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Postby Edward » Sun 09 Sep, 2007 7:36 pm

Antony wrote:According to the email, I am one of the 7 lucky winners winning 3 million.

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS LOTTERY MANAGER,
PROTEA WINNERS ORGANIZATION LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA,
13,LAKE VIEW DRIVE,AUCKLAND PARK
P.O.BOX 296, AUCKLAND PARK,
JOHANNESBURY,
SOUTH AFRICA.


Johannesburg is spelled wrong. :D

Instant tip-off of a scam.
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Postby Antony » Mon 10 Sep, 2007 2:32 am

Another PayPal scam, from [tt]peypal.nl[/tt].

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I reported it to [tt]spoof@paypal.com[/tt].
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Postby karl » Fri 02 Nov, 2007 5:11 pm

It's hard to believe but people still fall for the 419 Advance Fee scam. Greed.
Before the internet the scammers used postal mail and faxes.

This is a fun site, they turn the tables on the scammers. Read through it.
http://www.scambuster419.co.uk
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Postby Edward » Sat 03 Nov, 2007 10:41 am

My father occasionally receives junk like that. If any e-mails come in, he doesn't do anything and has me look at them. All I have to do is look at the e-mail headers as well as see where the links point to (a bogus site) and can tell if it is a spoof. It's then forwarded to eBay for disposition.
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Postby Antony » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 9:05 pm

Here's the latest one from bankofamerica.com <eustace@onelist.com>

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Your Online Banking is Blocked
Due to concerns we have for the safety and integrity of the Bank of America community we have issued this message. It has come to our attention that your Bank of America account information needs to be updated. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.

To restore your account access, we need you to confirm your identity, to do so we need you to follow the link below and proceed to confirm your information:

http://www.bankofamerica.com.cgi-bin.im ... eBVCookie/

Tank you for your patience as we work together to protect your account.

Sincerely,
Bank of America Customer Service

*Important*
Please update your records on or before 48 hours, a failure to update your records will result in a temporal hold on your funds.

Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender
¿ 2008 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.


I don't have a Bank of America account.
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Postby PaulD » Thu 17 Apr, 2008 11:49 am

" Spain holds lottery scam suspects"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7353003.stm
Nigerians --- millions of euros --- initial payments
"Those targeted were wrongly told they had won a lottery and asked to send a payment before prize money could [be] sent."
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Postby Antony » Thu 17 Apr, 2008 12:40 pm

Thanks Paul,

I added the reference to [sdt=14119]spammer jailed[/sdt] thread. (I know they are not yet jailed, but hopefully soon.)
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Postby profman » Thu 17 Apr, 2008 3:33 pm

How about scam phone calls in the USA? The below comes from the newsletter of my university's security department.

[quote]Economic Stimulus
The Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 was passed into law and will result in more than 130 million Americans receiving what is essentially a “rebateâ€
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Postby Don_HH2K » Thu 17 Apr, 2008 4:02 pm

It's interesting that you bring phone calls up, profman. I frequently receive calls from somebody claiming to be from the place I bought my car from, telling me that I need to "act immediately" to renew my warranty, which is set to expire. The entire thing is narrated by a computer at the other end and features an insanely long prompt that can fill an entire answering machine microcassette in just three or four calls.

Problem one is that I've never bought a car, and problem two is that they call our fax number immediately after our phone number (there's a difference of one digit at the end, so the dialer is probably incrementing by one and dialing again).
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Postby Antony » Wed 04 Jun, 2008 9:29 am

Another Certificate Renewal email from First Banks which I don't have an account with.

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From the screenshot above, you can see the the link is well crafted with many levels of subdomain. (the domain is [tt]dfkit4d.com[/tt])
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Postby Edward » Wed 04 Jun, 2008 6:24 pm

Antony wrote:Here's the latest one from bankofamerica.com <eustace@onelist.com>

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Your Online Banking is Blocked
Due to concerns we have for the safety and integrity of the Bank of America community we have issued this message. It has come to our attention that your Bank of America account information needs to be updated. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.

To restore your account access, we need you to confirm your identity, to do so we need you to follow the link below and proceed to confirm your information:

http://www.bankofamerica.com.cgi-bin.im ... eBVCookie/

Tank you for your patience as we work together to protect your account.

Sincerely,
Bank of America Customer Service

*Important*
Please update your records on or before 48 hours, a failure to update your records will result in a temporal hold on your funds.

Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender
¿ 2008 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.


I don't have a Bank of America account.


The one I received a couple of weeks ago, told me that there was "questionable shopping activity" detected on a check card and it asked me to verify information.

It was promptly forwarded to [tt]abuse (at) bankofamerica.com[/tt] for disposition.
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Postby Antony » Tue 10 Jun, 2008 10:48 am

Another similar one

SUN TRUST BANK WARNING!

At SunTrust, the protection of all your assets – including your identity – is our top priority.
We have a number of safety measures in place to help protect you, including industry-standard
technologies on our Web site and teams dedicated to fighting fraud and identity theft.
You can depend on us to safeguard your personal and financial information.
To insure the highest level of security when performing online banking transactions,
SunTrust Bank recommends that you use a browser that supports 128-bit encryption.
And SunTrust ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATE.

Continue to Certificate Update Center>>

2008 SunTrust Banks, Inc. All rights reserved.


and the link is to [tt]http://onlinetreasurymanager.suntrust.ibswebsuntrust.cmserver.ve (...) .members.vjlhredd.com/verify.htm[/tt]
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Postby Antony » Sun 13 Jul, 2008 6:43 am

A new one.

FROM THE DESK OF MR MUHAMMED YAYA
AUDITING DEPARTMENT
ECOWAS BANK FOR INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
LOME TOGO.
00228970-96-86

Dear Friend,
I got your address via the internet. I have a proposal for you -this however is not mandotary nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will.I am 52, and work with a bank (one of the African leading banks in the West Coast).

Here in this bank existed a dormant account for the past 8 years who is now late.When we discovered that there had been no deposits nor withdrawals from this account for this
long period, I and my two other colleagues decided to carry out a system investigation and discovered that none of the family member nor relations of the late American is aware of this account.
This is the story in a nutshell. Now we want an account overseas where we can
transfer this funds.

Thereafter, we had planned to destroy all related documents for this account. It is a careful network and for the past eleven months we have worked out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation.The amount is not so much at the moment and plus all the accumulated interest the balance in this account stands at-(15 .5 million US dollars).

Now our questions are:-
1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can we give you this trust?
3. What will be your commission if you can sponsor this project?

Consider this and get back at us as soon as possible.

Finally, it is our humble prayer that the information as contained herein be accorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.We Expect your urgent response if you can handle this project.I will urge you to get back us for quick action towards these project and if possible include with your person phone number for voice to voice clearification .

Respectfully Yours,
MR MUHAMMED YAYA
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Postby Antony » Sun 20 Jul, 2008 11:23 pm

From: info.bl@britishgaming-board.co.uk
Subject: Dear Winner
Date: 21 July 2008 7:09:22 AM
Reply-To: info.bl@britishgaming-board.co.uk

Here's the content:
The British Gaming Board.
72 New Bond Street London ,
United Kingdom W1S 1RR

Your Ref: BAL/198243108/05/DON. Batch: 15/00/4774

Dear Winner:

We happily announce to you the draw of the British Gaming Board E-Lottery Promotions held on the 18th of July 2008, in London. Your e-mail address attached to an electronically generated ticket, E-ticket number: 56475611545188 with Serial number 19445/12 drew the lucky numbers: 23-6-89-16-54-1, which subsequently won you the E-lottery Prize in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$2, 500, 000.00 (Two Million, and Five Hundred Thousand, United States Dollars) now credited to file BAL/198243108/05/DON.

This is from a total cash prize of US$80,000.000.00 (Eighty Million United State Dollars) shared amongst the first fifty-five (55) lucky winners in this category "B". This year's E-Lottery Promotion Jackpot is the largest ever for British Gaming Board. The estimated $80 Million jackpot would be the sixth biggest in U.K history. The biggest was the $373 Million jackpot that went to two winners in January, 2006 draw of The Big Game Mega Millions' predecessor.

All participants were selected randomly from THE INTERNET through an electronic draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies, and 250,000 individuals. This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your prize remitted to you. This is a part of our precautionary measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

Your lucky winning numbers fall within our European booklet representative office in Ireland as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, release of your US$2, 500, 000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand, United States Dollars) would be processed by our affiliate Bank. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your prize to you as soon as you initiate contact with him.

To claim your prize, please contact our claims agent with the contact details below to process your claims and ensure to include your winning and reference numbers when filing your claim.

Name: Dr. Robert Boss
Email: info.goldsachs@gmail.com
Middle East and Asian Payment and Release Agent for:
The British Gaming Board.

Note that all claims process must be duly completed early to avoid impersonation or double claim. Also to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.

Yours Faithfully,

Ian Sutton
The British Gaming Board Coordinator (E-Lottery Programs).


According to the email, I won US$2, 500, 000.00. Just write a cheque to me will do.
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Postby PaulD » Mon 21 Jul, 2008 1:17 am

1. " ... you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your prize remitted to you."

I regret to inform you, sir, that your prize has been provisionally forfeited in that you have violated the requirement for our confidentiality requirement, in that you have posted this award information on the internet. However, it can be reinstated if you remit to our agent, Mr. PaulD at SillyDog.org, a processing and penalty amount of only AU$999.98. (Please note that this is a discount from our customary penalty amount of AU$1500.) Please advise if you wish to take advantage of this exceptional and generous offer of accommodation, which offer is valid only for the next three (3) days.

2. This looks like a re-issue of what was alluded to in the last paragraph [sdp=84667]here[/sdp].
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