Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Impertinent Criminals and their Offers

The latest internet scam offer I received purported to come from some one named MarkDavid28 and the subject of the email was: MY DEAR LET'S DO THIS BUSINESS WITH TRUST. The unmitigated gall of the sender struck me which is why I am posting the title of his 'offer' here. I could argue with almost every word in the subject of his email. I am not HIS Dear, for a start. The 'Business' to which he refers no doubt is simply a matter of fleecing a total stranger of his/her money and the idea of being able to conduct ANY interaction with this nefarious and shameless individual 'with trust' is inconceivable. I do not know if any one ever responds positively to these 'offers' at this point in time. It brings to mind a rather hilarious episode of 'Flight of the Conchords' where Murray (manager of the group) 'invested' their small profit with a Nigerian, after receiving an internet plea from the man. Of course, with the brilliance that characterised this show, the result was unexpected. The Nigerian actually WAS legitimate and came all the way to New York to return the fairly small sum of money he had 'borrowed' from Murray. I very much doubt that this ever has occurred in 'real life' which is why the episode was so amusing and clever.

In reality, I believe that most of these fraudulent pleas and offers are simply another means by which criminals phish for data. Even if the recipient never pays the money requested, by simply giving their own names and addresses, they are playing into the hands of the criminals. That is why it is best simply to ignore any of these internet email scams, even if one can be very tempted to respond with justified contempt and rage...

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Another Fraud purportedly from the FBI

How any one could believe in any of the following gobbledegook is beyond me, but in case some one should be tempted, this is nothing more than another internet scam. Purporting to have been sent by the head of the FBI, it directs you to PAY almost $300. to an unknown woman who evidently is part of the scam. The criminal who cooked up this fraudulent stew has the impertinence, moreover to declare that 'we have verified the entire transaction to be Legitimate, Safe and 100% risk free of scams and frauds of any nature'. Yes, and Chicken Little declares that the sky is falling!

What is truly bizarre here is that the email claims to guarantee any financial loss incurred IF the so-called beneficiary (never named by the way!) does not receive the 'prize' and that a penalty somehow will be levied upon the FBI for $3000, stating: 'if you do not receive your winning prize of $850,000.00 US Dollars we
shall be held responsible for the loss and this shall invite a penalty of $3,000
which will be made PAYABLE ONLY by you (The Winner).'

It is all very complex and completely illogical, even though clothed in dubious legalese.


Anti-Terrorist and International Fraud Division
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
Seattle, Washington.
Telephone/Fax Number: removed

Attn: Beneficiary

This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have
thoroughly completed an Investigation with the help of our Intelligence
Monitoring Network System that you legally won the sum of $850,000.00 US Dollars
from a Lottery Company in the United Kingdom. During our investigation we
discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and we
have authorized this winning to be authentic and paid to you via a Certified
Cashier's Check. Normally, it will take up to 10 business days for an
International Check to be cashed by your local bank. We have successfully come
to an agreement this company on your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a
registered bank within the United States Of America so as to enable you cash the
check instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated amount of $850,000.00
US Dollars has been deposited with Bank Of America.

We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the
winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Legitimate, Safe
and 100% risk free of scams and frauds of any nature, due to the fact that the
funds have been deposited at Bank Of America you will be required to settle the
following bills directly to the lottery claims agent in-charge of this
transaction whom is located at the liaison office of the Lottery Company in
Seattle-Washington. According to our discoveries, you are required to pay for
the following:

(1) Deposit Fee's (Fee's paid by the lottery company for the deposit into an
American Bank which is - Bank of America)
(2) Cashier's Check Conversion Fee (Fee for converting the Wire Transfer payment
into a Certified Cashier's Check)
(3) Shipping Fee's (This is the charge for shipping the Cashier's Check to your
nominated destination)

The total amount for everything is $299.99 (Two Hundred & Ninety Nine United
States Dollars & Ninety Nine Cents). We have tried our possible best to indicate
that this $299.99 should be deducted from your winning prize but the funds have
already been deposited at The Bank of America and cannot be accessed by anyone
apart from you the winner. Therefore you will be required to pay the needed
funds to your lotto claims Agent in-charge of this transaction via Western Union
Money Transfer Or Money Gram. The payment will NOT reflect at the Bank of
America with the given transaction code(EA2948-910) until you have covered the
processing fees needed.
In order to proceed with this transaction, Click Here (linnk removed) to contact
your claims agent Mrs. Louise Major .You will be required to call her for verbal
verification and e-mail her with the following informations:

FULL NAME:
FULL MAILING ADDRESS(INCLUDING CITY/STATE/ZIPCODE):
AGE/SEX/OCCUPATION:
CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS(CELL & HOME):

You will also be required to request Western Union details on how to send the
required $299.99 in order to immediately ship your prize of $850,000.00 US
Dollars via Certified Cashier's Check drawn from The Bank of America, Also
include the following transaction code in order for her to immediately identify
this transaction : EA2948-910. This letter will serve as proof that the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation is authorizing you to pay the required $299.99 ONLY to
your claims agent via the information in which she shall send to you upon your
request, if you do not receive your winning prize of $850,000.00 US Dollars we
shall be held responsible for the loss and this shall invite a penalty of $3,000
which will be made PAYABLE ONLY by you (The Winner).


Robert Mueller
Federal Bureau Of Investigation

NOTE: In order to ensure your check gets delivered to you ASAP, you are advised
to immediately contact Mrs. Louise Major via contact information provided above
and make the required payment of $299.99 to information in which she will
provide you.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Criminal alleged American Sergeant Suggests Theft from family of Iraq's President

Here's the newest type of scam letter circulating the internet:

Hello friend,

My name is David Inghram, I am an American soldier serving in the military with coalition force in Iraq , as you know we are being attacked by insurgents everyday and car bombs.We managed to move part of funds belonging to Saddam Hussein's family .

The total amount is US$12 Million dollars in cash, mostly 100 dollar bills,this money has been kept somewhere outside Baghdad for some time but with the proposed troop in increase by president Barrack Obama, to end the suicide bombing and make peace with Iraq militant and terrorist ,we are afraid that the money may be discovered hence we want to move this money to you for safekeeping pending the completion of our assignment here.

READ THIS WEBSITE VERY WELL AND GET BACK TO ME.
(Link removed by me. I don't know if it leads to a real BBC article or is a phishing link but I don't intend to publish it.)

We are ready to compensate you with good percentage of the funds, No strings attached, Iraq is a war zone, we plan on using diplomatic means to ship the money out as military cargo to your home, under diplomatic immunity cover.

I am contacting you in confidence, all arrangement for the successful delivery has been put in place, all we need from you is to receive the cargo from the diplomat, If you are interested I will send you the full details, my job is to find a good partner that we can trust and that will assist us. Can I trust you? When you receive this letter, kindly send me an e-mail signifying your interest.

Note from Freyashawk: As much as this email infuriates me, first of all because I am UTTERLY OPPOSED to the military foreign invasion of Iraq as well and secondly, the calm assumption that ANY ONE, including me, would be interested in conspiring in a scheme to rape Saddam Hussein's family of their money, I resisted the urge to respond. Of course, the author of this email is a crook and has no access to funds belonging to Saddam Hussein's family or any one else except the poor victims who responded to an email like this by giving this criminal access to THEIR funds. My response would have been outrage... but it is best not to give the writers of these emails ANY response, as confirmation of your own email address in a case like this can lead to identity theft.

As much as I oppose the U.S. foreign policy throughout the globe and its interference in the affairs of foreign sovereign nations under the spurious guise of the so-called 'war on terror', the fact remains that there are innocent if misguided individuals who would be inclined to respond positively to an email like this because THEY would want to support a member of the U.S. armed forces, and would not understand that the writer using a false identity as leverage. For shame! For shame to suggest a scheme to bilk the family of Iraq's deceased legitimate President out of their property... even though it's all smoke and mirrors. A part of me would be inclined to say that any one whho would grasp at this supposed opportunity to rob a third party eagerly deserves any loss he/she suffers in return, but I truly do not want to see ANY ONE become a victim of a criminal scam, no matter what their political stance. And thus, I have published this letter here, to warn people that the old Nigerian scam letter may have yielded its position to a new Iraq-oriented scam.

Friday, August 21, 2009

Rebecca Knaak and her scam

Am in a great sorrow writing you this note,Just wanted to inform you about something very important,i could barely think straight at this point,i hope you come to my aid Because something very terrible is happening to me now,i need a favor from you now,I had a trip here in UK

Unfortunately for me all my money got stolen on my way to the hotel where i lodged along with my bag were my passport was And since then i have been without any money i am even owing the hotel here.

So i have limited access to emails for now,please i need you to lend me about 900pounds so i can make arrangements and return back I am full of panic now,the police only asked me to write a statement about the incident and directed me to the embassy,i have spoken to the embassy here but they are not responding to the matter effectively,I will return the money back to you as soon as i get home,I am so confused right now.i wasn't injured because I complied immediately.


I will be waiting to hear from you since i can't access the internet always
Kind Regards
Rebecca Knaak

Freyashawk: 900 quid???!!! If only I had that sort of money... It infuriates me that some one would attempt to con another human being like this, trading upon natural compassion and sympathy.

If I had the energy and time, I would bait a trap for some of these thieves...

Interesting postscript to this particular fraudulent appeal. This email was received today from the same email address:

Sorry, I ventured in some risky ventures with this account, and somewhere along the way I got hacked. I am Comfortably at home in the US, and have never been in UK and never plan to go. Sorry if it gave you a scare. I will shut down this email soon after sending this. Those of you who are regular contacts have already received my new contact information. Goodbye and stay safe! Rebecca

Note from Freyashawk: Who knows??? I am publishing the postscript in case the person actually is a victim of identity theft...

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Shame on you, Jessica Friars!

Hello,
How are you doing ? Sorry I didn't inform you about my traveling to London for a program, I'm presently in London and am having some little difficulties here because i misplaced my wallet on my way to the hotel where my money,and other valuable things were kept.I will like you to assist me with a soft loan urgently with the sum of (970GBP) to sort-out my hotel bills and to get me back home. I will appreciate whatever you can afford to assist me with, I'll Refund the money back to you as soon as i return,let me know if you can be of any help?
Thanks,
Jessica
(Jessica Friars, supposedly)

Note from Freyashawk: I don't know this person, obviously. It's another internet scam, appealing to my soft-hearted nature. The fact that I have less money than SHE or HE does is irrelevant to this individual. Selfish, selfish to the core, devoid of honour and human compassion... people like this think only of themselves and feel clever if they manage to defraud some one else. At least she or he didn't compound the fraud by addressing me as a 'dear friend'... And what on earth is a 'soft loan'???

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Criminal Sankara Ahmed's 'Special Bogus Deal'

Hello My Dear friend,

How are you doing together with your entire family, I hope all is well? Please
carefully read and understand my reason of contacting you through this email. I
am Mr SANKARA AHMED. The chief Auditor Bill and Exchange Foreign Remittance Unit
African Development Bank (ADB) (address removed)

Here. I am contacting you because of an abandoned sum of Nineteen Million Three
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars. ($19.3 Million) that was deposited by a
late customer of this bank called Mr. Rafik Bahaa Edine Hariri.

A very prominent man who was doing business transaction with our bank. He was a
citizen of Lebanon. This bank unfortunately lost his life through assassinated
on February 14, 2005 when explosives equivalent to around 300 kg of C4 were
detonated as his motorcade drove past the Saint George Hotel in the Lebanese
capital, Beirut.

The bank has no knowledge about his death. Upon this discovery that i decided to
make this business proposal to you since the banking laws and guidelines here
stipulate that if such funds remain unclaimed here after nine years, the money
will be transferred into the Central Bank Treasury as unclaimed fund.

My stand to contact you now is that, a foreign has the legal right to put claim
to such deposit followed by you will proof your claim with the bank. Therefore,
I want you to apply as his business partner.

This transaction is going to be a success because, a foreigner is compulsorily
needed to present himself or herself as the next of kin to this deceased bank
customer and hence the beneficiary of the fundbecause the fund
depositor was a foreigner. I therefore, desperately need your assistance to
claim and receive this huge sum of money into your account.

For the assistance in this transaction, you will be entitled to 40% of the total
fund in respect of the provision of your bank account and the assistance
you are to render on the process. 55% would be for me as the originator and
initiator of the transaction, and the rest 5% will be used to off-set any minor
expenses which may arise during the process of transferring the fund into your
account.

I and my entire family will leave here immediately for your country in order to
share the profits and we also invest part of my own share over there, as soon as
the fund
is transferred into your account.

Please endeavour to keep this transaction very secret and highly confidential
because i will lose my work here as bank staff, where the bank authority here
finds out that you and I are collaborating in this "Special Deal". Please also
be rest-assured that this business is 100% risk-free, and all the information
and data's you will need to make successful claim of this fund in the bank here
are fully ready with me here.

Note Well: Please urgently confirm your willingness and interest to assist me by
filling and sending back to me the needed information below and also call me
immediately on my private phone numbers: (number removed)

1. NAME IN FULL:.........................................
2. ADDRESS:.............................................
3. NATIONALITY:.......................
4. AGE:.............................................
5. Sex..................................................
6. OCCUPATION:...................................
7. MARITAL STATUS:............................
8. PHONE................................................
9. FAX:.................................................

AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANEGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (A.D.B)

Criminal Aisha Saleeb purportedly from Darfur

Hello ,
Greetings of the season to you and your family.
I decided to contact you because of the urgency of my situation here ,I am miss Aisha Yormie Saleeb 22 years old girl from Kiara Sudan,the only daughter of Late Dr.Robert Saleeb the deputy minister of national security under the leadership of President Al-Bashir Omar,he was killed because he is from the region of Darfur,so many innocent soul were killed in Darfur,My father was killed by government of President Al-Bashir Omar,he accused my father of coup attempt.
Please listen to this,i have my late father's statement of account (as his next of kin)here with me which i will send to you latter,because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in a leading bank here which he used my name as the next of kin,the amount in question is $4.5m(Four Million five Hundred Thousand Dollars) So what i need from you is, for you to see that this money is transfered to a good account and also to make arrangement on how i will come over and stay with you and continue my life and education.

My choosing you is a question i knew you must ask and i think it is a good question.i have two reasons for choosing you, i choosed you because it is the will of God.and i believe knowing you will bring hope back again to my life.My choosing you does not mean i do not have anybody from africa.i have two uncles,that is my late fathers junior brothers whom i think are suppose to be taking care of me but they do not care,all they did was to sell my late father's houses and company to one mr olson steven from united states and enjoy the money with their wives. I wanted to tell olson about it but should my uncles know of the money,they can kill me ,so as to eat the money.
As soon as I receive your positive response showing your interest I will put things into action immediately.
In the light of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely.i am staying at the female hostel,so i am nearer to the Student's Communication Room.I will be able to
check my email every morning & Night.

Awaiting your urgent and positive response. Please do keep this only to your self and do not disclose it to anyone till i come over once the fund has been transfered.
thanks,
Aisha Saleeb.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Bogus Lottery Winner, Criminal Phil Smith

Dear Winner,

We are happy to inform you that you have emerged as a winner under the Category "B" of the 2008 Online UK Lottery (International Promotion) held on the 4th of October 2008 in London.

Your e-mail address was attached to the Batch NO: P2/0056/2008 with Serial NO: 06/1055 subsequently won you the sum of £1,500,000.00 in category "B" with Ref N0:KPL/09-002/JA.

To file for the processing of your prize sum payment, you are advised to contact our Certified and Accredited claims agent for category "B" winners with the information below:
*************************************
Name: Mr. Phil Smith
(email removed)
Fiduciary Agent

*************************************
Endeavour to provide him with the following information in your contact with him.
Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:

Note that, all claims processes and clearance procedures must be duly completed early to avoid impersonation and or double claiming.

Best Regards,
Danica Jane Brustkern
Online Co-ordinator

Email sent purportedly from one Brian Kenneth Jensen, probably another alias.

'Christian' scam on the Ivory Coast

ATTN:Greetings



Dearest in Christ,

PLEASE ENDEAVOUR TO USE IT FORTHE CHILDREN OF GOD.



I am Mrs Mary Williams from kuwait. I am married to Dr.Henry who worked with Kuwait embassy in cote d'ivoire for nine years before he died in the year 2002.



We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were both born again Christians.Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against.



When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of 2.5Million U.S. Dollars) with one BANK in cote d'ivoire. Presently, this money is still with the BANK.Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next three months due to cancer problem. Though what disturbs me most is my stroke. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to church or better still a christian individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in.



I want a church that will use this to fund churches, orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that Blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this decisionbecause I don't have any child that will inherit this money and myhusband relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband's hardearned money to be misused by unbelievers.



I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner. Hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where Iam going. I know that I am going to be in the bossom of the Lord. Exodus14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace.



I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health,because of the presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this development. With God all things are possible.



As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the BANK in ivory coast.I will also issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as the original- beneficiaryof this fund. I want you and the church to always pray for me becausethe lord is my shephard. My happiness is that I lived alife of a worthy Christian. Whoever that wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spiritand truth.Please always be prayerful all through your life.and any delay in your reply will give me room in searching for a church or christian individual for this same purpose.Please assure me that you will actaccordingly as I stated herein. Hoping to hearing from you. Remainblessed in the name of the Lord.





Yours in Christ.

Mrs Mary Williams.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Criminal Jonathan James

JONATHAN JAMES & ASSOCIATES
ACCRA GHANA.

Dear Friend,

I am Barrister Jonathan James, the Personal Attorney to Mr.Cruz (CEO).A
Foreigner who is an oil consultant/contractor with Ghana Liquefied Natural Gas
(GLNG).On May 23rd october 2005,there was Air Crash in Mallam Aminu Lagos
International Airport Nigeria, my client,His wife and their three children were
involved in that Air Crash View this website so that you will understand.

Since then I have made several Enquiries to many embassies to locate any of my
clients extended relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful.After these several
unsuccessful Attempts,i decided to trace his relatives over the Internet,to
locate any member of his family.but to no avail,hence I contacted you since you
bear the same last name.

As his personal lawyer I can not have this fund transferred to my account hence
I seek your consent to present You as the next of kin to the deceased so that
the proceeds of this account Valued at {$18 million}dollars loged in a Finance
company here in Accra Ghana can be paid to you and then you and i can Share the
money 60% to me and 40% to you.This chamber desire absolute confidentiality and
professionalism in the handling of this information as all documents will be
forwarded to you for this claim. Please do get back to me as soon as possible
stating your position on this matter.

{1}. YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS
{2}. YOUR FULL NAME
{3}. YOUR AGE AND OCCUPATION.
{4}. YOUR IDENTIFICATION.
{5}. YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER.

Best Regards.
Barr Jonathan James

Note: In this one, the bogus lawyer claims that the recipient bears the same last name as the deceased, but as always, no name is given as the criminal will tailor the story to suit the circumstances.

Criminal Rebecca Williams

From Mrs Rebecca Williams

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire



ATTN:
DEAREST ONE OF GOD

I am the above named person from Kuwait . I am married to Mr Benson Williams, who worked with Kuwait embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years before he died in the year 2004. We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.

Before his death we were both born again Christian. Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $2. 5 Million (Two Million Five Hundred U.S. Dollars) in the bank here in Abidjan in suspense account.

Presently, the fund is still with the bank. Recently, my Doctor told me that i have serious sickness which is cancer problem. The one that disturbs me most is my stroke sickness. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a church or individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want a church that will use this fund for orphanages, widows, propagating the word of God and to endeavour that the house of God is maintained.

The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this decision because I don抰 have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I don抰 want my husband抯 efforts to be used by unbelievers. I don抰 want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way. This is why I am taking this decision. I am not afraid of death hence i know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the Lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace.

I don抰 need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband抯 relatives is around me always I don't want them to know about this development. With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank here in Abidjan . I want you and the church to always pray for me because the Lord is my shepherd. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth. Please always be prayerful all through your life.

Contact me on the above e-mail address for more information抯, any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another church or individual for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein. Hoping to receive your
reply.

Remain blessed in the Lord.
Yours in Christ,
Mrs Rebecca Williams.

Friday, October 3, 2008

Criminal Mr. Jerome Smith, 'external auditor'

Hello,

I am Mr. Jerome Smith an external auditor here in England. In the course of our
yearly
routine audit of investment Portfolio, I discovered that a personal account has
been
dormant for over seven years with a huge balance. The account belongs to a
single
beneficiary. Further investigations of the said account reveal that the late
investor last
operated the account in 2000, about the time of his death. He died without a
will and
also with no next of kin, so there was no beneficiary/nobody coming forward all
these
years to lay claim to the investment account.

The personal investment account in this instance has been dormant for about 7
Years, thus making it a dormant account. I wish to inform you that using our
Inside leverage, we (I am working on this with an attorney at this time),
Together with yourself can secure the funds in this account for us instead of
allowing it sent to the Treasury of the Government of the United Kingdom. All we
need
is your approval and the lawyer will file for an application for proceeds on
your behalf.
All necessary legal documents required will be provided.

You shall be adequately compensated for your part in this transaction as am
willing to
give you 25% for your efforts. I shall however leave out the other details of
this
transaction till I receive an affirmation of your desire to participate. I can
assure
you that we are completely in charge of the transaction and as such there is no
risk
whatsoever if you decide to work with us. It is however important to say that
secrecy
is of vital importance if we are to successfully reap the immense benefits of
this
transaction.

I shall furnish you with secure phone number by which we shall communicate on
getting a response from you. If you wish to proceed with me you must send me
the following: Your full name, Contact number and fax and Age

I look forward to hearing from you.
With warmest personal regards and best wishes,

Mr. Jerome Smith

Lloyds TSB Bank Email Scam

Account Review – please read carefully:

Dear Customer,

Lloyds TSB Bank is constantly working to increase security for all Internet Banking users.
To ensure the integrity of our online payment system, we periodically review accounts.

Your account might be place on restricted status. Restricted accounts continue to receive payments, but they are limited in their ability to send or withdraw funds.

To lift up this restriction, you need to login into your account (with your username or Memorable word and your password), then you have to complete our verification process. You must confirm your credit card details and your billing information as well. All restricted accounts have their billing information unconfirmed, meaning that you may no longer send money from your account until you have updated your billing information on file.To initiate the billing update confirmation process. Click here (link removed) to continue to Internet Banking update.


Note: Not having an account with this 'venerable' institution', I can't imagine why any one would click on the link, but still... Not as amusing as some of the other phishing attempts but I supppose they hope to net a few unwise recipients who actually do have accounts with a legitimate Lloyds bank.





Online Service Team
Legal Advisor
Lloyds TSB Bank Plc

Very clever phishing attempt from 'Robert Mueller 111'

ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITARY CRIMES DIVISION
FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001
Website: (link removed)


ATTENTION FUND BENEFICIARY,

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL ADVICE FROM THE FBI FOREIGN
REMITTANCE/TELEGRAPHIC DEPT.,
IT HAS COME TO OUR NOTICE THAT THE C.B.N BANK NIGERIA DISTRICT HAS
RELEASED 10,500,000.00 U.S DOLLARS INTO BANK OF AMERICA IN YOUR NAME AS THE

BENEFICIARY,BY INHERITANCE MEANS.


THE C.B.N BANK NIGERIA KNOWING FULLY WELL THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FACILITIES TO EFFECT THIS PAYMENT FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM TO YOUR ACCOUNT, USED WHAT WE KNOW AS A SECRET DIPLOMATIC TRANSIT PAYMENT S.T.D.P TO PAY THIS
FUND THROUGH WIRE TRANSFER,THEY USED THIS MEANS TO COMPLETE THE PAYMENT.

THEY ARE STILL, WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION FROM YOU ON THE ALREADY TRANSFERRED FUNDS WHICH WAS MADE IN DIRECT TRANSFER SO THAT THEY CAN DO FINAL CREDITING TO YOUR ACCOUNT. SECRET DIPLOMATIC PAYMENTS ARE NOT MADE UNLESS THE FUNDS ARE RELATED TO TERRORIST ACTIVITIES WHY MUST YOUR PAYMENT BE MADE IN SECRET TRANSFER , IF YOUR TRANSACTION IS LEGITIMATE,IF YOU ARE NOT A TERRORIST, THEN WHY DID YOU NOT RECEIVE THE MONEY DIRECTLY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT,THIS IS A PURE CODED ,MEANS OF PAYMENT?

RECORDS WHICH WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS METHOD OF PAYMENT IN THE PAST HAS ALWAYS BEEN RELATED TO TERRORIST ACTS, WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO GET INTO TROUBLE AS SOON AS THESE FUNDS REFLECT IN YOUR ACCOUNT IN THE U.S.A, SO IT IS OUR DUTY AS A WORD WIDE COMMISSION TO CORRECT THIS LITTLE PROBLEM BEFORE THIS FUND WILL BE CREDITED INTO YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT.

DUE TO THE INCREASED DIFFICULTY AND UNNECESSARY SCRUTINY BY THE AMERICAN AUTHORITIES WHEN FUNDS COME FROM OUTSIDE OF EUROPE, AND THE MIDDLE EAST, THEF.B.I BANK COMMISSION FOR EUROPE HAS STOPPED THE TRANSFER ON ITS WAY TO DELIVER PAYMENT OF $10,500,000.00 TO DEBIT YOUR RESERVE ACCOUNT AND PAY YOU THROUGH A SECURED DIPLOMATIC TRANSIT ACCOUNT (S.D.T.A). WE GOVERN AND OVERSEES FUNDS TRANSFER FOR THE WORLD BANK AND THE REST OF THE WORLD.
WE ADVICE YOU CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY,AS THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN STOPPED AND ARE BEING HELD IN OUR CUSTODY ,UNTIL YOU CAN BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH A DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY SEAL OF TRANSFER(DIST) WITHING 3 DAYS FROM THE
WORLD LOCAL BANK THAT AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER FROM WHERE THE FUNDS WAS TRANSFERRED FROM TO CERTIFY THAT THE FUNDS THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE FROM NIGERIA ARE ANTITERRORIST/DRUG FREE OR WE SHALL HAVE CAUSE TO CROSS AND IMPOUND THE PAYMENT,WE SHALL RELEASE THE FUNDS IMMEEDIATELY WE RECEIVE THIS LEGAL DOCUMENTS .
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We have decided to contact you directly to acquire the proper verifications and proof from you to show that you are the rightful person to receive this fund, because of the amount involve,we want to make sure is a clean and legal money you are about to receive. Be informed that the fund are now in United State in your name , but right now we have ask the bank not to release the fund to anybody that comes to them , unless we ask them to do so, because we have to carry out our investigations first before releasing the fund to you.

Note that the fund is in the BANK OF AMERICA right now, but we have ask them not to credit the fund to you yet, because we need a solid proof and verifications from you before releasing the funds.

So to this regards you are to re-assure and proof to us that what you are about to receive is a clean money by sending to us FBI Identification Record and also Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer(DIST) to satisfy to us that the money your about to receive is legitimate and real money. You are to forward the documents to us immediately if you have it in your possession, if you don?t have it let us know so that we will direct and inform you where to obtain the document and send to us so that we will ask the bank holding the funds the Bank Of America to go ahead Crediting your account immediately.

This Documents are to be issued to you from the World Local Bank that Authorized the transfer, so get back to us immediately if you don?t
have the document so that we will inform you the particular place to obtain the document in United Kingdom U.K, because we have come to realize that the fund was Authorized by H.S.B.C Bank in London.

An FBI Identification Record and Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer(DIST)often referred to as a Criminal History Record or Rap Sheet, is a listing of certain information taken from fingerprint submissions retained by the FBI in connection with arrests and, in some instances, federal employment, naturalization, or military service.

THESE CONDITION IS VALID UNTIL 30 OF SEP 2008 AFTER WE SHALL TAKE ACTIONS ON CANCELLING THE PAYMENT AND THEN CHARGE YOU FOR ILLEGALLY MOVING FUNDS OUT OF NIGERIA .

GURANTEE: FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED ON CONFIRMATION OF THE DOCUMENT.

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FINAL INSTRUCTION:
60F CREDIT PAYMENT INSTRUCTION: IRREVOCABLE CREDIT GUARANTEE
61E BENEFICIARY HAS FULL POWER WHEN VALIDATION IS CLEARED
62 BENNEFICIARIES BANK IN U.S.A., CAN ONLY RELEASE FUNDS-
62 UPON CONFIRMATION FROM THE WORLD BANK/UNITED NATIONS.
64 BEARERS MUST CLEAR BANK PROTOCOL AND VALIDATION REQUEST


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NOTE: We have asked for the above documents to make available the
most complete and up-to date records possible for the enhancement of public safety,welfare and security of Society while recognizing the importance of individual privacy rights.. If you fail to provide the Documents to us, we will charge you with the FBI and take our proper action against you for not proofing to us the legitimate of the fund you are about to receive.

The United States Department of Justice Order 556-73 establishes rules
and regulations for the subject of an FBI Identification Record to obtain
a copy of his or her own Record for review. The FBI Criminal Justice Information Services(CJIS) Division processes these requests to check illegal activities in U.S.A.

An individual may request a copy of his or her own FBI Identification Record for personal review or to challenge information on the Record. Other reasons an individual may request a copy of his or her own Identification Record may include international adoption or to satisfy a requirement to live or work in a foreign country or receive funds from another country (i.e., Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer, letter of good conduct, criminal history background, etc.)

FBI Director
Robert S. Mueller, III

Note: This email actually appears rather professional and purports to have issued from the FBI office in Washington D.C., a cut above the 'Honolulu FBI' email posted previously. In fact, the link included purports to lead to the official FBI website, but of course, it does not do that at all. This is rather similar to the email scams that purport to be from Ebay or Paypal or even AOL, asking for your verification of personal details. It is as fake as the rest, however... The email address was that of 'Robert Mueller 111' incidentally.

A new Twist on Email Fraud by Robert J. Garrity

Robert J. Garrity,Deputy Asst.Director,Records Management Division FBI
Before the House of Represenatatives, Subcommittee on International Terrorism
and Human Rights Los Angeles, California

Attn: Honourable Beneficiary.

We the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI Honolulu) United States Of America
have discovered through our intelligent monitoring network that you have a
transaction going on as either inheritance payment,Lottery or contract payment
in a tone of Millions of United States Dollars which have been approved but
have not been settled.

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract,Lottery /
inheritance file after close monitoring and found out why you have not received
your payment,both on your part and on the part of your debtors.

Secondly we have been informed that you are still dealing with the non
officials in the bank who are attempting to secure the release of your fund to
you. We wish to advise you that this is illegal and you should stop further
communication with them forthwith because such an illegal act like this can
lead to cancellation of your fund.

we have been having so
many complains from people who have been scammed arround
the world hence,after concluding in a meeting with members of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF),and all the presidents in africa concerning these, we came
to a conclusion that every payment will be made through the Union Bank of
Africa in the Republic Of NIGERIA. We also concluded on the use of ELECTRONIC
ATM PAYMENT SYSTEM as the only direct means to pay all beneficiaries.

This is to inform you that we have just pass a NOTIFICATION to the Central Bank
Of Nigeria,to pay you an accumulated deposited funds of US$8,300,000.00 through
Union Bank of Africa.


By this method,your funds will be loaded in two batches into an ATM card, and
sent to you, from this card you can withdraw a maximum of us$15,000 per day
from any ATM machine worldwide,BUT from the financial houses there is no
limit.So if you would like to receive your funds in this way please
send your
following information to the paying bank.

Due to delay in your payment,and the

1. Full name
2. Full address (P.O box not acceptable)
3. Phone and fax #
4. Your age, sex and current occupation

We immediately instruct you to contact Mr Idris Idowu with the email contact
below.Below are the contact details of the PAYING BANK(Union Bank of Africa) in
the Republic Of Nigeria to whom you will send your information for the
processing of the ATM card as soon as possible:


CONTACT Dr.Idris Idowu,
HEAD OF OPERATIONS,ATM CARD PAYMENT SYSTEM
DEBT SETTLEMENT COMMISSION,Union Bank of Africa
(address removed)

The DEBT SETTLEMENT COMMISSION has been mandated to issue out your payments for
this fiscal year 2008. Also for your information, you have to stop any further
communication with any other person(s) or
office(s) who claim to be established
agents using it to defraud innocent people worldwide.This is to avoid any
hitches in receiving your payment.

THANKS FOR LISTENING TO OUR ADVISE

Faithfully Yours,

MR .ROBERT S. Garrity, III
FOR COROPORATE AFFAIRS
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI Honolulu))
Los Angeles, California
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Note: I thought the FBI could spell a little better than this! It is difficult to imagine any one who could believe this email originated with any government organisation but apparently people fall for these scams every day. This one is rather clever in a sense (if only they had improved the spelling!) as it is a scam within a scam.

Criminal Adebayo Adegoke

Dear Friend,


I am Barrister Adebayo Adegoke(Esq.).
I am the Personal Assistant to Mr. Rasheed Ladoja, a governor in Nigeria. Mr.
Rasheed Ladoja has been undergoing a personal disagreement as regards the third
term saga with Mr. President for some months back. My boss made his intention
known to the president that since it is not in the constitution of the country
that Mr. President is allowed to contest for third term, he totally refused to
support Mr. President, Mr. President did not like this and pressed for his
impeachment which did not follow the constitutional procedure. Since it is Mr.
President's way of dealing with his opponent through its organ of distraction
EFCC known as Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, he has quickly set that
in motion to deal with my boss.



In view of this, Mr.Rasheed Ladoja has instructed me to contact you to be able
to repatriate some money in his account before it will be confiscated by the
President. The account value (US$128.7million dollars). He has instructed me to
seek your consent and communicate to you the sharing ratio.30% will be given to
you for assistance,70% will be for him.

All i require is your honest co-operation to enable us see that this transaction
succeeds. I will like you to send your fax and phone numbers to me for easier
communication. I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. Please get
in touch with me through my private email address :(link removed)
as soon as possible for faster communication.



Looking forward to your positive response.



Best Regards,



Mr. Adebayo Adegoke (Esq.).

Note: This clown purported to write 'From The Desk of Special Assistant to The Former Executive Governor, of Oyo
State Nigeria For Information & Strategy.
Plot 14...

Mrs. Joy Hoffman, another Criminal

Dear Friend

Greetings in the name of God Pls let this not sound strange to you for my only
surviving lawyer who would have done this died early this year. I prayed and got
your email id from your countries Christian guestbook which i have been with my
late husband and liked to visit once more if God will in his infinite mercies.

I am Mrs. Joy Hoffman from Kuwait, I am 68 years old, I am deaf and suffering
from a long time cancer of the breast which also affected my brain, from all
indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that,
according to my doctors they have advised me that I may not live for the next
two months, this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage. I
was brought up from a motherless babies home was married to my late husband for
twenty years without a child, my husband died in a fatal motor accident Before
his death we were true Christians.

Since his death I decided not to re-marry, I sold all my inherited belongings
and deposited all the sum of US$5.6Million dollars with a Security Firm.
Presently, this money is still with them and the management just wrote me as the
true owner to come forward to receive the money for keeping it so long or rather
issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I
can not come over because of my illness or they get it confisticated.

Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital here in Mauella Hospital Germany
where I have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. My doctors have
told me that I have only a few months to live. It is my last wish to see that
this money is invested to any organization of your choice and distributed each
year among the charity organization, the poor and the motherless babies' home.

I want you as God fearing person, to also use this money to fund churches,
orphanages and widows, I took this decision, before i rest in peace because my
time will so on be up.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Security
Firm. I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as the new
beneficiary of my fund. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I
stated herein.

Please reply me through this my private email address:(link removed)

hoping to hear from you soon,Waiting for your reply

Yours in Christ,

Mrs. Joy Hoffman

Fradulent Job Offer from Yasumasa Kamimura

Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
(address and email links removed)
Dear Sir/Madam

REGIONAL PAYMENT RECEIVING AGENT NEEDED

Polyplastics Co., Ltd. manufactures all kinds
of specialized extrusion molded products used
in various fields including materials for
construction, heat insulation, anti-pollution
facilities, water treatment, etc.We exports our
products to North America,South America,Eastern
Europe,Western Europe and Southeast Asia etc.

We are looking for a payment representative in
UK,USA,Canada,and Mexico.Salary is 10% of every
payment you receive on our behalf. All charges
such as tax and transfer charges will be
deducted from the balance 90%. Details of your
account is not needed in this transaction

Note:Even if you have a present job,you can still
be part of our business as your service to us
would not disturb with your working hours at all.

If you are interested in this transaction forward
your contact information to my private.



1)Your Full names:
2)Your Complete Address;
Province;
City:
State:
country:
3)Postal code:
4)Home/office phone number:
5)cell number
6)Occupation
8)Sex:
9)Age:

Thanks for your understanding and co-operation.
Sincerely

Mr.Yasumasa Kamimura
President
Polyplastics Co., Ltd.

Criminal Nebby Ibrahim Bare

Dearest,

My dear I am writing this mail with tears,sadness and pains. I know it will
come to you as a suprise since we haven't known or come across each other
before, but kindly bear with me at this moment. I have a special reason why I
decided to contact you. My situation at hand is miserable but I trust in God and
hope you will be of my help. My name is Nebby Ibrahim Bare Mainassara 25years
old girl and I held from Republic of Niger the daughter of Late General Ibrahim
Barй Maпnassara the former President of the Republic of Niger who was ambushed
and killed by dissident soldiers at the military airport in the capital, Niamey
with his driver and a former Prefect. You can see more detail about my late
father here (link removed)

I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment which I am receiving
from my step mother. She planned to take away all my late father's treasury and
properties from me since the unexpected death of my beloved Father. Meanwhile I
wanted to travel to Europe, but she hide away my international passport and
other valuable documents. Luckily she did not discover where I kept my father's
File which contained important documents. I am presently staying in the Mission
camp in Burkina Faso.

I am seeking for longterm relationship and investment assistance. My father of
blessed memory deposited the sum of US$5.5 Million in one bank in Burkina Faso
with my name as the next of kin. I had contacted the Bank to clear the deposit
but the Branch Manager told me that being a refugee, my status according to the
local law does not authorize me to carry out the operation. However, he advised
me to provide a trustee who will stand on my behalf. I had wanted to inform my
stepmother about this deposit but I am affraid that she will not offer me
anything after the release of the money. Therefore, I decide to seek for your
help in transferring the money into your bank account while I will relocate to
your country and settle down with you. I have my fathers death certificate and
the account number which I will give you as soon as you indicated your interest
to help me.

It is my intention to compensate you with 10% of the total money for your
assitance and the balance shall be my investment in any profitable venture which
you will recommend to me as have no any idea about foreign investment. Please
all communications should be through this email address only for confidential
purposes.

Thanking you alot in anticipation of your quick response. I will send you my
photos in my next email.

Yours Sincerely
Nebby Ibrahim Bare

Criminal: Sgt Daniel Ess

DEAR FRIEND,HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY?. HOPE ALL IS WELL? MY NAME IS SGT DANIEL. ESS, I AM AN AMERICAN SOLDIER, SERVING IN THE MILITARY WITH THE ARMY’S 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION HERE IN BAHGDAD, IRAQ, WITH A VERY DESPERATE NEED FOR ASSISTANCE, I HAVE SUMMED UP COURAGE TO CONTACT YOU. I FOUND YOUR CONTACT PARTICULARS IN AN ADDRESS JOURNAL. I AM SEEKING YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE TO MOVE THE SUM OF ( $8 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS ) EIGHT MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS TO YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY, AS FAR AS I CAN BE ASSURED THAT MY SHARE WILL BE SAFE IN YOUR CARE UNTIL I RETURN BACK IN FEBUARY NEXT YEAR WHEN WE WILL BE REDEPLOYED AS ANNOUNCED BY OUR PRESIDENT.ONE PASSIONATE APPEAL I WILL MAKE TO YOU IS NOT TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH ANYBODY, SHOULD YOU HAVE REASONS TO REJECT THIS OFFER, PLEASE PLEASE AND PLEASE DESTROY THIS MESSAGE AS ANY LEAKAGE OF THIS INFORMATION WILL BE TOO BAD FOR US SOLDIER’S HERE IN IRAQ.IF I GET YOUR ASSURANCE THAT YOU WILL ASSIST ME GET THIS FUNDS, I WILL GIVE YOU ALL INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE SOURCE OF THE MONEY AND HOW YOU CAN ASSIST ME.I HONESTLY WANT THIS MATTER TO BE RESOLVED VERY SOON.GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.REGARDS,DANIEL ESS.