The Spam and Scam Superthread- Merged

[zipperhead_cop]

I'm thinking this has just gotta be legit.  I mean if you can't trust Nigeria's National Security Advisor who can you trust?  Ya' figure?

I dunno.  He retired a lieutenant.  How competent could he be?

 

[Shec]

I dunno.  He retired a lieutenant.  How competent could he be?

1.  Maybe he was CFR; or


2.  Maybe he was busted while dancing the hatless jig over the course of 4 paragraphs; or


3.  Maybe his proof-reading skills are about as sharp as mine.

In any case I compliment you on your powers of observation ZC.

 

[CountDC]

or was that  " I am Lt General Hassan Mustapha (Rtd)"

seems he can't make up his mind what rank he was.  Introduces himself as LGen but signs as Lt.

He would probably send your package to the wrong address.

 

[Journeyman]

I've gotten some pretty irritating emails begging for money lately.


I almost regret giving the email address to my kids. 

 

[CountDC]

:rofl:

 

[Michael OLeary]

The 450K Pounds is nice, but the KIA Soul really sweetens the deal.

It also nice how I get to send them the "Lucky Email Address" in the requested response since they've obviously forgotten that my e-mail address was the winner.

confirmation Pin: # KIASOUL1672/2009‏
From: Adeni-awosika, Florence (Flo.Adeni-awosika@ppsd.org)
Sent: January 5, 2010 6:52:01 PM
To: notice@lottery.org

Dear E-mail Owner,
Your email address on Prize Claim Approval Number: KIASOUL1672/2009 has won you £450,000.00 British Pounds Sterling and a KIA's brand new 2010 Soul Car. For claims and due remittance of funds. Please contact the claims officer for more information.
*************************************************
Contact: Mrs. Nicole Johnson
Email: kiasoul.procedures@yahoo.com.hk
Call Tel No.:  +447035996984
*************************************************
Full Names:
Contact Address:
Sex/Age:
Country:
Personal Phone #:
Lucky Email Address:
Approval # (KIASOUL1672/2009).
All response should be sent to kiasoul.procedures@yahoo.com.hk

 

[Shec]

Good Day To You,

I am Mr.Jun Huan of HSH Nordbank AG, Hong Kong. I have an obscured business suggestion for you.In November, 1999, Ahmad Fahmi an Indonesian,a contractor with the Iraqi Government and also a businessman, made a time investment of US$24.5M as secured growth funds for (72) seventy two calendar months in my Branch.

This investment has matured and has been lying in our Bank reserve for the past two years,and under the Hong Kong banking laws,any time Investment unclaimed after three years will be turned over to the Hong Kong Government purse.

Upon maturity several notices were sent to him and no response camefrom him. Early This year,it was later discovered that the Ahmad Fahmiand his family were killed in a convoy attack in Musol, Iraqi on 22th Aug, 2004 After further investigation it was also discovered that Ahmad Fahmi did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his Bank deposit.And he also confided in me the last time he was in my Office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my Bank.

Against this backdrop,I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Ahmad Fahmi so that you will be able to receive this funds I have contacted an Attorney that will prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the next of kin to Ahmad Fahmi and also the rightful beneficiary to the funds.

Please endeavour to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue. What is required from you at this stage is for you to provide me with your Full names,Address, direct telephone and fax numbers, age so that the Attorney can commence his job.Reply strictly if you areinterested with the requested information via my personal email;  jjhuan116@yahoo.com.hk  to enable the Attorney commences his job immediately.

Sincerely,

Mr.Jun Huan.
jjhuan116@yahoo.com.hk

 

[Pat in Halifax]

Keep getting a version of this:

Important Changes to Santander Online Banking.
Tue, January 12, 2010 6:13:45 AMFrom: Santander Banking PLC <accountsupdate@aero.dreamhost.com>Add to Contacts
To: 
Dear Abbey customer,

During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification procedures, we have detected a slight error in your billing information.

This might be due to either of the following reasons:

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

Please update and verify your information by clicking the link below:

https//myonlineaccounts.abbeynational.co.uk/CentralLogonWeb/Logon?action=prepare

If your account information is not updated within 12 hours then your ability to access your account will become restricted.

Thank you

The Abbey Bank Group

* Please do not respond to this email as your reply will not be received.



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Anyone else getting this????

 

[kratz]

The Canadian Press is already mentioning that Symantec has seen a spike in email spam/scams trying to cash in on the Haiti crisis.

Haiti scams are spreading: experts
By Michael Oliveira, THE CANADIAN PRESS

Last Updated: 14th January 2010, 2:35pm

Spam experts are warning of email scams related to Haiti’s earthquake disaster.

Dylan Morrs of Symantec says the spam emails were first reported within about 24 hours of the massive quake. Most masquerade as legitimate pleas for donations from aid groups and resemble Nigerian letter scams.

Morrs says the spam messages are unsophisticated and usually involve requests to send personal information to an email address or fax number.

He says Haiti-related spam was expected, and scammers often tap into the most talked about current events to snare victims.

“It’s a general scammer tactic to use a current event to kind of pique human interest and get someone to open that email. And they’ll use whatever they can in the subject line,” he said from San Francisco in a telephone interview.

“We’ll probably see (Haiti-related subject lines) . . . used in product pitches, scams, you’ll see it in pornography (ads), you’ll see it probably everywhere.”

One spam email provided by Symantec has the subject line “HELP THE CHILDREN IN HAITI ... DONATE TODAY” and purports to come from the “chief coordinator” of Yele Haiti, a Haitian charitable foundation founded by musician Wyclef Jean.

It also claims to be collecting funds in conjunction with Unicef, Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders.

“We are asking those interested to ‘HEALING THE WORLD’ have any amounts they have in their capasity sent to our regional coordinator accounting officers in the Philippines using western union,” the email reads, typos and all.

Another email claims to come from the Haiti Disaster Response Agency. A post office box address at the Hotel Montana in Port-Au-Prince is given along with other contact information and plea for assistance.

Morrs says it’s difficult to gauge how many scams are circulating, although they’re a small percentage of legitimate emails about Haiti’s earthquake.

 

[PMedMoe]

kratz, I heard on the radio the other day that people should only donate to recognized charities (e.g. Red Cross, etc) as a whole bunch of scams always come up with these disasters.  Sad, isn't it? 

Here's one (not a request for donations) that I received today, titled only "Reply".  It's the usual "you've won a sum of money" scam but the wording was so archaic, apologetic and hilarious.  ;D

Dear Beneficiary

We apologies, for the delay of your payment and all the inconveniences and inflict that we might have indulge you through. however, we were having some minor problems with our payment system, which is inexplicable, and have held us stranded and indolent, not having the aspiration to devote our 100% assiduity in accrediting foreign payments.

We apologies once again, from the record of outstanding winners due for payment, your name and particular was discovered as next on the list of the outstanding winners who have not yet receive their payment.

I wish to inform you now that the square peg is now in square hole and can be voguish, for that your payment is has been processed and will be release to you as soon as you respond to this letter.

Also note that from our record your outstanding winning payment is valued at $610,000.00 USD (SIX HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS). Payment will be made to you in form of a certified bank draft or bank wire transfer into a nominated bank account of your choice, as soon as you get in touched with.

Mr.Fred Kumar
Europe Regional Office
TEL:+44 700 596 1522
E-mail: infomails1@telegraf.by

Provide him with the following details, as this will enable him to process and release of your cash prize without any delay.

Your Full Name:...........................................

Telephone and fax Numbers:.........................

Residential Address:.....................................

Your urgent reply Mr.Fred Kumar via e-mail: infomails1@telegraf.by  will effect the speedy release of your cash prize to you within 48hours.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Vera Hillers
Vice President.

The usual poor grammar abounds. 

 

[BernDawg]

I rec'd a very official looking email from RBC this morning asking me to log on and confirm my details by filling out a form.  The first button I clicked was "DELETE"  I hope they got what they needed. 

 

[Pat in Halifax]

PMedMoe:
I got that one too. The first thing I thought of was a first time PER writer overusing the Thesaurus!!!! - or that episode from Friends when Joey wrote the adoption recommendation letter for Monica and Chandler - not that I ever watched that show - just heard about it!!!

 

[PMedMoe]

It seems we weren't alone in receiving these emails:

Top 10 scams of 2009

 

[PMedMoe]

Same old, same old.  Again, I'm struck by the wording. 

For your attention. Sequel to your non response of our earlier letter to you on behalf of the Trustees and Executors to our late client. I wish to notify you that you were listed as a beneficiary to the total sum of 2,600,000.GBP (Two million six hundred thousand British pounds) in the codicil and last testament of the deceased. Until his death he was a major share holder in big companies which include textile and construction companies.

He was a very great philanthropist during his life time. He died on 9th January 2008 at the age of 68.He was buried on the 3rd of February. Even though he was a foreigner living and working here he requested before his death that he be buried here in his words, "I regard here as My home and the people as my people"

We therefore reckoned that you can receive this funds as you are qualified by your name identity.All the legal papers will be processed on your response.In your acceptance of this deal, we request that you kindly forward any proof of identities of yours, your current telephone and fax numbers and forwarding address to enable us file necessary documents at our high court probate division for the release of this sum of money.

Congratulations.
Yours faithfully,
Omoriegie P. Williams (Esq)
Union Attorney 
For further Details on this,Please contact:
E-MAIL:  willandtrust1@live.com
willandtrust1@gmail.com

Reckoned?  "We reckoned y'all could collect yer money."  ;D

 

[GAP]

They write them like a recipe for sausage with footnotes.... :

 

[Shec]

Got 2 this week:


(1)   

My name is Mubaraq Ahmed, an Oil & Gas merchant in U.A.E. I'av been diagnosed with prostate and esophageal Cancer that was discovered very late due to my laxity in caring for my health. I need your help in distributing my funds to charities as I have no family.if you can help me you will take 20% out of the funds and give 80% to the local charities of your choice. If you can help respond back to me on my private email: mubaraq11@freemail.lt Regards

I wonder if the "local charity of my choice" would be me?

And, this rather subtle appeal to greed:

(2)

Attn.,

I am the chairman of the contract award committee of department of Industry,
Tourism and Resources. Republic of Benin , and I represent a group that is
interested in engaging your services as Manager for investment purpose, of a
large volume of funds from over-invoiced contracts already executed and paid
for. If this proposal is acceptable to you, please get back to me through
this e-mail address (vg4100@hosanna.net) Looking forward to hear from you
soon.

Sincerely Yours,

Mr. Vedo Gbeton

Email: vg4100@hosanna.net

 

[kratz]

Has anyone else been receiving the UPS/DHL spam recently?

I have been deleting them and using my spam filters but the messages continue to keep coming in.

Some of them have come with attachements, which I have not opened.

 

[PMedMoe]

Has anyone else been receiving the UPS/DHL spam recently?

I have been deleting them and using my spam filters but the messages continue to keep coming in.

Some of them have come with attachements, which I have not opened.

I get the FedEx one a lot.  You'd think once you marked something in your Junk mail as "Junk" or a "Phishing Scam", they'd stop coming but at least they go directly to my Junk mail.  I don't remember if they have an attachment or a link but I don't go there. 

 

[dangerboy]

Anyone looking for a penpal

Hello from Russia to you fine stranger!!!
I do not know how I can start my letter to you.
If you to wish to have acquaintance to the fair woman from Russia for serious relations, we can see each other on webcam on scype??
But I hope that you will read this letter with interest, YOUR HAPPINESS IS POSSIBLE IN IT!
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL READ THIS LETTER VERY ATTENTIVE!
PLEASE, IT WILL TAKE ONLY 5 MINUTES, BUT PROBABLY MY LETTER WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE...... FOR THE FIRST!!!
THIS LETTER FROM INTERNET DATING AGENCY.
I GAVE THEM THIS LETTER AND TO ME HAVE TOLD THAT THEY WILL SEND LETTER TO YOUR COUNTRY .
This letter will be short, I think. But if you will answer to me I will write more about me and about my life.
I'm from Russia city Kazan .
I have black hair, brown eyes. My measurements: 32B -
24 - 34, Height: 5 ' 2 ", Weight: 115 lbs I'm 27 years old woman.
I search for the unique and unique half. I search not simply for the man I search for the friend, the true friend on all life.
I the warm, tender, gentle girl.
It is a little about me: I like to create a cosiness, I like when at home well and easy, I moderately serious, responsible, The correct girl. Besides I romantic, sensitive, understanding and emotional.
I am able to concern with humour problems and to be cheerful.
For me in loneliness the life loses meaning I wither as a floret.
About simplicity I can tell that I opened as the book. I should be read only.

So, please, write me only to my personal E-MAIL: rucgkaz@lavabit.com

I hope that you will have interest after reading my letter. Also I have interest also.
Please tell me: 1 - Your name? 2 - Your city? 3 - Your age?
4 - Send me your photo also?
Ok, I will close for now, but I will wait your answer so much!
Waiting for your answer,
Woman from Russia for serious relations.
P.S. I will send you my photo on next letter.

I was going to email it when I got back from the bar all drunk, then common sense kicked in.

 

[Pat in Halifax]

When I first entered the digital world around 2001 (late bloomer) and before the CF had firewalled everything, I actually started conferring with one of these "russian girls" (Ya - I know - Men are pigs! - I was recently divorced - Give it a rest!) on one of these at both work and at the library through an offsite account. I knew it was likely some sort of scam (though, at the time, that word was not associated with this type of thing) and no pictures were ever shown. The conversations remained civil (not chat sex), continued in broken english but amazingly though, there was never a query for money!
Don't get me wrong - I am not saying this is real by any means but I oft wonder if even 1 in a thousand of these that you get just might be legit?????