Tag Archives: Phishing

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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May 25 2009
Lost in Translation

Beloved Ones

I too “quickly call up a pastor/prophet to give me positive thinking on this solution” and she said “I see a great financial loss in your future, beginning with the $200 you owe me for telling you that you are an idiot!”

Subject: Dear Beloved-One,
From: “Carol Evans Mulla”
Date: Thu, May 21, 2009 5:45 am
To: 

Dear Beloved-One,
 
My name is Carol Evans Mulla am 75yrs old of age, I stay in Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust Stadium Road Woolwich London SE18 4QH.I am a good merchant, I have several industrial companies and good share in various banks in the world. I spend all my life on investment and co-operate business both is Asia, Europe and America here. All the way I lost my husband and two beautiful children in Plane Crash.
 
I am a very good woman with all cost I don’t know much and care about people, since when I had an experience of my difficulty to sleep and give rest. Ending of last year (September) I was sent a letter of medical check up, as my personal doctor testify that I have a lung cancer, which can easily take off my life soon. I found it uneasy to survive myself, because a lot of my investment can not be run and manage by me again. I quickly call up a pastor/prophet to give me positive thinking on this solution, as my adviser. He ministered to me to share my properties, wealth, to motherless baby/orphanage homes people that need money for survivor, business woman and man for their investment and for future rising.
 
Therefore I am writing this letter to people who are really need of help to contact me urgently. So that I can make available preparation on that. Especially women of the day, who are divorced by their husband, why they cannot survive from feeding their self. Please contact me and stop weeping. Probably let me know what you really need the money for, and if you can still help me to money to nearest orphanages homes near your town. Now am so much with God, am now born again.
 
May the lord bless you, as you reach me, please to remind you don’t belong to scammers or any act of fraudulent act on internet? I will give more information to you as I await your response immediately.
 
Thanks
Carol Evans Mulla

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May 19 2009
Hook, Line and...

Please help the rich!

Even rich criminals need help sometimes, lets join them and commit another crime.

Dear Friend ,

I am Mrs.Ruth Madoff, wife of bernard madoff.

I am actually going through some kind of difficult time with my family right now, as my husband is at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York City.

My husband Sentencing is scheduled for June 16, 2009 and he is likely to face a maximum sentence of 150 years in prison and $170 billion in restitution, so there is need for me to move out alot of my personal funds and peronal belongings around the world , particularly  from outside america, but i need somebody to trust now, because i cannot receive funds here in america right now.

I would need your help in acquiring some properties and keeping some large cash amount for me. but first i would  prefer to chat with you either on yahoo chat or Skype. if you are not comfortable with yahoo then write me, so we can communicate via email.

This is very urgent, i would have to entrust a large amount of money into your hands  and some personal valueables. But this would have to be very confidential, just between me and you, because the press are afetr  me and my husband name all over the headlines, because of his Wall street business.

Anyway! don’t be scared about the risk, it is a very safe deal i can assure you of your condidentiality.

Yours Sincerely

Mrs. Ruth Alpern Madoff

Email Contact: ruthmadoff013@[Domain Removed].com

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May 17 2009
Lost in Translation

Toyota Hits Hard Times

It looks like Toyota is so bad off they can’t even hire an editor for their email offers. Now let me see if I can find my Annexation receipts.

Dear Mr/Ms.

Prius Hybrid OFFERS!

Toyota announced today that global cumulative sales of Toyota hybrid vehicles have topped the one million mark, with approximately 1,047,000 units sold worldwide as of 31 May 2007. 
Due to the recent global financial crises, Toyota stuck in stock with 1200 Prius HYBRID cars, because in this stock are cars unsold for over 6 months, TOYOTA launch the Advantage Program where is 30% discount for 1200 Prius HYBRID cars.

The Advantage Program have 5 steps, the first one it is the application form to accept your request.
The second step: An agreement between seller & buyer.
The third step: After the agreement, the buyer need to deposit $5,000 to TOYOTA Dealer Bank Account, necessary for delivery, completion all documents, and submission of a balance of $2,500.
The fourth step: Annexation receipts of the two parties (Buyer: proof payment & Seller: receipt of payment), and completion all contractual documents.
The fifth step : Delivery & buyer signature of delivery.

We offer you the opportunity to purchase a very good Auto with 30% discount.
The payment shall be made in installments through the bank at 1 month after signing the contract. 
If you are interested in this offer please fill out the application contact form, A representative will contact you about this vehicle within five business day if your application will be approve. 

Application Contact Form:

Fullname: ………………………
Billing Address: ………………………
Mobile Phone Number: …………………..
E-mail: ………………….
Your Age: ….

The application contact form will be sent to: [Very Realistic Email Address Removed]

Best Regards,
TOYOTA ASSISTANCE
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
19001 South Western Ave.
Dept. WC11
Torrance, CA 90501

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May 14 2009
Hook, Line and..., Too Good

Western Union Refund

It is amazing I keep getting all these refunds for things I never purchased. Must be my Doppelgänger.

 

From: support@westernunion.com

Subject: Western Union Transfer MTCN: 6598390484

Date: May 13, 2009 4:21:35 AM PDT

 

Dear Customer!

The money transfer you have sent on the 11th of March has not been received by the recipient.
According to the Western Union regulation the transfers which are not collected in 30 business days are to be returned to sender.
To collect funds you need to print the invoice attached to this mail and visit the nearest Western Union branch.

Thank you!

[Attachment with Bogus address removed]

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May 13 2009
Hook, Line and...

Another IRS Refund

Notice the bogus domain name in the email address. It isn’t really important, because the form they attached goes to their address in Colorado. If you believe you have received such a message, you can visit the IRS page to report it directly.

From: irs@irs.agencygovernment.gov

Subject: Confidential Information

Date: May 26, 1936 3:00:00 AM PST

Reply-To: no-reply@irs.agencygovernment.gov

This is Francis V. from the Refund Operations Department at Internal Revenue Service

(United States Department of the Treasury).

After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you
are eligible to receive a tax refund of $184.23.

Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 3-9 days in order to process it.

A refund can be delayed for a variety of reason. For exemple (invalid records or
applying after the deadline).
The good news is that Internal Revenue Service will make this refund directly to your
visa and/or mastercard linked to your checking/savings account instead a check or a direct deposit.

To access the form for your tax refund, please continue to our secure server
attachment form.

Important: Do not use credit and/or american express or discover cards. Only cards that
are linked to your checking/savings account are accepted.

Regards,

Francis V.
Internal Revenue Service – Tax Refund Specialist
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Apr 27 2009
Lost in Translation

PayPal needs a grammar check.

If you ever get a email message like this, remember to hover over the link before clicking it and make sure it goes to www.paypal.com. This one did not. Although the wonderful grammar should have been a tip off, that this was not legitimate. For more safety tips on how to protect your self at PayPal, please visit the PayPal Safety Center.

Dear PayPal Valued Member,    

Have Noticed That Your PayPal Account Needs To Be Updated, because we have made a new updates on our online service and we lost some information of our customer online Paypal accounts, we are sorry for that but you should update your Paypal accountIn accordance with PayPal’s User Agreement and Privacy Policy, and to ensure that your account has not been compromised yet, access to your account was limited.
Your account access will remains limited until this issue has been resolved.

To secure your account and quickly restore full access on your account, we encourage you to log in and perform the steps necessary to restore your account access as soon as possible by clicking the link below:
Please click here to update your account access
Failure to verify and/or update your personal records, or if you choose to ignore our request, may result in further limitations or eventual account closure.   

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this case intended to help protecting you and your account.
We apologize for any inconvenience. 

Sincerely,

PayPal, Inc.
P.O. Box 45950 
Omaha, NE 68145
Copyright © 2007 PayPal Inc. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. PayPal is located at 2211 N. First St., San Jose, CA 95131.
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Apr 05 2009
Lost in Translation

A Classic Benin Transaction

While this is a classic Phishing email, trying to get your contact information and maybe even you money, it tries several different approached. Greed, religion and the classic “third-party verification”. One of the best lines is “helping me over the transaction in the past despite it came to fail us.”

My Dear,

I am hereby to inform you that i have been able to complete up with the transaction we had in the past regarding to the sum of $6,000,000.00usd which was supposed to be transferred into your account,though it came to fail us somehow because you were unable to meet up with the requirement of the bank.

Therefore, i am very happy to inform you that i have been able to complete up the transaction with the aid of a business counterpart in person of Mr.Harrison T.Douglas from united states.And i am presently, in japan for an investment project with my own part of the fund which was supposed to be transferred into your account.

I must also confess to you that i appreciates all your efforts and endeavours in helping me over the transaction in the past despite it came to fail us.So be informed that i have been able to map out the sum of six hundred united states dollars for your kind help and assistance to me in getting the fund transferred into your account in the past.

Now, all you need to do is to try as much as possible and correspond with my personal assistance right there in benin republic in person of Mr.Ben Worlker on his email bellow: ( sdy.max44@[Removed].com ) ask him to send to you the certified international bank draft worth the sum of $600,000.00usd which i had written and signed in your name before i left for the investment project in japan.

You should also endeavour to get me informed as soon as the bank draft is been sent to you so that i will be aware that it has gotten to you without any hitch ok.You can as well contact him via his private phone number if there is any where you are confused and would like to ask him question:+229-####-#397.

Kindly reconfirm to him your informations as stated bellow to enable him deposit your bank draft with any of the courier service company over there in benin republic that will handle the delivery to your destination without any problem.

(i) Name and address
(ii) Current contact phone

Thanks and remain blessed and may the almighty God continue to guide and protect you and your family in jesus mighty name i pray…..amen.

Best Regards
Dr.Efi Chioma

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Apr 03 2009
Too Good

Investment Opportunity

Why yes, I have some extra cash just sitting around. Should I mail it to you?

From: David Nicolay <[Removed]@hotmail.com>

Date: March 9, 2009 7:35:14 AM PDT

To: undisclosed-recipients:;

Subject: 03/09/09/ Mail.

Reply-To: [Removed]@yahoo.co.uk

Hello,

Excuse my mail but we are sourcing for a private funds investment manager who has steered another fund at his or her current company through the current down market and can do the same with investor?s funds who I am currently managing. The investors I represent believe  successful investing is as much about avoiding risk and containing losses, thereby protecting shareholder capital, as it is about  achieving profits.

The investors require short or long term investments of high quality and low risk. The goal of this type of fund is to protect capital with low- risk investments while achieving a return that beats a relevant benchmark such as a Treasury bill index. If your background is stable and have an unblemished record we could consider a partnership though it depends on what your investment qualities and plans are like. I expect to hear your view on the above and possibly a business alliance can be actualized.

 

Regards,

David Nicolay

International Financial Consultant

Willow Financial Consultants Ltd.

1st Floor Walton House,

[Removed] High Street Bromley,

Kent BR1 1JW,

United Kingdom.

Phone: (+44) – [Removed], (+44) – [Removed] 40347

Fax (+44) – [Removed]

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Apr 01 2009
Lost in Translation

Puppy Love

I guess surfing the “email surfing marketing company with US chamber of commerce” is more efficient that posting this on Craigslist.

Hello,

My name is Tonya Ramirez I got your e-mail address from an email surfing marketing company with US chamber of commerce. My late Grandma was a puppy breeder, she died about 6 month ago and she left 2 Female English Bulldog and 1 Male English Bulldog before she pass a way. One of the female Bulldog Puppy recently give birth to 2 litters puppies, they are so adorable….but due to my work as a Nurse, my job does not permit me to take proper care of these little puppies, I love to take care of them myself but due to the nature of my job i does hardly have time for my self, So i decide to look for someone, who is caring and lovingly parent who will take good care of them and will to adopt them from me, If you are interested in having one of them, Please contact me as soon as possible for more details and information about adopting them. Looking forward to your prompt e-mail again.

Thanks.
Tonya

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