| Scam Alerts!Updated 11-27-2008 18:55 GMT |
Listed below are some scams that have come across my path that I feel are somewhat new (at least to me), or a possible new version of one or something that appears to me as unique, or what I feel may be a topic too many are unaware of. Unless I am otherwise led by the Holy Spirit, not included below are the emails we have all been receiving for years such as the request for a next-of-kin stand in, for delivery of money to be placed in your bank account, donation to a non-profit and other oldies.
In no way is this page or site intended to cover all scams or immediately alert anyone of any scam. However, if I come across one, I will try to prepare the information for this site as soon as possible. I may opt to post notices of some oldies that become prevalent.
For various reasons, along with the fact they are apt to change, I will not post the email addy from which I have received a scam.
As in all matters, depend upon common sense and good judgment. For example, never click on a link in an email and be wary of some results from search engines. Know what Internet entities you deal with, type their address in the address bar of your browser and activate it, then bookmark it.
For example, if you deal with eBay, if you have not bookmarked the site then type its URL, www.ebay.com, into the address bar of your browser, let your computer get there, then bookmark its main page.
If you come across a scam, take the time to visit the real web site of the entity it represents and see if they have a way to forward the fake email or send the URL of the fake page to them. By all means, follow their instructions on how to send the information to them.
DO NOT VISIT THE URLs I LIST BELOW AND INPUT ANY DATA. IT IS A GOOD IDEA NOT TO VISIT THEM AT ALL IN THE EVENT THEY ARE / HAVE BECOME CAPABLE OF INFECTING AND / OR DAMAGING YOUR COMPUTER
Lead Name: Message From the FBI
Mode: EMAIL to WEB SITE
Date:11-27-08
Known Dangers: Unsure / not investigated
Description and comments: The body of the email might read similar to this:
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Lead Name: FBI - Illegal transaction with impostors
Mode: EMAIL
Date:11/10/08
Known Dangers: Scam to take your money and possibly ID
Description and comments: The body of the email might read similar to this:
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Subject: URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED Attn: Beneficiary, This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly Investigated with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you are having an illegal Transaction with Impostors claiming to be Prof. Charles C. Soludo of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Mr Frank Nweke, Dr. Philip Mogan, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx, Ibrahim Sule,Larry Christopher, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen, Puppy Scammers are impostors claiming to be the Federal Bureau Of Investigation. During our Investigation, we noticed that the reason why you have not received your payment is because you have not fulfilled your Financial Obligation given to you in respect of your Contract/Inheritance Payment. Therefore, we have contacted the Federal Ministry Of Finance on your behalf and they have brought a solution to your problem by cordinating your payment in total USD$11,000.000.00 in an ATM CARD which you can use to withdraw money from any ATM MACHINE CENTER anywhere in the world with a maximum of $4000 to $5000 United States Dollars daily. You now have the lawful right to claim your fund in an ATM CARD. Since the Federal Bureau of Investigation is involved in this transaction, you have to be rest assured for this is 100% risk free it is our duty to protect the American Citizens. All I want you to do is to contact the ATM CARD CENTER via email for their requirements to proceed and procure your Approval Slip on your behalf which will cost you $250.00 only and note that your Approval Slip which contains details of the agent who will process your transaction. CONTACT INFORMATION NAME: MR. DANIEL SMITH EMAIL: ----------------@yahoo.cn Do contact Mr. Daniel Smith of the ATM CARD CENTRE with your details: FULL NAME: HOME ADDRESS: TELL: CELL: CURRENT OCCUPATION: BANK NAME: So your files would be updated after which he will send the payment information which you'll use in making payment of $250.00 via Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram Transfer for the procurement of your Approval Slip after which the delivery of your ATM CARD will be effected to your designated home address without any further delay. We order you get back to this office after you have contacted the ATM SWIFT CARD CENTER and we do await your response so we can move on with our Investigation and make sure your ATM SWIFT CARD gets to you. Thanks and hope to read from you soon. ROBERT S. MUELLER, III DIRECTOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535 Note: Do 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. Daniel Smith of the ATM CARD CENTRE who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your ATM CARD PAYMENT and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office so we could act upon and commence investigation. |
Lead Name: Fake Free Lotto Emails 10/08
Mode: email
Date:10-23-08
Known Dangers: See link below
Description and comments: For information on this email scam, see the official comments of Free Lotto.
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Lead Name: IRS Stimulus Late Sept.
Mode: email
Date: 09-25-08
Known Dangers: Collects credit card data, last 4 digits of SSN, and other data
Description and comments: The body of the email, which contains an official looking IRS masthead, might read similar to this:
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If you haven't yet filed a tax return to get your stimulus payment, you still have time to do so. But you must file by September 27 to get your payment this year. For eligible individuals, the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 provided for stimulus payments of up to $600 ($1,200 for married couples) or the amount of the taxpayer’s 2007 net income tax liability, whichever is less. There also is a $300 payment for each qualifying child. To access the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 CLICK HERE.* Note* If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, that is because of the large amount of e-mails we are sending out or because of the restrictions implemented by your ISP. |
Lead Name: Ford Models
Mode: email
Date:09-20-2008
Known Dangers: Email address and password collector
Description and comments: The body of the email might read similar to this:
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Ford Models sent you a message: ----------------- Subject: Win a Ford Modeling Contract MySpace has teamed up with Ford Models for the Next Fresh Faces contest, and you could be the newest ----------------- To read or reply to the full message, go to MySpace: http://collect.myspace.com/reloc.cfm?c=6&id= |
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