduciary in the NETHERLANDS.

There is an a c c o u n t belonging to the late relative ,which i will want to discuss with you about and it has some form of relationship with you going by the similarity in the name.

I am at the moment in the UK undergoing a financial course please email me in respect to this. You can give me your personal phone number so that i can give you a call, its important.

Regards,
Jerrold David Reid.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Your payment is ready. See attached notice

Dear Charles -

This would take me 433 days to get all the money!!! There must be a better way - maybe you could transfer it directly to my Swiss bank account?



From: Charles O. Lawson (conley@conleyshospitality.com)
Sent: Sat 1/22/11 6:00 AM
To:

Attachments: 1 attachment | Download all attachments (4.6 KB)
PAYMENT A...html (4.6 KB)

Dear Beneficiary,


Series of meetings was held over the past 7 months with the Secretary General of the United Nations. This ended a week ago. It is obvious that you have not received your fund which is to the tune of $1.3million due to past corrupt Governmental Officials who almost held/kept your entitlement to themselves.


Due to this unfortunate development, you have had losses and unnecessary delay in the receipt of your fund. The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations has successfully passed a mandate to the current president of Nigeria. His Excellency Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts owed to you and other individuals and organizations that have been found not to have received their Contract Sum, Lottery, Inheritance and the likes.


Here is the method of payment. �ATM Card�, we will be issuing you a custom pin based ATM card which you will use to withdraw up to $3,000 per day from any ATM machine that has the Visa/Master Logo on it and the card has to be renewed in 4 years time which is 2014. Also with the ATM card you will be able to transfer your funds to your local bank account. The ATM card comes with a handbook/manual to enlighten you on how to use it.


For effective delivery, a diplomatic dispatch service has been contracted to carry out all deliveries. To this effect a Memorandum of understanding was signed with a diplomatic dispatch services for all deliveries which expire on the 1st of February 2011. This M.O.U allows you to pay $355 for the delivery instead of the regular $950 fee. Take note that any request other than this fee ($355) is fraudulent and you will have to stop communication with every other person or unit if you have been in contact with any. Also remember that all you will ever have to spend is $355.00 nothing more. With the services of this diplomatic dispatch system, delivery of your ATM card is guaranteed, upon receipt of the required fee.



Note: The actual fee for shipping your ATM card is $950 but because the Diplomatic Dispatch service have temporarily discontinued the C.O.D which gives you the chance to pay when package is delivered for international shipping, We have to sign a memorandum of understanding with them for bulk shipping which makes the fees reduce from the actual fee of $950 to $355.

You are advised to contact our correspondent in the office of the presidency in Nigeria "The delivery officer� Mr. Michael Woods with the information below,


Michael Woods
PAYMENT/DELIVERY OFFICER
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
DEBT RECOVERY AND PAYMENT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
IKEJA, LAGOS
NIGERIA
EMAIL:michwoods@debtrecovery-ng.org
EMAIL:michaelwoods@blumail.org


You are to furnish him with the information below and a copy of your driver�s license or international passport for positive identification and at your request, he will furnish you with a copy of the memorandum of understanding reach with the Nigeria Government or answer any question regarding the delivery of your card.


Your Full Names........
Your current Address:..............
Home/Cell Phone:..............


Upon receipt of delivery fee ($355), the delivery officer will ensure the delivery of your package ( ATM card valued at $1.3million) to your door step within 48 working hours.


Yours sincerely,
Mr. Charles Osazuwa
UNITED NATIONS
P. O. Box 10688
17 Kingsway Road,
Ikoyi, Lagos

Monday, June 7, 2010

Anotehr Nigerain BAnking scam

And this one is Russian


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About Your Fund In CBN‏
From: Dr. Mrs. Veronica Amadi [JP] (Hadlow30@fsnet.co.uk)
Sent: Sun 6/06/10 1:36 PM
To:

Attn:


I know that you might be surprise on this mail, but I am telling you the truth. I know that it is against my official duty to release confidential issue like this to an outsider.There is nothing I can do to help you beside this; I am taking this bold step because of my belief as a Christian.


What I want to tell you is about your fund with the Federal Government of Nigeria, there are a lot forces working against you right from the last CBN Governor Prof Charlse Soludo and the current Governor Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi with other Top officials of all the Commercial Banks here in Nigeria, they have been frustrating people by demanding upfront payment from them constantly, If I tell you that they are using all these money you sent to them to work against you, you might not believe it. But it is reality.


There is a way I can assist you get your fund without you paying any charges to get your fund, it is risky but one has to take it, I have assisted one woman from Mexico with it, it worked out though her fund was US$2.5m-. What you have to do is to open another bank account any where, if you can open it in another place, it will be nice, but what you have to bear in mind is that you have to re-transfer the fund to another account immediately you confirmed it in your account, I know why I want it this way.


If you want me to go ahead, let me know as soon as you get this mail, if I make the transfer into your account this week, it might be next three months that they will find out and by then, you have re-transferred the fund into another account.


Get back to me as soon as you get this mail so that I will be in better position to know what to do.Get back to me on this email: drmrsveronicaa@aol.com



Dr. Mrs. Veronica Amadi [JP]
KTT UNIT CBN


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Здравствулте!! Спасибо для этой электронной почты, но я имеем все фонды мне действительно теперь! Чем я известка некоторая помощь с, однако, моя половая жизнь - иметь вас быть полученным что-нибыдь которое помогло бы с тем?

Microsoft Lottery Scam

This one is Greek!


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Dear Winner‏
From: Notice (info@microsoft.org)
Sent: Sun 6/06/10 5:07 AM
To:

Microsoft Corporations:
Customer Service
Your Reference No: ESP-X/M-2810
Your Batch No: 2010/101/MIC

Attn: Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the long awaited results of
Sweepstakes promotion organized by Microsoft,in conjunction with the
foundation for the promotion of software products,(F.P.S.)in our online
email lottery for the year 2010 in which e-mail addresses are picked
randomly by computerized balloting,powered by the Internet.

Your email address was among those chosen in the 2nd category and
therefore attracted a cash award of 250,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Euros) and a Dell laptop.

To begin your claim,do file for the release of your winning by contacting
our Foreign Transfer Manager:

Mr. Luis Garcia
Microsoft Claims Dept(Spain).
Tel: +34-63-4045-527
Fax: +34-91-1820-136
Email: msoftclaimsdepart@yahoo.co.jp

For verification purpose ,Forward to him your claim details below;

(1) Your mailing address:
(2) Your Tel(Mobile):
(3) Your Nationality/Country:
{4} Your Full Names:
{5} Your Occupation:
{6} Your Age:

The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by former
CEO/Chairman, Bill Gates and a consortium of software promotion companies.The
Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers and other International Companies. The
Microsoft internet E-mail draw is held periodically and is organized to
encourage the use of the Internet and promote computer literacy worldwide.

Congratulations!!

Sincerely,
Mrs.Raquel Sбnchez
(Lottery Coordinator)

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Γειά σου! Ευχαριστίες για αυτό το ηλεκτρονικό ταχυδρομείο, αλλά έχω όλα τα κεφάλαια Ι πραγματικά ανάγκη αμέσως! Τι ασβέστης που κάποια βοήθεια με, εντούτοις, είναι η σεξουαλική ζωή μου - σας παίρνει τίποτα που θα βοηθούσε με αυτήν;

Yahoo Lottery Scam

I had a new thought with this one, and have used babel fish to translate the reply into Korean!!


> Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 13:38:41 -0700
> From: mercymartins001@rediffmail.com
> Subject: YAHOO LOTTERY PROMOTION YOU WON (GBP£820,000.00)
> To:
>
>
> YAHOO LOTTERY LIVE EMAIL PROMOTION
> INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
> Thames Valley Park, Reading Berkshire RG6 1WG.
> United Kingdom.
> REF: YHOl/30983/2010
> BATCH: 8254297137
> Registered Lottery No 220949
> Fax no:+44-844 774 1480 / Phone: +(44)-703 174 3516
> ***************************************************************************
> Dear Email Account Owner,
>
> This is to notify you of the email promotion held in the year 2010 by YAHOO LOTTERY PROMOTION & .Your email address has been selected and has won you (GBP£820,000.00) Equivalent to ($1,308,883.99 USD).in the YAHOO LOTTERY EMAIL PROMOTION.
> HOW YOU WERE SELECTED
>
> Each email address is affixed with a ticket number, serial number and batch number and then a draw is held. As a result of the below numbers which was attached to your email address during the draw, you were selected as one of the ten winners worldwide with the following information:
> ***************************************************************************
> Ticket number: 883834657492-200 / Serial number: 7263-267 /Batch number: 8254297137
> As a consequence, you are a 1st category winner and your lucky numbers are 14-22-28-37-40-44. As previously stated, you are entitled to the lump sum payment of (GBP£820,000.00) Equivalent to ($1,308,883.99 USD). only. Your winnings are credited to fileREF: YAHl/30983/2010.
> **************************************************************************
> HOW TO GET YOUR PRICE
>
> Please contact your assigned claim officer below with your reference number above for verification and more information on how to claim your price.
> Name: Barrister Paul Pass (Esq).
> Email: aw_arddboardlink@live.co.za , boardlinkclams@live.co.za
> Phone: +(44)-703 174 3516 = FAX: (+44)- 844 774 1185
> You are to send the completed verification form below to the our Agent in the United Kingdom Whose email address is given above so that you will be advised on what to do to get your prize Money through our corresponding payment bank
> *************************************************************************
> Congratulations once more!! AWARD WINNING CERTIFICATE
> This is to certify that: FIRST NAME: ...MIDDLE NAME:... (LAST NAME: ..
> DATE OF BIRTH:.... MARITAL STATUS (M)...........( D )........(S) ..OCCUPATION::....HOME ADDRESS:: ....STATE ...... ZIP CODE:.... COUNTRY: NATIONALITY:.... ..TEL: .........FAX:NO………
> **************************************************************************
> I WANT TO BE PAID BY (BANK TRANSFER) (ON LINE BANK TRANSFER)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> BANK NAME..........BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER:…….SWIFT CODE..... BANK ADDRESS....... CITY:.... COUNTRY:........ BANK TEL NO: ... FAX: NO
>
> A COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT (OR) D/LICENSE NEEDED FOR THE TRANSFER.
> **************************************************************************
> For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-selected winner or unofficial personnel.
> ************************************************************************
> For inquiry} do contact this email address here: yahfunddept@live.co.za
>
> Please see attachment file
>
> Best Regards
> Mrs. Mercy Martins (Information Officer).
> YAHOO LOTTERY LIVE PROMOTION
> UNITED KINGDOM
> THIS YAHOO LOTTERY WAS SPONSORED BY THE BARCLAY’S PREMIER LEAGUE LONDON



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여보세요! 이 전자 우편을 위한 감사합니다에는, 그러나 나는 나가 진짜로 지금 필요로 하는 모든 기금이 있다! 나는 무엇 석회를 가진 약간 도움 하고자 했는가, 그러나, 나의 성 생활은 - 당신에게 그것으로 도울 아무거나를 주어져 달라고 하기 위하여 인가?