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Email Scams........
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| UmmiE |
I got this email today in my hotmail inbox..... its goes LOL:-
Good day to you,
I am in receipt of your email and would want to inform you that with respect to your reference number, you have been selected as a winner in this quarter of the UK National Online Lottery Sweepstakes Promotion in the second category.
Your email address which was randomly selected along with others from over 24,000 website on the Internet was attached to a ticket number (112-4540-525) which subsequently won you the lottery in the second category.
You are therefore entitled to claim a lump payout sum of £480,152.00(Four hundred and eighty thousand one hundred and fifty-two Great Britain Pounds) in cash credited to your file ( UXL/03920462943/07). This is from a total cash prize of £3,361,064.00 (Three million three hundred and sixty-one thousand and sixty-four Great Britain Pounds) shared equally amongst the seven (7) lucky winners in your category.
You are required to provide the information requested below to facilitate my activities with the verification department for the release of your cash prize.
1. Full Name(s):
2. Full Address:
3. Telephone No.:
4. Age:
5. Sex:
6. Marital Status:
7. Occupation:
8. Nationality:
9. Country of Residence:
Endeavour to keep information about your lottery winning confidential until your claims have been processed and funds have been remitted to you. This is to avoid double claiming as it might lead to your disqualification by the lottery board.
I await your swift response to the requested information to forge ahead with proceedings.
Best regards,
Mr. Paul Dyer.
+44 704 5710 977
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How is it a scam?
After some research online,I came across this:-
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.o...lineLottery.php |
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| exstasie |
| quote: | Originally posted by geroin
uhh...yes |
Pretty much.
There are tons of scams.
I colleague of mine actually got a letter in the mail that originated from Spain and everything that look 100% legit and professional about the same stuff. |
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| exstasie |
In regards to scams..
I think you guys should take the test.
It's a Phishing IQ Test
http://www.sonicwall.com/phishing/
Essentially, phishing is when a fraudsters create an email that replicates a legitimate email in an attempt to get information from a client.
Ie. they will create a fake PayPal email stating that your account credit card information is incorrect, and that you need to click on a link and enter your correct information.
Usually you click on a link to a website that 'looks' like the real website, however they've just created a fake site.
So when you enter your CC information, or login details, the fraudster will be able to obtain any information you enter.
Take the test and see if you can spot which emails are fake and which are legit. At the end they tell you exactly what to look for in the specific examples. |
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| ÖZmözis |
Hi There,
My name is Timbaktu from Zambia. Your great great great uncle left you gold that was burried years ago. We have just found it and would like to transfer all the funds converted from Gold to Dollars. Please send us your banking information so that we can transfer the funds ASAP!
lol |
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| stever |
i love this one, cuz it actually says PAYING MONEY TO NIGERIAN SCAM VICTIMS!!! INGENIOUS!!
--ECO-BANK PLCCOMPENSATION OFFICEECOBANK/ UNITED NATIONS 2007 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.
ATTN: SIR/MADAM, REF/PAYMENTS CODE: ECB/06654 $150,000 USD. This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the UNITEDNATIONS in Central Bank to pay 150 victims of scam $150,000 USD (OneHundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars Only each).You are listed and approvedfor thispayment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back tothis office as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your$150,000 USD compensations funds.
On this faithful recommendations, want you to know that during the lastU.N. meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarming on the money lostby various individuals to the scams artists operating in syndicates allover the world today. In other to compensate victims, the UNITED NATIONSBody is now paying 150 victims $150,000 USD each in accordance with theUNITED NATIONS recommendations. Due to the corrupt and inefficientBanking Systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by Central BankNigeria as corresponding paying bank under funding assistance byBRITISH GOVERNMENT.
Benefactor of this compensation award will have to be first cleared andrecommended for payment by ECO BANK PLC. According to the number of applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has beenpaid, over a half of the victims are from the United States, we stillhave an outstanding of 36 scam victims left to be paid. Other victims whohavenot been contacted can submit their application as well for scrutiny andpossible consideration. We shall feed you with further modalities as soon as we get response fromyou on how you intend receiving your compensation payment.
Send a copy of your response and payment code to our remittance officer:
NAME: MR.CLEMENT SYLVANIUS
SCAMMED VICTIM/REF/PAYMENTS
CODE:ECB/06654 $150,000 USD.Email: [email protected] Yours Faithfully,Mrs. May Udoh |
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| Owen M |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
In regards to scams..
I think you guys should take the test.
It's a Phishing IQ Test
http://www.sonicwall.com/phishing/
Ie. they will create a fake PayPal email stating that your account credit card information is incorrect, and that you need to click on a link and enter your correct information.
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here's an e-mail i got a few months ago
From: [email protected][/email]
Subject: ==Notification of limited account==
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:41:09 +0300
We recently reviewed your account, and we need more information to help us provide you with secure service. Until we can collect this information, your access to sensitive account features will be limited. We would like to restore your access as soon as possible, and we apologize for the inconvenience.
Your account access has been limited for the following reason(s):
We have reason to believe that your account was accessed by a third party.
We have limited access to sensitive account features in case your account has been accessed by an unauthorized third party. We understand that having limited access can be an inconvenience, but protecting your account is our primary concern.
Resolution Center: Click here to remove the limitation. the site it links too ----> http://psddapal-3.com/ (the links not working now...basicly set up like the paypal site so you put in your personal information)
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note the address it was sent from:
From: [email protected]
I forwarded this to the [email][email protected]
totally fake e-mail |
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| rabbitjoker |
| I hope you're hungry! |
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| English Rachel |
| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
I hope you're hungry! |
Your face is hungry! |
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