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from: Stockberger Gretchen G: StockbergerG@uhv.edu
reply to: mrsshannonmaris@undpgrants.org
subject: UNDP Grant Programmed
YOUR EMAIL HAS WON $1,000,000.00USD IN THE UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION PROGRAMMED (...in the programmed, huh?). TO RECEIVE YOUR AWARD SEND YOUR NAME, NUMBER AND COUNTRY (...if I won something, shouldn't you already have that?) TO Mrs. Shannon Maris ON EMAIL: mrsshannonmaris@undpgrants.org
All response mail should go to: mrsshannonmaris@undpgrants.org
Regards,
Chairman UNDP PROGRAMMED
Yet another scam, if it's not obvious. You want my info, but you say I've won some sort of amazing prize. Riiiiight. And I believe the word they were looking for here was "program," not "programmed." Remember - poor grammar is a red flag.
If this post helped you or prevented a scammer from gaining another victim, let me know! I'd love to hear your comments.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Netherlands Finance Monetary Control Unit
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from: mr kenny Maxwell: gerardmaxwell12011@live.com
reply-to: gerard.maxwell1@aol.com
subject: YOUR URGENT ATTENTION!!!
Good Day Friend,
My name is Gerard Kenny Maxwell, I work with the Finance
Monetary Control Unit here in The Netherlands, we are responsible for checking
foreign account holders in all the different banks here in Netherlands. I
found your e-mail contact through my Country’s international Web directory.
During our last annual inspections of all the various accounts bank (various accounts bank? Wouldn't that be various bank accounts?) here in The Netherlands, my department found a score to settle with a huge sum of U.S. $10,500,000.00 (Ten million five hundred U.S. Dollar(there's supposed to be an "s" on Dollars, you morons.)) which was deposited by the now deceased Mr. Jerry R. Williams, an Australian citizen.
From My investigations I discovered that the late Jerry R. Williams has no
beneficiary or next of kin to claim his funds (U.S.$10.500.000,00) and the law
of my country here in Netherlands is that when an account is inactive for more
than eight 8 years the Authority has the right to confiscate the funds. This
funds are about to be confiscated if I do not take advantage of it. This is
why I am contacting you to partner me in this once in a life-time business
opportunity. All you need to do is to stand as the next of kin to the decease;
my lawyer will process and provide all the relevant documents to that effect
and the money will be transferred to your account in your country so that we
can share it and invest it in profitable businesses.
All I need from you is for us to work together – just follow my instructions
and strategy, and l will provide all the relevant information and
documentations that will allow the said funds get transferred into your bank
account legally without an hitch (without AN hitch, huh?) or a problem. I will give you the full
explanation of this Business after you reply this email.(gerard.maxwell1@aol.
I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Kindly reply this e-mail by writing directly to my private email:gerard.maxwell1@aol.com
Best regards,
Kenny Maxwell
Any time someone claims to work for some important financial office overseas, BEWARE! It's clearly a scam! They will promise you millions, for just a small fee to release the funds to you...then they'll need a little more...and a little more...but trust me; your millions are never forthcoming.
If this post helped you or prevented a scammer from gaining another victim, let me know! I'd love to hear your comments.
from: mr kenny Maxwell: gerardmaxwell12011@live.com
reply-to: gerard.maxwell1@aol.com
subject: YOUR URGENT ATTENTION!!!
Good Day Friend,
My name is Gerard Kenny Maxwell, I work with the Finance
Monetary Control Unit here in The Netherlands, we are responsible for checking
foreign account holders in all the different banks here in Netherlands. I
found your e-mail contact through my Country’s international Web directory.
During our last annual inspections of all the various accounts bank (various accounts bank? Wouldn't that be various bank accounts?) here in The Netherlands, my department found a score to settle with a huge sum of U.S. $10,500,000.00 (Ten million five hundred U.S. Dollar(there's supposed to be an "s" on Dollars, you morons.)) which was deposited by the now deceased Mr. Jerry R. Williams, an Australian citizen.
From My investigations I discovered that the late Jerry R. Williams has no
beneficiary or next of kin to claim his funds (U.S.$10.500.000,00) and the law
of my country here in Netherlands is that when an account is inactive for more
than eight 8 years the Authority has the right to confiscate the funds. This
funds are about to be confiscated if I do not take advantage of it. This is
why I am contacting you to partner me in this once in a life-time business
opportunity. All you need to do is to stand as the next of kin to the decease;
my lawyer will process and provide all the relevant documents to that effect
and the money will be transferred to your account in your country so that we
can share it and invest it in profitable businesses.
All I need from you is for us to work together – just follow my instructions
and strategy, and l will provide all the relevant information and
documentations that will allow the said funds get transferred into your bank
account legally without an hitch (without AN hitch, huh?) or a problem. I will give you the full
explanation of this Business after you reply this email.(gerard.maxwell1@aol.
I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Kindly reply this e-mail by writing directly to my private email:gerard.maxwell1@aol.com
Best regards,
Kenny Maxwell
Any time someone claims to work for some important financial office overseas, BEWARE! It's clearly a scam! They will promise you millions, for just a small fee to release the funds to you...then they'll need a little more...and a little more...but trust me; your millions are never forthcoming.
If this post helped you or prevented a scammer from gaining another victim, let me know! I'd love to hear your comments.
$24.5 Million Business Proposal
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from Mr. David: david@hangsengbank.com.hk via lh.pl
reply-to: davidc0511@live.com
subject: HIGreetings,
I have a business proposal of US$24.5milliion for you to handle with me from my bank. (suuuuure you do...) Please email me for more details. (I'll get right on that...) David
So some person I don't know from some bank I've never heard of wants to include me in a major business deal worth millions. Um...really? Not.
If this post helped you or prevented a scammer from gaining another victim, let me know! I'd love to hear your comments.
from Mr. David: david@hangsengbank.com.hk via lh.pl
reply-to: davidc0511@live.com
subject: HIGreetings,
I have a business proposal of US$24.5milliion for you to handle with me from my bank. (suuuuure you do...) Please email me for more details. (I'll get right on that...) David
So some person I don't know from some bank I've never heard of wants to include me in a major business deal worth millions. Um...really? Not.
If this post helped you or prevented a scammer from gaining another victim, let me know! I'd love to hear your comments.
Crude Oil License Agent Needed
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from Engr. Frank Thabi v.gwa@btconnect.com
reply-to: frankthabi1@mynet.com
subject: Crude Oil License Agent NeededHello,
I choose to reach you through e-mail, as it is the fastest medium of communication irrespective (irrespective? nice word choice here.) of the fact that it has been greatly abused. I deem it necessary to introduce you to a lucrative business opportunity. I'm talking of crude oil trading! This is considered as the most legitimate and fastest money making machinery anyone can setup.
A crude oil "lifting license" gives the owner the mandate of the National Oil Company (Suppliers of the crude oil), to locate crude oil buyers and arrange a buy/sale crude oil transaction between the oil company and the crude oil buyers. The "lifting license" syndrome came into place because the national oil company does not deal directly with the buyers of the crude oil rather; they prefer to issue oil "lifting license allocations" to individuals/companies to assist them to market the crude oil which they produce. Anyone that owns an ?lifting license" from the local National Oil Company is entitle d to a $2.00 commission from the oil company on each barrel of crude sold to the buyer and another $1. 00 commission from the buyer. In total, oil lifting license owners receives a $3.00 commission on each barrel of crude sold by the oil company. Please note that the commission rates of $2.00 and $1.00 normally increases in times of crude oil scarcity.
The smallest license allocation/quantity one can procure from the National Oil Company is for the sale of 500,000 barrels of crude monthly/per transaction. This implies that 500,000 barrels of crude oil will be assigned to the license owner for sale per month. This allocation size will earn the license owner about ($3.00 multiply by 500,000 barrels) which is $1.5 million gross commissions monthly. If one is lucky to secure a bigger allocation that means you will be earning more commissions monthly. These commissions will be calculated and paid to the license at the end of the sales transaction.
In case you decide to invest in this money spinning project (what the heck is a money spinning project, exactly?); I will personally reveal to you a well packaged procedure to acquire an oil lifting license. I will personally assist you to locate the buyers of the crude oil and facilitate the sales transactions for you while the resulting commissions will be wired into your overseas nominated banking co-ordinates as the license owner. You need a "seller agent" to assist you to sale the crude since you are alien to this business and do not know the buyers for the crude oil and also because you are not locally resident here.
Feel free to ask for clarifications.
Engr. Frank Thabi
Seriously, folks - if something sounds too good to be true, it is. The terrible grammar alone should be a tip-off. ~BlueDragonfly
Update - I received this one again today. Sorry, "Frank;" I didn't fall for it the first time, I'm not going to fall for it the second time!
If this post helped you or prevented a scammer from gaining another victim, let me know! I'd love to hear your comments.
from Engr. Frank Thabi v.gwa@btconnect.com
reply-to: frankthabi1@mynet.com
subject: Crude Oil License Agent NeededHello,
I choose to reach you through e-mail, as it is the fastest medium of communication irrespective (irrespective? nice word choice here.) of the fact that it has been greatly abused. I deem it necessary to introduce you to a lucrative business opportunity. I'm talking of crude oil trading! This is considered as the most legitimate and fastest money making machinery anyone can setup.
A crude oil "lifting license" gives the owner the mandate of the National Oil Company (Suppliers of the crude oil), to locate crude oil buyers and arrange a buy/sale crude oil transaction between the oil company and the crude oil buyers. The "lifting license" syndrome came into place because the national oil company does not deal directly with the buyers of the crude oil rather; they prefer to issue oil "lifting license allocations" to individuals/companies to assist them to market the crude oil which they produce. Anyone that owns an ?lifting license" from the local National Oil Company is entitle d to a $2.00 commission from the oil company on each barrel of crude sold to the buyer and another $1. 00 commission from the buyer. In total, oil lifting license owners receives a $3.00 commission on each barrel of crude sold by the oil company. Please note that the commission rates of $2.00 and $1.00 normally increases in times of crude oil scarcity.
The smallest license allocation/quantity one can procure from the National Oil Company is for the sale of 500,000 barrels of crude monthly/per transaction. This implies that 500,000 barrels of crude oil will be assigned to the license owner for sale per month. This allocation size will earn the license owner about ($3.00 multiply by 500,000 barrels) which is $1.5 million gross commissions monthly. If one is lucky to secure a bigger allocation that means you will be earning more commissions monthly. These commissions will be calculated and paid to the license at the end of the sales transaction.
In case you decide to invest in this money spinning project (what the heck is a money spinning project, exactly?); I will personally reveal to you a well packaged procedure to acquire an oil lifting license. I will personally assist you to locate the buyers of the crude oil and facilitate the sales transactions for you while the resulting commissions will be wired into your overseas nominated banking co-ordinates as the license owner. You need a "seller agent" to assist you to sale the crude since you are alien to this business and do not know the buyers for the crude oil and also because you are not locally resident here.
Feel free to ask for clarifications.
Engr. Frank Thabi
Seriously, folks - if something sounds too good to be true, it is. The terrible grammar alone should be a tip-off. ~BlueDragonfly
Update - I received this one again today. Sorry, "Frank;" I didn't fall for it the first time, I'm not going to fall for it the second time!
If this post helped you or prevented a scammer from gaining another victim, let me know! I'd love to hear your comments.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Confirm Bank Transfer...
BlueDragonfly's comments are always in purple italics...From: Harold Matthews - info@mail.com
Reply-to: efax50500@yahoo.com.hk
Subject: Confirm Bank Transfer
Hello,
I am Mr.Harold Matthews,an American citizen presently working as a special
agent to Nigerian (Huge red flag if the mismatching email addresses weren't. If it's out of Nigeria, it's most likely a scam!) Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), a team setup by the
president of Nigeria to monitor all pending internationl (misspellings are a sign, too) funds transfer files and Suspicious (random capitalization is just as bad) transaction reports.
I have an urgent information ("an urgent information?" Pretty good sign that this person isn't well versed in English) which you might find very useful. Following an investigation that was carried out by my office,I have discovered that there are some long overdue payment presently here in Nigeria yet to be claimed. These funds have been processed in your name and should be
released to you as soon as possible in line with our financial instrument. But we are realizing that the earlier documents validating this sum in your name has been re written or altered.
Furthermore, there is a supporting document here from one Mr.Edward Doan who told us that he is your legal representative and that you have given him the right to file for the funds on your behalf.
To enable me confirm the status of the information i have for you, I need you to re confirm the account details below, this is what we have for the funds processed in your name in c/o Edward Doan and the transfer will be effected by Monday 1st August 2011 13:00 Hrs.
Bank Details:
Huntington National Bank
340 S. Main St. Franklin,Ohio 45005
USA
Account Name: Edward A. Doan
Account Number: 02148447293
Routing: 042215060
We want to hear from you before we can append our signature on the transfer and to also know if you authorize the transfer of your funds to the account mentioned above.
When I hear from you, then I can put my investigations together and make conclusions. But from what I have here, it seems as though your financial entitlements in Nigeria is being redirected for personal interest by illegal means and you will aid us by giving me a brief on your dealings when previously trying to process release of your funds. (What? Oh, my...the genius just shines through on this paragraph...)
Kindly get back to me on my e-mail address: efax50500@yahoo.com.hk
And please keep this confidential to enable me work effectively in your favour (translation: don't tell anyone I'm trying to scam you). When I hear from you, I will prove my personality to you so as to satisfy your worries and to be at liberty to furnish me with the required information.
Regards,
Mr.Harold Matthews
(Typical Nigerian scammer trying to make a buck. Don't fall for these things, please! The fact that they emailed an "account number" is another red flag. Who, in their right mind, would email something as sensitive as that?)
If this post helped you or prevented a scammer from gaining another victim, let me know! I'd love to hear your comments.
Reply-to: efax50500@yahoo.com.hk
Subject: Confirm Bank Transfer
Hello,
I am Mr.Harold Matthews,an American citizen presently working as a special
agent to Nigerian (Huge red flag if the mismatching email addresses weren't. If it's out of Nigeria, it's most likely a scam!) Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), a team setup by the
president of Nigeria to monitor all pending internationl (misspellings are a sign, too) funds transfer files and Suspicious (random capitalization is just as bad) transaction reports.
I have an urgent information ("an urgent information?" Pretty good sign that this person isn't well versed in English) which you might find very useful. Following an investigation that was carried out by my office,I have discovered that there are some long overdue payment presently here in Nigeria yet to be claimed. These funds have been processed in your name and should be
released to you as soon as possible in line with our financial instrument. But we are realizing that the earlier documents validating this sum in your name has been re written or altered.
Furthermore, there is a supporting document here from one Mr.Edward Doan who told us that he is your legal representative and that you have given him the right to file for the funds on your behalf.
To enable me confirm the status of the information i have for you, I need you to re confirm the account details below, this is what we have for the funds processed in your name in c/o Edward Doan and the transfer will be effected by Monday 1st August 2011 13:00 Hrs.
Bank Details:
Huntington National Bank
340 S. Main St. Franklin,Ohio 45005
USA
Account Name: Edward A. Doan
Account Number: 02148447293
Routing: 042215060
We want to hear from you before we can append our signature on the transfer and to also know if you authorize the transfer of your funds to the account mentioned above.
When I hear from you, then I can put my investigations together and make conclusions. But from what I have here, it seems as though your financial entitlements in Nigeria is being redirected for personal interest by illegal means and you will aid us by giving me a brief on your dealings when previously trying to process release of your funds. (What? Oh, my...the genius just shines through on this paragraph...)
Kindly get back to me on my e-mail address: efax50500@yahoo.com.hk
And please keep this confidential to enable me work effectively in your favour (translation: don't tell anyone I'm trying to scam you). When I hear from you, I will prove my personality to you so as to satisfy your worries and to be at liberty to furnish me with the required information.
Regards,
Mr.Harold Matthews
(Typical Nigerian scammer trying to make a buck. Don't fall for these things, please! The fact that they emailed an "account number" is another red flag. Who, in their right mind, would email something as sensitive as that?)
If this post helped you or prevented a scammer from gaining another victim, let me know! I'd love to hear your comments.
Lucky Internet User...
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Subject: Congratula
From: Microsoft Award Team - info@award.com (So it's from Microsoft, but without a Microsoft email address?)Reply-to: perryjohn1@xnmsn.com
You have won £500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling ) MICROSOFT Internet User Promo held on the 1ST of April,2011 in Manchester.United Kingdom.Your winning Reference # is:Ref:MSN1/10yI/05. Your Email address was picked as the Lucky Internet User for the promo among (6)other Internet User Worldwide. To redeem your Cash Prize/Transfer process,Kindly Call the Phone Number (+44-701-114-8219) (Typical of Nigerian scammers to use fake numbers with the 44 country code) of the Promo Manager (Dr. Perry John) and contact him via e-mail below:
Dr.Perry John
TEL:+44-701-114-8219
Email;perryjohn1@xnmsn.com
You are therefore advice (I am therefore advice, huh? Sure...)to complete the below information to him for verification:1.Full Name:2.Full Address: 3.Status:4.Occupation:5.Age
6.Sex:7.Country:8.Mobile Number.9.Winning Ref:MSN1/10yI/05
Congratulations,
Mrs.Tracy Barbara
One final thought on this one. Take a close look at the names. Scammers often make up names using two first names, hoping that the names pass for English ones. Guess what...they don't. Perry John? Tracy Barbara? Really? These idiots make this almost too easy to spot. More to come soon!
If this post helped you or prevented a scammer from gaining another victim, let me know! I'd love to hear your comments.
Subject: Congratula
From: Microsoft Award Team - info@award.com (So it's from Microsoft, but without a Microsoft email address?)Reply-to: perryjohn1@xnmsn.com
You have won £500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling ) MICROSOFT Internet User Promo held on the 1ST of April,2011 in Manchester.United Kingdom.Your winning Reference # is:Ref:MSN1/10yI/05. Your Email address was picked as the Lucky Internet User for the promo among (6)other Internet User Worldwide. To redeem your Cash Prize/Transfer process,Kindly Call the Phone Number (+44-701-114-8219) (Typical of Nigerian scammers to use fake numbers with the 44 country code) of the Promo Manager (Dr. Perry John) and contact him via e-mail below:
Dr.Perry John
TEL:+44-701-114-8219
Email;perryjohn1@xnmsn.com
You are therefore advice (I am therefore advice, huh? Sure...)to complete the below information to him for verification:1.Full Name:2.Full Address: 3.Status:4.Occupation:5.Age
6.Sex:7.Country:8.Mobile Number.9.Winning Ref:MSN1/10yI/05
Congratulations,
Mrs.Tracy Barbara
One final thought on this one. Take a close look at the names. Scammers often make up names using two first names, hoping that the names pass for English ones. Guess what...they don't. Perry John? Tracy Barbara? Really? These idiots make this almost too easy to spot. More to come soon!
If this post helped you or prevented a scammer from gaining another victim, let me know! I'd love to hear your comments.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Electronic Award Notification
Blue's Comment: Love the punctuation on this one - classic!
Subject: Reward Program Beneficiary (Vital Information Included)
From: Global E-Services Promotions reachsean-nolan02@att.netReply-to: enquirydept.kenwaters@live.nl
RE: NOTIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC AWARD
Felicitation,,, You have been selected as the Grand recipient of the Global E-Services Reward Program. This entitles you to receive 2.5, million. Particulars of your award information is stated below:
Felicitation? Yup - that's a common colloquial greeting...
Reference Number: DLA-1E4
E-ticket Number: 0902180037/A6
Amount: 2,500,000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars)
You are to establish contact with the Enquiry Officer via the e-mail address below with the information's necessary such as your - Name:, Address:, Phone/Fax:, Cell Phone:, Email:, Alternative Email:, Occupation:, and E-ticket number:
Enquiry officer's contact details: Kenneth Waters, Tel: +31-616-481-569, E-Mail: [enquirydept.kenwaters@live.nl]
NOTE: You are expected to contact the Enquiry Officer for details of claims.
Yours faithfully,
Molly Murray
Promotions Co-ordinator
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Subject: Reward Program Beneficiary (Vital Information Included)
From: Global E-Services Promotions reachsean-nolan02@att.netReply-to: enquirydept.kenwaters@live.nl
RE: NOTIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC AWARD
Felicitation,,, You have been selected as the Grand recipient of the Global E-Services Reward Program. This entitles you to receive 2.5, million. Particulars of your award information is stated below:
Felicitation? Yup - that's a common colloquial greeting...
Reference Number: DLA-1E4
E-ticket Number: 0902180037/A6
Amount: 2,500,000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars)
You are to establish contact with the Enquiry Officer via the e-mail address below with the information's necessary such as your - Name:, Address:, Phone/Fax:, Cell Phone:, Email:, Alternative Email:, Occupation:, and E-ticket number:
Enquiry officer's contact details: Kenneth Waters, Tel: +31-616-481-569, E-Mail: [enquirydept.kenwaters@live.nl]
NOTE: You are expected to contact the Enquiry Officer for details of claims.
Yours faithfully,
Molly Murray
Promotions Co-ordinator
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Everyone loves Spam...
...right? Wait...the email kind, or the canned meat-food product kind? Actually, I'm referring to the email kind. Over the past several months, I've noticed an increase in the desperate emails from some banker in some foreign country who just has to talk to me right away about some delivery....of millions of dollars.
First of all, I find them hilarious. Seriously, if you're going to try to scam someone, at least do a spell-check on your email! Not only are these emails filled with bad grammar, but the story lines of these things are always entertaining.
I had the thought that perhaps, by posting these works of literary genius in a blog, I could prevent a victim - just one - from falling for these. So here you have it...the Daily Spam.
Now, granted, I may not post daily, but at the very least, weekly. And I'm sure there will be no shortage of material. So check back often when you need a laugh, or have nothing better to do.
And please...if you find this site while looking for info on a questionable email you've received, please leave a comment and let me know that my efforts are worthwhile!
Enjoy!
First of all, I find them hilarious. Seriously, if you're going to try to scam someone, at least do a spell-check on your email! Not only are these emails filled with bad grammar, but the story lines of these things are always entertaining.
I had the thought that perhaps, by posting these works of literary genius in a blog, I could prevent a victim - just one - from falling for these. So here you have it...the Daily Spam.
Now, granted, I may not post daily, but at the very least, weekly. And I'm sure there will be no shortage of material. So check back often when you need a laugh, or have nothing better to do.
And please...if you find this site while looking for info on a questionable email you've received, please leave a comment and let me know that my efforts are worthwhile!
Enjoy!
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