Scams like these

[JohnK]

And people still fall for this rubbish? I wish there was a way I could send spam/scam back to the originator.

On a positive note it would appear that I have won $750,000 in a Facebook promotion. Now I have never registered for, or used, Facebook so this is a good one. It arrived as text on my mobile phone from FACEBOOK and to respond immediately to an email address.

 

[samh004]

And people still fall for this rubbish? I wish there was a way I could send spam/scam back to the originator.

On a positive note it would appear that I have won $750,000 in a Facebook promotion. Now I have never registered for, or used, Facebook so this is a good one. It arrived as text on my mobile phone from FACEBOOK and to respond immediately to an email address.

That sounds like something Mark Zuckerberg would do, gotta be legit!

 

[straitman]

And people still fall for this rubbish? I wish there was a way I could send spam/scam back to the originator.

On a positive note it would appear that I have won $750,000 in a Facebook promotion. Now I have never registered for, or used, Facebook so this is a good one. It arrived as text on my mobile phone from FACEBOOK and to respond immediately to an email address.

Congratulations John. :shock:

 

[JohnK]

That sounds like something Mark Zuckerberg would do, gotta be legit!

And what do you think it will cost me to receive my windfall?

 

[harvyk]

And what do you think it will cost me to receive my windfall?

Your life savings, plus a bit more...

 

[tuapekastar]

there are some new ones here! I used to read Welcome to 419Eater

the tale of the painted breast will have you in stitches!

Good grief! What a scam(bait) the painted breast was nlagalle. I LOL'ed quite a few times while reading it...hilarious. Though I'm quite sure the scambaiter in question will have Nigeria extremely low on his list of destinations to visit lest he run into Joe.

 

[Foreigner]

Someone with cheap calling card may want to check out Keith...



"Greetings from me,

I am Keith MacDonald, Managing director on finance, project finance, and Co-Operative asset finance and transportation finance business in Lloyd s banking group London, United Kingdom. I ask for your partnership in re-profiling a fund on your name as the next of kin.

If you are interested send me an email to the below email address through your private email address, indicating your interest then I will send you further information on this proposition or even still, you can call me on the below number for more discussion and clarification about this proposition.

Thanks and kind regards.

Keith MacDonald
[email protected]
+44 701 116 4380"

 

[Danger]

. . . Managing director on finance, project finance, and Co-Operative asset finance and transportation finance business in Lloyd s banking group London, United Kingdom.

His business card must be huge!

 

[Foreigner]

"Thank you for your letter of Jun 9, your information arrived today.

Alright, here's the link to the site:

Proceed to Site

If we can help in any way, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Regards, Allisson Cruz, Support Team manager."


Suspect Proceed to Site is link to dubious destination.

 

[Foreigner]

The email from the "ATO" goes like thus:

Australian Taxation Office Online Refund Form

After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of 756.00.

Please submit the tax refund and allow us 3-9 days in order to process it.


A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons. For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.


To access the form for your tax refund, please click here>>



Copyright Australian Taxation Office. All rights reserved.

 

[bushtuckerman]

And people still fall for this rubbish? I wish there was a way I could send spam/scam back to the originator.

On a positive note it would appear that I have won $750,000 in a Facebook promotion. Now I have never registered for, or used, Facebook so this is a good one. It arrived as text on my mobile phone from FACEBOOK and to respond immediately to an email address.

haha...I recently read that these scams are actually more sophisticated than we think. They are stupid and transparent to us, but are targeted solely to that part of the community with an IQ approximating thier shoe size. That's the target audience.

Having said that, I recently 'won' 990,000 pounds, and the other half won 1,000,000 pounds. Hardly seems fair.

Cheers
Bush

 

[QF1]

"Hi Danger,

My great uncle thrice removed, has passed and left me 1.5 million Qantas Frequent Flyer points, which because I am in a generous mood I feel like passing onto you. Please forward me at your earliest convenience your full name, your FF number, your PIN, your CC number and your mothers maiden name, and I would be happy to transfer those points into your account...

Regards

Your new best friend."

Dear Harvyk,

Thanks for generating some new ideas. We will ensure to keep in touch with you and all your mates at AFF in the near future.

Yours in Service,

DR.CHRISTIAN AKWA

 

[albatross710]

haha...I recently read that these scams are actually more sophisticated than we think. They are stupid and transparent to us, but are targeted solely to that part of the community with an IQ approximating thier shoe size. That's the target audience.

Sadly by making the approach look amateurish and unsophisticated appeals to the gullible, whom think they have finally found a chink in the financial reality armour. - exactly the profile of the person that the scammer wants to approach.

I'm not so sure that they only appeal to low IQ people though. There are some smart people whom have been scammed.

Alby

 

[bushtuckerman]

Yes you are right Albatross710; a number of otherwise smart people have been taken in by simple variations of well-known scams. Me thinks quite a few are also embarrassed and keeping mum.

Cheers
Bush

 

[Natalie_B]

Once again, "if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is"

You can't win a lotto if you haven't bought a ticket, however some people never stop to think about that part...

 

[straitman]

I had the Windows help desk ring me again today to sort out the issues I have with windows.

Really greta of them to offer but I use a Mac :!: (without windows)

 

[Natalie_B]

My mother once had "Jane from New York" call her about her computer. My mum was instantly suspicious about Jane as she had a very heavy Indian accent. Instead of hanging up (as I've taught her to) she started asking Jane whether she had a mother. Jane unknowingly replied yes, to which my mum asked how Jane would feel if strangers called her mother, how would she feel if strangers tried to steal money from her mother, how would she feel if her mother was robbed etc for about 5 minutes. Jane hung up...

 

[Foreigner]

I like the ultimate para/sentence...




Federal Bureau of Investigation
Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division
J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington DC
ROBERT S. MUELLER,

Attention Beneficiary,

Records show that you are among one of the individuals and organizations who are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which includes those of Lottery/Gambling, Contract and Inheritance. Through our Fraud Monitory Unit we have noticed that you have been transacting with some impostors and fraudsters who have been impersonating the likes of Prof. Soludo /Mr. Lamido Sanusi of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Bode Williams, Frank, Anderson, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx, Ibrahim Sule, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen and some impostors claiming to be The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered information from the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) on how some people have lost outrageous sums of money to these impostors. As a result of this, we hereby advise you to stop communication with any one not referred to you by us. We have negotiated with the Federal Ministry of Finance that your payment totaling (Five Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars). will be released to you via a custom pin based ATM card with a maximum withdrawal limit of $15,000 a day which is powered by Visa Card and can be used anywhere in the world where you see a Visa Card Logo on the Automatic Teller Machine (ATM).

We guarantee receipt of your payment. This is as a result of the mandate from US Government to make sure all debts owed to citizens of American and also Asia and Europe which includes Inheritance, Contract, Gambling/Lottery etc are been cleared. Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from Delivery Company website to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.

Name LINDBERGHL Tracking Number 1426425615 (DHL | Global | English)
Name ITELIS :UPS Tracking Number h8433223480 (Shipping, Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain Management from UPS)
Name: GERALD D. WARNER FedEx Tracking number 875777537332 (FedEx: Shipping, Logistics Management and Supply Chain Management)

To redeem your funds, you are hereby advised to contact the ATM Card Center via email for their requirement to proceed and procure your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order on your behalf which will cost you $280 Usd only and nothing more as everything else has been taken care of by the Federal Government including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $280only.

MR FANG HOLLOWEN (ATM Card Center Director)
Central Bank of Nigeria
Central Business District,
Cad astral Zone, federal
Capital Territory,
Nigeria.
ATM Card Center Director Dr.Lord Reuben

Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]


Do contact Dr.Lord Reuben of the ATM Card Center via his contact details above and furnish him with your details as listed below:

FULL NAMES: __________________________________
DELIVERY ADDRESS FOR ATM CARD: __________________
SEX: _______________
DATE OF BIRTH: __________________
OCCUPATION: __________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________
EMAIL ADDRESS: _____________________

On contacting him with your details your file would be updated and he will be sending you the payment information in which you will use in making payment of $280 via Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer for the procurement of your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order, after which the delivery of your ATM card will be effected to your designated home address without any further delay, extra fee.

ROBERT S. MUELLER, DIRECTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535

Note: Disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possession of your ATM card, you are hereby advice only to be in contact with Mr. Dr.Lord Reuben of the ATM card center who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your payment and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office so we could act upon it immediately. Help stop cyber crime.

 

[JohnK]

haha...I recently read that these scams are actually more sophisticated than we think. They are stupid and transparent to us, but are targeted solely to that part of the community with an IQ approximating thier shoe size. That's the target audience.

Well these scams must be too sophisticated for me as I do not have the urge to provide account details to some stranger in the hope they will deposit some not existent winnings into my account.

You really need to feel sorry for those scammed but reading the letter posted by Foreigner above I cannot understand how anyone, regardless of intelligence, would not see right through it.

 

[bushtuckerman]

JohnK

Absolute classic.
The author went to so much trouble that I feel like sending some money just for effort!