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Subject: BS: Yet another scam variation From: frogprince Date: 25 Nov 13 - 06:06 PM I received this two days in a row. It's actually more straightforward in it's approach to getting my money than others that I've received myself. Anti-Terrorist And Monetary Crimes Division FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Federal Bureau Of Investigation J.Edgar Hoover Building 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw Washington, D.C. 20535-0001 www.fbi.gov Attention:Beneficiary, This e-mail has been issued to you in order to officially inform you that we Have completed an investigation on an International Payment in which was Issued to you by an International Lottery Company. With the help of our Newly developed technology (International Monitoring Network System) we Discovered that your e-mail address was automatically selected by an Online Balloting System, this has legally won you the sum of $2.8million USD from a Lottery Company outside the United States of America 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 paid to you via INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT. Normally, it will take up to 5 business days for an INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT by your local bank We have successfully notified this company on Your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the World winded, so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any Delay, henceforth the stated amount of $2.8million USD has been deposited With IMF. We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive The winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited with IMF You will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent in-charge of this transaction that is located in COTONOU, BENIN REPUBLIC According to our discoveries, you were required to pay for the Following, (1) Deposit Fee's (IMF INTERNATIONAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE) (2) Shipping Fee's (This is the charge for shipping the Cashier's Cheque to your home address) The total amount for everything is $105 we have tried our possible best to Indicate that this $105 should be deducted from your winning prize but we Found out that the funds have already been deposited to the IMF and cannot be Accessed by anyone apart from you the winner, therefore you will be required To pay the required fee's to the Agent in-charge of this transaction. In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact The agent in-charge (Mr. Ben Seko) via e-mail Kindly look below to find Appropriate contact information: CONTACT AGENT NAME: Mr. Ben Seko E-MAIL : office.fbi79@yahoo.com.ph Direct Phone : +299 664 88470 You will be required to e-mail him with the following information: FULL NAME: ADDRESS: CITY: STATE: ZIP CODE: DIRECT CONTACT OCCUPATION: You will also be required to request Western Union or Money Gram details on How to send the required $205 in order to immediately ship your prize of $2.8million USD via INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT from IMF, also Include the following transaction code in order for him 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 $105 ONLY to Mr.Mark Ben via Information in which he shall send to you, THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION. Mr. James Bob Comey Federal Bureau of Investigation F B I Yours in Service, Photograph of Director Robert S. Mueller, III Robert S. Mueller, III Director Office of Public Affairs |
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Subject: RE: BS: Yet another scam variation From: JohnInKansas Date: 25 Nov 13 - 06:37 PM Not new or even much of a variation, except for the phony source being a little different than you may have seen before. It is, perhaps, of interest (to some of us?) that you received it, but that just makes you one of the herd. Your bank, the IRS, the FBI, phony lawyers, your local police, and others nobody ever heard of are common, but the letters are all pretty much the same. It does suggest that someone has accessed your contact list and has your email address. It's more likely plausible that some IDIOT has sent you a chain letter with "open" (CC) addresses for all their friends, instead of sending each copy as a BCC, and the email was intercepted so that your address and those of all their/your "friends" are revealed to scammers. After you check your own machine for any infection, you might consider a more selective choice of friends(?), if that seems likely. John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Yet another scam variation From: GUEST Date: 25 Nov 13 - 07:40 PM Aw, shit! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Yet another scam variation From: JohnInKansas Date: 25 Nov 13 - 08:13 PM Reports are that scammers have shifted from "phishing" to what they call "spear phishing." In the old random version, they just pick bunches of people to send their scam letters to. They assume only a few will be dumb enough to reply, but those few will be stupid enough for them to make a profit. Typos and misspellings are generally intentional, because those eliminate people smart enough to catch on before they accomplish much. In "spear phishing" they get the email addresses of specific people in a particular business, identify who they work for, copy the forms used by that company, and then send an "email from the boss" or from the IT Department, asking for verification of "personal information" or passwords to access the company's records. For those of us "on the outside" it's a little difficult to tell whether this is really all that much more common, or whether the businesses just have more influence with the AV industry and/or complain more "audibly." It doesn't matter much, since they've been "spearing" enough "fish" to cause a lot of damage. Quite a few companies are warning employees not to answer emails by email, even from the top brass, without calling first to verify that the boss actually sent the mail. It should be noted that your IT/Tech Support people DO NOT ASK YOU FOR YOUR PASSWORDS. They TELL YOU what your (new) password is and what accounts to use it with. John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Yet another scam variation From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 26 Nov 13 - 10:33 AM Thanks for the info on spear fishing, John. I'll notify certain friends. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Yet another scam variation From: JohnInKansas Date: 26 Nov 13 - 05:33 PM Even the spear phishing isn't really all that new, leenia. I just finished scanning the Windows 2000 Technical Reference so I could get it off the shelf, and it cautions that IT Security people must teach their people that a common scam was someone who calls and claims to be someone at their company, and asks them to confirm their passwords. ©2000, and it was a second edition. Same old scam, just using email now instead of the telephone. John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Yet another scam variation From: frogprince Date: 03 Mar 14 - 03:04 PM I suppose I'll find out that this has been around for a long time too, but it's an entirely new crock of crap in my experience. It comes with a zip file labeled "eviction notice" that I have no intention of opening. Notice of eviction, Please be advised that your current dwelling has been condemned. The eviction proceedings are already in process. You are hereby ordered to vacate the premises no later than 03/21/2014 or face forcible removal. Any attempt to resist is futile. Contact our office without delay to make proper arrangements for a move out. We want to hope for you cooperation. Our contact details and judicial statement are enclosed to this notice. Real estate agency, Betty Tailor |
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Subject: RE: BS: Yet another scam variation From: beeliner Date: 03 Mar 14 - 03:27 PM I just got two variations of the above within the past two or three days. Probably better not to open them at all, just delete and forget. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Yet another scam variation From: GUEST, topsie Date: 03 Mar 14 - 05:47 PM I haven't seen that one before, but in addition to the usual typos/bad grammar, there is the American-style date, which would arouse suspicion from anyone this side of the pond. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Yet another scam variation From: Ebbie Date: 04 Mar 14 - 02:50 AM In that first letter, Dean, I noticed that the cost to you nearly doubled somewhere along the way, from $105. to $205. Keep that up and you MIGHT not get the millions. :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Yet another scam variation From: Rapparee Date: 04 Mar 14 - 09:02 AM I don't get to see spam letters unless I open the spam folder so I can't show you any examples because my spam is deleted after 30 days by the filter and I'm going to cry because I never win any money or get email from royalty or offers from ladies of various nationalities or ANYTHING!!!!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Yet another scam variation From: GUEST,Peter Date: 04 Mar 14 - 10:50 AM If your spam filter is that effective Rapparee you are probably getting some false positives as well. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Yet another scam variation From: GUEST, topsie Date: 04 Mar 14 - 11:31 AM Aol's spam filter is so 'efficient/effective' it even puts emails from Aol in there. I always check it, as perfectly legitimate emails containing a 'foreign'-looking name (containing Q or X or Z) will end up there. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Yet another scam variation From: Nigel Parsons Date: 04 Mar 14 - 05:13 PM I may have said it here before, but some years ago (2003?) I was working for one of the main UK ISPs. Many of our customers weren't receiving any email contact from us, it was being diverted by their spam filters. Something to do with having an ISP sharing its name with an airline & a record shop. Why else would emails with "Virgin" in the subject box end up in the spam? |
