Beware Of Such Emails . . . . .

[*dcs18]

Just received the following mail and pasted it here from my inbox. This is one of the well known methods used to swindle people also referred to as 'The Nigerian Scam.' :angry:

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Dear Friend,

How are you today and your family? I hope all is good, my name is Mr. Colin Alfred Haustead, Regional Managing Director

NatWest Bank, East Anglia and Northern Home Counties -London.

I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the

execution of

the deal described here-under for our mutual benefit, and hope you will

keep it a top secret because of the nature of the transaction, during the

course of our bank year auditing, I discovered an unclaimed/abandoned

fund, sum total of 13.800,000 GBP (Thirteen million Eight hundred

thousand British Pounds sterling) in an account that belongs to one of our

foreign customers (Late Mr. Terry Ryan) an American who unfortunately lost

his life and family, in the plane crash.

Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for the

claim but nobody has done that. I sincerely seek your consent to

presenting you as the next of kin / Will Beneficiary to the deceased so

that the proceeds of this account valued at {GBP 13.8 Million British

Pounds Sterling} can be paid to you, which we will share in these

Percentages ratio, 60% to me and 40% to you.

All that I require from you is your sincere co-operation; trust and utmost

confidentiality to enable us conducts this transaction successfully. I

assured you that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate

arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law both in your

country and here in London once the fund is transferred to your bank

Account. Upon your consideration and acceptance of this offer, please

proceed immediately and send to me the following information.

-Your Full Name,

-Your Contact Address

-Age &

-Your direct Mobile telephone Number.

This information will enable me to upload your data into our bank database

to reflect in the bank network system that you are the named next of

Kin/will beneficiary of this fund and I will guide you on how to open

communication with the bank and make the claims for onward transfer of the

fund to you, please note that we have few days to carry out this deal,

your kind speedy response through my personal email:[email protected]

Will be highly appreciated.

Regards,

Mr. Colin Alfred Haustead

Regional Managing Director,

[Sl@pSh0ck™]

this looks lame ... I wonder if anybody would actually believe in this :lol: ... thanks for the heads up dcs18 :)

[oZ.]

Just received the following mail and pasted it here from my inbox. This is one of the well known methods used to swindle people also referred to as 'The Nigerian Scam.' :angry:

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Dear Friend,

How are you today and your family? I hope all is good, my name is Mr. Colin Alfred Haustead, Regional Managing Director

NatWest Bank, East Anglia and Northern Home Counties -London.

I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the

execution of

the deal described here-under for our mutual benefit, and hope you will

keep it a top secret because of the nature of the transaction, during the

course of our bank year auditing, I discovered an unclaimed/abandoned

fund, sum total of 13.800,000 GBP (Thirteen million Eight hundred

thousand British Pounds sterling) in an account that belongs to one of our

foreign customers (Late Mr. Terry Ryan) an American who unfortunately lost

his life and family, in the plane crash.

Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for the

claim but nobody has done that. I sincerely seek your consent to

presenting you as the next of kin / Will Beneficiary to the deceased so

that the proceeds of this account valued at {GBP 13.8 Million British

Pounds Sterling} can be paid to you, which we will share in these

Percentages ratio, 60% to me and 40% to you.

All that I require from you is your sincere co-operation; trust and utmost

confidentiality to enable us conducts this transaction successfully. I

assured you that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate

arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law both in your

country and here in London once the fund is transferred to your bank

Account. Upon your consideration and acceptance of this offer, please

proceed immediately and send to me the following information.

-Your Full Name,

-Your Contact Address

-Age &

-Your direct Mobile telephone Number.

This information will enable me to upload your data into our bank database

to reflect in the bank network system that you are the named next of

Kin/will beneficiary of this fund and I will guide you on how to open

communication with the bank and make the claims for onward transfer of the

fund to you, please note that we have few days to carry out this deal,

your kind speedy response through my personal email:[email protected]

Will be highly appreciated.

Regards,

Mr. Colin Alfred Haustead

Regional Managing Director,

that's not even a consider to me...

[chlorophyll]

U people know what???

just 4 days back i received THIS type of fake one as SMS IN MY MOBILE.see how advanced our mobile networks.even this fcuking news dont leave our mobiles atleast :fear:

[shought]

My personal opinion: people who fall for these scams kind of deserve it. Everything about this sounds fishy or just 'not right' (including unlawful)...

[DKT27]

I usually get similar ones everyday. And have helped the service providers ban them too. Best bet would be not to read this nonsense. Similar thing goes for mobiles. Mobile scam in India has increased drastically from two years or so.

[LeetPirate]

A new thing I see happening is strange people adding you to windows live messenger. Be very suspicious of these things especially when their names are not anyone you know. I just block them and report them as spammers on sight. :ph34r:

[DKT27]

A new thing I see happening is strange people adding you to windows live messenger. Be very suspicious of these things especially when their names are not anyone you know. I just block them and report them as spammers on sight. :ph34r:

Same here. I thought I was the only one lol. I've blocked alllll of them. If anyone wanna add me, he has to call me/know me/ or PM me first. :yes:

[Tucker]

A new thing I see happening is strange people adding you to windows live messenger. Be very suspicious of these things especially when their names are not anyone you know. I just block them and report them as spammers on sight. :ph34r:

Same here also.. always telling their ASL first. But then types very fast (humanly impossible)

[Bizarre™]

Only the ignoramus will fall for this.

[Lite]

I don't think i need to point out the numerous typos and the lack of factual information in that email :whistle:

[implague]

C'mon guys use ur brains this is so lame people needs common sense to avoid these kinda frauds well done dcs18

[HX1]

I got one today..

It was in the Junk Folder BUT.. stated as a DHL issue.. with attachment..

Dear customer!

We failed to deliver your postal package you have sent on the 6th of February in time

because the addressee's address is not correct.

Please print out the invoice copy attached and collect the package at our department.

DHL Customer Services.

Just a heads up.. and a warning from Kapersky about a new botnet forming..

EDIT: Oh and the tracking number in the title is bogus..

[Lite]

I get loads of these everyday.

The funniest one i got recently was from "nsaneforums.com admin" telling me something about my account being suspended.... wonder who this guy was :rolleyes:

[Toshiro]

I get loads of these everyday.

The funniest one i got recently was from "nsaneforums.com admin" telling me something about my account being suspended.... wonder who this guy was :rolleyes:

Haha :lmao:

The police in holland tell you that it's your own fault if you get scammed on the internet. Quite lame, they'll just ignore you. :angry:

[implague]

I get loads of these everyday.

The funniest one i got recently was from "nsaneforums.com admin" telling me something about my account being suspended.... wonder who this guy was :rolleyes:

that should be member of the week hehehehehe :rolleyes:

lite's account is suspended :rofl:

[Bizarre™]

@implague:

Lite is a bot

[jalaffa]

The number of real spam mails received is very limited here. A couple each week maybe. This one was flagged as such to day, but it ain't. It's pretty unusual nevertheless :

Dear XFX Customers,

In light of recent events, we suspect that one of our HD 5970 Black Edition Limited graphics cards may have been compromised. In our current inventory check of this limited run of 1,000 individually serialised pieces, #68 is unaccounted for. We have evidence of a security breach in our facility, thus we believe #68 has been illegally obtained as the product has yet to be released. Please be aware that the person responsible will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. If any news can be provided to lead us to the apprehension of a suspect, or if you can provide us with any information, please report it to [email protected]. XFX will reward any information leading to the return of #68. Please do not attempt to buy, trade, or barter for this unit. We thank you for your cooperation and apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Sincerely,

XFX

It was advertising thingy :lol:

[shought]

I have two e-mails accounts (main) which are as good as free from spam (maybe one email every 2 months or so...), some others collecting spam like hell, but I only forward the useful stuff from those to my mains :P

Kind of funny, was reading some of them spam emails (as well as emails like this one) some time ago, but I just can't imagine anyone falling for them... The thing is, those e-mails wouldn't still be sent if no one fell for them, so some people, apparently, do... Kind of sad to know.

[HX1]

Some however, make a statement about how honest people actually are.. and how honest they are not.. Like being the long lost heir to millions or something.. or doing something fr the money.. even getting conned into sending few thousand dollars to Europe to receive something they have no right to.. or lottery winnings they never entered..LOL

So you actually have a good point there..LOL

EDIT:

Another one today supposedly from UPS with an attachment which also was addressed to a [email protected].. yet stated the same as the one above .. as being from DHL..

Getting to the point of the world's dumbest criminals..

Dear customer!

We failed to deliver postal package sent on the 28th of March in time

because the recipient’s address is wrong.

Please print out the invoice copy attached and collect the package at our office.

DHL Express Services.

EDIT: and a NEW one from Nigeria again today.. text file attachment...

Engr. Bright Okomi

NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION.

FALOMO OFFICE COMPLEX,

IKOYI - LAGOS.

EMAIL: [email protected]

TEL: 2347034806474

REQUEST FOR URGENT ACCOUNT

I am Engr. Bright Okomi a director in the project and planning department of the Nigeria National Petroleum corporation (NNPC),I head a seven man Tenders Board Committee in charge of contract award and Payment approvals.I came to know of you in my search for a reliable and reputable person To handle a very confidential transaction,which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to your Bank account.There were series of contracts executed by a consortium of Multinationals in the oil industry in favour of the (NNPC) among which were;

1) The expansion of Pipeline network within Nigeria for crude oil and downstream products distribution and subsequent evacuation - US$2 Billion.

2) Contract for Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of various Refineries in the country.

3) The construction of Storage Tanks for Petroleum Product (Depots)-US$94 Million.The original value of of these contracts were deliberately over invoiced In the sum of One Hundred and forty Million United States Dollars US$140,000,000.00) which has recently been approved and now ready To be transferred. However the companies that actually executed the aforementioned contract have been fully paid and the projects officially commissioned.

I am writing you so that YOU will assist us with a foreign bank account where we can pay the money into.We have prepare every documentations that will assist you or your company as contractor that execute a contract with our ministry.The money will be released to your account within short period of days after we have filed in all your informations which you will provide.I will like you to acknowledge the receipt of this e-mail as soon as possible via my contacts above with the following informations:

(1) YOUR FULL NAME............................

(2) HOME OR OFFICE ADDRESS....................

(3) YOUR PHONE & FAX NUMBER...................

(4) BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS......................

I look forward to your quick reply so i can furnish you with more details of this deal.

BEST REGARDS,

Engr. Bright Okomi

[*dcs18]

Just saw 5 more Lamers in my Spam folder:-

sub: RE: Your order of a Degree

GET YOUR DIPLOMA TODAY!

If you are looking for a fast and effective way to get a diploma,(non accredited) this is the best way out for you.

Provide us with degree you are interested in.

Call us right now on:

For US: 1.718.989.5746

Outside US: +1.718.989.5746 "Just leave your NAME & PHONE NO. (with CountryCode)" in the voicemail.

Our staff will get back to you in next few days!

sub: Congratulations you won,

contact your assigned claims officer with the information below;Mr.MICHEAL SMITH,E-mail: [email protected] ;Telephone: +44-701-004-1179. Provide the following details

.FullName,Address,Tel,Occupation,etc

=========================== Mailed via TCMT =============================

sub: FINAL NOTIFICATION (URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED)

You are a winner of the total sum of 700,000GBP.Noteyou are to forward the following Informations to Mr. David Smith,Email:[email protected] Full Name,Contact Address and Phone Number

to File your Claims.

Regards

John wood

=========================== Mailed via TCMT =============================

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE WON THE SUM OF GBP750.000.00 POUNDS FROM THE YAHOO/MICROSOFT AWARDŽPROMOTION.HELD ON 1ST OF MAY 2010.PLEASE FILL THE INFORMATION BELOW AND SEND TO

Name: Mr David Bent

Email:[email protected]

1.Full Name: 2.Full Address: 3.State: 4.Occupation: 5.Age: 6.Sex: 7.Country: 8.Tel.Number:

sub: LUCKY No: 887-13-865-37-10-83

SHELL PROMOTION 2010

REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;

(Registration Z720633X).

The Uk National Lottery

P O Box 1010, 3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,

Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD.

REF No: UK/9420X2/68

BATCH No: 074/05/ZY369

TICKET No: 20511465463-7644

SERIAL No: S/N-00168

LUCKY No: 887-13-865-37-10-83

Dear Winner

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of

Ј500.000.00(Five Hundred Thousand pound sterling) held on

the 7th of May 2010 in London UK.The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from which you were selected.

The SHELL PROMOTION 2010 is approved by the British Gaming Board.To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduciary claims department for more information as regards procedures to claim your prize.

The agent's Contact is below:

Name: BRUCE WILLIAMS

Email: [email protected]

Tel : +44 701 003 7861

Fax : +44 700 592 1694

Contact him by sending him with the under-listed information's

* FILL OUT THE WINNERS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW:

Your application for the claim of lottery winning prize will be duly processed

and settlement made upon certification.

Hence, carefully fill in the appropriate information in the space provided below for record purposes to facilitate our immediate commencement of your claims process.

*Name of Beneficiary ----------------------------

*Address: ---------------------------------------

*City/State: ------------------------------------

*Nationality: -----------------------------------

*Sex---------------------------------------------

*Email Address: ---------------------------------

*Tel: -------------------------------------------

*Occupation: ------------------------------------

*Next of Kin: -----------------------------------

*Age: -------------------------------------------

*AMOUNT WON:

*In Figures: ------------------------------------

*In Words: --------------------------------------

*Lucky No: --------------------------------------

*Ticket No: -------------------------------------

FROM THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF SHELL PROMOTION BOARD WE SAY CONGRATULATIONS.

Regards

MR BRUCE WILLIAMS

NOTIFICATION AGENT UK LOTTERY