Tag Archives: Banking

Jan 16 2010
Lost in Translation

Mueller or Mulder

Jim D. sent us this message from an imposter FBI agent. I would have to agree with Jim when he said “This guy is pretty brave in impersonating an FBI agent.”, but these guys really think they will never be caught. Besides the FBI would never use a fbisomething.com address, they would be coming from a .gov email address, and you probably would have been contacted by some other means first. To learn more about the real FBI’s internet crime division, please visit them at www.FBI.gov.

From: “Robert S. Mueller Director, FBI” <info@fbi[Removed].com>
Sent: Thu, January 14, 2010 9:19:28 AM
Subject: Funds Control Notification Unit!!

Attention:

This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed and Investigated with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you are having an illegal transaction with Impostors claiming to be some banks top officers in Africa or whatever and some impostors claiming to be the Agents of Federal Bureau Of Investigation. During our Investigation, it came to our notice that the reason why you have not received your funds in the total of $1.6M USD is because you have not fulfilled your Financial Obligation given to you in respect to her transaction.
In this light, we have contacted the World Bank of Switzerland Co-ordinator on your behalf and they have brought a solution to your problem by co-coordinating your payment in the total amount of $1.6M USD which will be deposited into A Switzerland Bank account directly without further delays. You now have the lawful right to withdraw your funds which will be deposited directly into your account.
Since the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been involved in this transaction, you are now rest assured that this transaction is totally legitimate and completely risk-free as it is our duty to Protect and Serve citizens of the United States Of America and the World at large. All you have to do is immediately contact the World Bank of Switzerland Co-ordinator via E-mail for instructions on how to proccure your Approval Slip which contains your off-shore account details.

CONTACT INFORMATION
World Bank of Switzerland Co-ordinator.

OFF-SHORE ACCOUNT UNIT

NAME: Mr. Alex Gardner
e-MAIL: mr.alex2403@[Removed].com

Federal Bureau Investigation
Robert S. Mueller Director, FBI

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Dec 06 2009
Too Good

Since when did Microsoft move to Spain?

As a good friend pointed out, “Since when did Microsoft move to Spain?” I especially like the fact that my email address has won the lottery, but not me. (Thanks Julie for this post!)

From: “NEARY, BRIGITTE U”
Date: December 6, 2009 3:21:24 AM PST
Subject: Your Email Was Selected In The Microsoft Lottery Promo

Microsoft Award Team
20 Emilio Park, Mostoles
Madrid- Spain
Ref: BTL/101OXI/02
Batch: 12/25/0340
Date:06/12/09

Microsoft Award Notification

This e-mail is to inform you that your e-mail address has won you the sum of €500,000.00(Five Hundred Thousand Euro) from the MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY. For your payment, you are required to contact our fudiciary agent with the below contact details:

CONTACT PERSON: Mr. Emmanuel Gonzalez
Email: emmanuelmfc@[Removed].es
Tel:+34 622 [Removed]

You are also required to contact him with the below information.

INFORMATION REQUESTED:
(a) Your full Name:(b) Contact address:(c) Your Telephone and fax numbers:(d) Your Age:(e) Your occupation:(f) Your country of origin:
Regards,
NEARY, BRIGITTE U
Online Co-ordinator

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Sep 10 2009
Lost in Translation

Back from the Cinema

Somehow I believe that your money will be “Gone with the Wind” if you reply to this email.

Col. Clarke Gable
27th Infantry Brigade
United States Army Fallujah, Iraq.
Email: col.clarkegable@[Removed].com

Dear Honourable,

My name is Col. Clarke Gable of the 27th Infantry Brigade United States Army Fallujah Iraq. I’m contacting you on behalf of my team here in Iraq peacekeeping service; we needed your assistance to move an allocation {Funds} into your custody for safekeeping pending our final dismissal here any time this year…

However, I wish to remind you that I’m a soldier and I have no time to come over the internet for a child play, so please if you are not able to handle this transaction with utmost confidentiality please Do Not Reply.

If somehow you are interested in this proposal, kindly leave a message with your most confidential telephone numbers and I will get back to you with details.

Yours Respectfully,
Col. Clarke Gable

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Aug 23 2009
Hook, Line and...

Bank Job

Since many of Wells Fargo’s customers “feel difficult to make payment to” them, they are willing to give up 10%, or more,  of the payment to you. Either this is why the banks are failing, or it is a scam. Hmmm, let me think for a minute. By the way, I especially like the “destroy the evidence” line at the end of the spam email.

Dear Wells Fargo Customer,

We hereby introduce a part time job offer for only wells fargo customers.If you are a wells fargo customer then you are elgible for this fantastic part time job offer.This job is very simple and easy, we have customers all over usa and most of them feel difficult to make payment to us and hence the payment will be done by the client to you and you have to forward us the funds deducting your 10%.For a start 10% is your commission and then your commission and will increase depending on the number of transactions you make.If you are really intrested in this offer we request you to fill in the the application form below and send us and we will reply you back ASAP.

Full Name:
Complete Address:
Zip Code:
Branch At Which You hold Your Wells Fargo Account:
Do You Hold A Wells Fargo Credit Card (YES/NO):
If So Available Limit:
Phone Number:
Mobile Number:
Occupation:

Reply us with all the informations above to root@[Removed].com

Mr.Frances James
Employment Officer
Officer Code:[Removed]
root@[Removed].com

Note:Delete this message once read.

Thank You For Banking With Wells Fargo.

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Jun 12 2009
Hook, Line and...

Wachovia Bank Access

And I didn’t even remember having an account at that bank. Good thing they were nice enough to remind me.

[Note: While the link at the bottom looks almost legit, it is not. The actual link goes to http://www.ftp.co.jp which is in Japan, and has no relation to Wachovia. Be careful when you are about to click a link in an email. Most modern email programs will display the actual link if you hover your cursor over it for a couple seconds. You may also notice that there are a couple extra spaces in the link, this is to prevent you for copying it and actually going to the real bank site.]

Restore your Wachovia Bank Access

As a result of too many incorrect attempts to access Wachovia Bank, your access to this service has been frozen. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Please log in to Wachovia Bank to restore your account access as soon as possible.

Wachovia Bank: [Link Removed]

Wachovia Bank
ht tps://www.wac hovia.com/

© Wachovia Bank 2009 ABN 48 123 123 124

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Jun 08 2009
Hook, Line and...

When phone calls aren’t enough

When continuous calls to your home phone just aren’t enough. Now they are starting to invade your email. 

[Note: This is a serious issue and several states are now going after these crooks. For more information on how to protect your self, visit the FTC’s page on Warranty Scams: http://www.ftc.gov]

Warranty Scam

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Jun 07 2009
Lost in Translation

Carnac the Magnificent

carnacNow working at FedEx Nigeria, Carnac the Magnificent, would not let his psychic abilities go wasted. He first had to seal the bank draft before finding your email address.

Dear Parcel Owner,

We want you to understand that the mail sent to you from this office is authentic and your parcel is presently in our custody.but if you are still in dought please we will have no other chioce than to send your parcel to the nigerian income and revenue tax office and forget completely about this i advise you kindly let us know your response, for this mail was sent from the nigerian fedex office and we have your complete data for delivery that was were we got your name and email but we want you to send your data’s to know if it corresponds with the informations we have.

Note that we were not instructed to email you, but due to the high priority of your package we had to inform you as your sender did not leave us with his telephone number because he stated that he just arrived Nigeria thus has no telephone. We sealed your Bank Draft and found your email contact on the receivers column as the recipient of the foremost package.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr Larry Anderson.
FedEx Online Team Management
Tel:+[Badly formatted fake phone number removed]

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Jun 06 2009
Hook, Line and...

Scam Alert (except for my email)

While her attorney is advising her that email such as these are fake, the one she is sending you is not. So I guess it is okay to start sending her cash. Right?

Subject: Scam Alert

Attn: My Dear,

I am Mrs. Annette E. Jenkins, I am a US citizen, 48 years Old. I reside in District of Columbia 20534. My residential address is as follows [Removed] First Street, NW Washington, District of Columbia 20534, United States, am thinking of moving since I am now wealthy. I am one of those that took part in the Compensation in Nigeria many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over $42,000 while in the US, trying to get my payment all to no avail.
So I decided to travel down to Nigeria with all my compensation documents, And I was directed to meet Mr. Izu Michael, who is the member of COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE and a Human Rights Activist (Lawyer), and I contacted him and he explained everything to me. He said whoever is contacting us through emails are fake.
He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment. Right now I am the most happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation funds amounteing to $15,000,000.00 Moreover, Mr. Izu Michael, showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your email as one of the scam victims, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund, they are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact Mr. Izu Michael
You have to contact him directly on this information below.
COMPENSATION AWARD HOUSE
Name : Mr. Izu Michael (Barrister)
Email: izumichael@[Domain Removed].net
Phone: +234 803 [Number Removed]
You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing.
The only money I paid after I met Mr. Izu Michael was just $580 for the paper works, take note of that.
Thank You and Be Blessed.

Mrs. Annette E. Jenkins
[Removed] First Street, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20534
USA.

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Jun 04 2009
Lost in Translation

Esophageal spinal cord

This poor man has his spinal cord running down his throat. Sometimes a medical dictionary just isn’t enough. I think I will send him a DVD set of Emergency!

From:Mr.Ngume Akume.
12,rue stdtono,Lome,
TOGO.

My Dearest In CHRIST,
How are you today?hope you are fine Please permit me to introduce myself, I am Mr.Ngume Akume.As you read this, I don’t want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will die someday.

I was a Crude Oil merchant in TOGO,i have been diagnosed with Esophageal spinal cord after the Autor crash accident I hard A year and six months now. It has defiled all forms of medical treatment no improvements I stay one place i n the Hospital with out walking,this mail was written by one of my closerest nurse who is inthe hospital here and hard promised to keep this secret.
I await for death any time from now may be in the next few months,according to medical experts. I have not particularly lived my life so well,as I never really cared for anyone(not even myself)but my business.. Though Iam very rich, I was nevergenerous, I was always hostile to people and only focused on mybusiness as that was the only thing I cared for.But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than justwanting to have or make all the money in the world.

I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that God ha!! s called me, I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends.I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in Austra,cameroun,liberia,Algeria and Malaysia.

Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I can not do thismyself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan, theyrefused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them. The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of million dollars $25,000,000,00 that I have with afinance/Security Company abroad.
I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations. have set aside 10% for you and for your time. If you feel up to it and you are honest, please contact me asap.and I shall proceed on the documents concerned you will receive this money within 3-4 working days from now.
God be with you.
Mr.Ngume Akume

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May 28 2009
Lost in Translation

Under listed information’s

However, it is my pleasure to not use the $7.6M ATM card as it would increase my tax bracket. Hmm, maybe we should offer a service to these spammers to grammar check their email first? What do you think?

[UPDATE: We are only kidding about the correction service. I received 217 emails within a hour of this post, that were, shall we say a bit angry. BTW, the best way to comment on a posting is to use the “Leave a Comment” link below. Then everyone will see them.]

Attention BeneficiaryThis is to officially inform you that your fund has been duly approved and gazettedfor immediate payment to you via ATM Visa Card. Your Personal Identification Number is 4501.However, it is our pleasure to inform you that your ATM Card Number; 5301 2364 5120 6002 has beenapproved and upgraded in your favor.The ATM Visa Card is Valued at $7.6M you are advised to contact the ATM/Computer Department.Respond immediately with the under listed information’s for clarity and further direction on how to receive your ATM visa card and avoidance of error :FULL NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBERS, STATE/COUNTRY, OCCUPATION, SEX,AGE,Prompt response recommended for immediate attention.Regards,Mr. Mike Ibru.The Oceanic Bank Plc

Ahora también puedes acceder a tu correo Terra desde el móvil.
Infórmate pinchando aquí. <[Link removed]>

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