Archive for June 2009

Job Scam: Typical Case of 2 Possible Scams

This is a typical job scam for a money mule + fake check scam, in disguise.

1.Receive payment from Customers.
2. Cash Payments at your Bank.
3. Deduct 10% which which is your commission/Payment on check cashed.
4. Forward the remaining 90% to the information that will be provided later on..

419 Scam: Frank Donald wants to distribute $220 Million

"Frank Donald" is a fake name, and so is the $220million dollar story.

I am an investment consultant working with Bank UBS AG Zurich at their offshore department Zurich Switzerland. I will be happy to work this deal out with you if you have a corporate or personal Bank Account and if you are capable to keep TOP SECRET. I need strong Assurance that you will never let me down, if I transfer this money to your account.
 
During one of our periodic auditing I discovered a dormant accounts with holding balance of US$ 232,000.000.00 {Two hundred and Thirty Two million US Dollars only} Sometimes a person will open a bank account, deposit money, and then disappear into the tin air.

Haha "TIN" air. Fine spelling from an investment consultant.

419 Scam: Stupid World Bank Scammer

The scammer says:

1) Just pay $355 for "Fedex" to send $800,000 to you.

2) But don't call Fedex, but email to this: dispatch_uk@btinternet.com

Is this a Scam: Buy Gold

If you are a businessman and you receive an email like this below, would you even think about dealing with this guy?

"We are miner and Dealers in Gold and diamond based in Accra Ghana. Soliciting a genuine buyer, we mine from Sierra Leone , Conakry , Angola , Congo and Ghana Gold Coast.The following are quantity of alluvial Gold Dust, Bars, Dore and Diamond Originated from different part of Africa for sale. The details stated as follows:"

Lottery: Help needed to deal with scammer

About a week ago, I was contacted by a man who identified himself as Brian Shaw from a company he said was Global International.  He has two separate 876 numbers and claims to be working out of Manhattan, Suite 12, 8th St. 10027.  He sounded to be Pakistani or Indian and the call was a poor connection which I think was on an overseas trunk line.  Anyway, his name did not fit his accent.  He told me I’d won 2.5 million in an international lottery....

Pay For ATM Card Shipment

Someone wrote:

"Please verified this mail is true or fake.
 
We were directed to contact you as regards the shipment of your ATM card package by the United Nations office here in the UK. We just received the items to be couriered to you from an official of the United Nations informing us of your possible communication to us.These include an ATM card, classifieds documents and Pin Certificate."

Scammers Exploiting Death of Michael Jackson and Farah Fawcett

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The cybersecurity arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned on Friday that Web scammers were seeking to take advantage of the deaths of Michael Jackson and Farah Fawcett.US-CERT said it is "aware of ...

Renting a House? Watch out for scammers!

One of the most pervasive scams is a keys-for-cash gambit. Carried out online where almost all rental transactions begin these days, this ploy separates would-be renters from their money before they so much as set foot inside a dwelling. In this s...

Acai-Berry Scam

Always becareful when signing up for free trials. Scammers may use this to get you into a "paid monthly subscription", and one that is difficult to get out. People who visited one of the many web sites running this scam were promised free trial su...

Lottery Scam: Shell Petroleum Development Company

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of (200,000.00 GB Pounds) for the June 2009 International E-mail Draw which is Organized by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC).

SPDC collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Aol, Walla, Gmail, Russian Mail and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Six people are selected Monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.