Mrs. Henrietta Bogopane Zulu is a member of the South African Parliament, and this scammer is pretending to be her. "She" says "her husband" has some "over invoiced contract" for $30.5 million, and "she" is "afraid" her "children" will "confiscate it." So, she wants your help to get the nonexistent money, and will "reward" you 20 percent for your effort. This is one of many, many flavors of the Nigerian 419 scam. Do not send them money, and do not ever try to get Nigerian 419 "money" that doesn't exist. This scam is very dangerous. For more samples of these scams, Click Here and Here. Also Click Here for an ABC Documentary video.
Here we go with the Japanese earthquake and tsunami scams. It hasn't even been three weeks yet. Pathetic. Unfortunately these scams are very popular and pervasive. "Bruno Gamba," a "managing director" of some Asian bank "discovered" $12.7 million in an "account" that "belonged" to a "deceased client" who "perished" in the quake, along with "his entire family," of course. "Bruno" would like you to stand in as "next-of-kin" to claim nonexistent cash, and "split it" with him. For more samples of these scams, Click Here.
"Mr. Phoenix Mcferrin" claims to be with "Western Union," he's sent you $100,000, and says you can get $5,000 per day for 20 days. It's supposed to be your "lottery winnings" from "Blackberry," and it will only cost you $85.00 to "unlock" the MTCN LOL. The $100,000 does not exist and never did, of course. For more samples of these silly scams, Click Here. You can also see a Western Union scam video on YouTube, Click Here.
"Mrs. Deborah Hutchinson" approaches us with a sob story. She's 65 and she's "dying." She says all kind things about us, even though she knows nothing about us whatsoever. She calls us "Beloved One," pretending that she's not spamming an undisclosed recipient list. She's a "rich widow, married 15 years, undergoing treatment in Africa," and she and her "late husband" never had a "child." For some odd reason, these scammers just never seem to have any heirs available. Now why could that ever possibly be? <sarcasm> LOL. Alas! She has cancer, and has had a stroke! Oh my! And yet she can still type up an eight paragraph scam-mail with correct spelling and grammar! ROFLMFAO! For more of these ridiculous scam samples, Click Here.
Nice short "next-of-kin" scam. Click Here for more scam samples.
From: "Lee Shing" <[email protected]> To: undisclosed-recipients Greetings, I am Mr. Lee Shing, Principal Assurance manager for the Nanyang Commercial Bank of China. An investment was placed under my management eight years ago by a customer who is now deceased. I need your assistance in investing these funds. If you're interested contact me via my private email. If you're not interested in my offer do not respond to this email. Awaiting your urgent reply. Thanks and my regards. Hmm this would appear to be a "next-of-kin" scam, since that's a part of what this scam-mail is asking for. "Larry" isn't trying to claim that anyone has passed away, however, all he says is that your "fund" is available on an ATM card, neither of which exists, of course. Note the free Japanese Yahoo e-mail account. Click Here for some ATM Card scam samples.
From: Mr. Larry Williams <[email protected]> reply-to: [email protected] Attn, It was Resolved and Agreed upon that your Funds would be released to you through the method of an ATM Card. You are Advised to re-confirm YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, OCCUPATION, NEXT OF KIN, PHONE, MOBILE, AND FAX NUMBERS respec-tively to receive your ATM Card. Thanks Yours Sincerely Mr. Larry Williams "Mr. Peter Hamilton" is an "offshore manager" who doesn't make any pretense about where his scam-mail is coming from. It's a free Yahoo e-mail account. He does try to cover up just exactly where his private mailbox is on Victoria Island, though. It's in Nigeria. He says he has "instructions" from Apex Bank to "transfer your $3.5 million 'fund' directly to your bank account without further delay." All you need to do is provide a name, address, and phone number. Then he wants to know "what method of payment" you would like, by "transfer," or by "ATM Master Card." He'd like to hear from you within 24 hours. This is one of the older, classic 419 Nigerian advance fee scams. It is never, ever real, and the money does not exist. Do not ever fall for this scam in particular. If you do, and then try to find out where your "money" is, you do so at your own peril. People have been killed trying to get this nonexistent money. For more samples of these scams, Click Here.
Some online loan offers are real. Many more are not. This is one of them. How do I know? Well first, it was sent to an undisclosed recipient list. More telling, it also claims that it was sent from the "nc.gov" domain. I checked, and that is indeed the State of North Carolina's website, with a welcome message from Governor Beverly Perdue. However, "Breanna Freeman" @ "nc.gov" wants you to respond to a free Microsoft Hotmail address LOL. For a few more of these, Click Here
Diploma mills are older than the internet. These scams were going around in snail mail and on fax machines worldwide for decades before e-mail showed up. Don't fall for this crap. For more scam samples, Click Here.
Also see Counterfeit Degrees, Click Here. "Secret Shopper" has a mystery shopping assignment available in your area, and it pays $200 per assignment. Trouble is, I was spammed, it came from Limestone Networks, not Secret Shopper, and they want you to respond to a AOL e-mail address, which you can now get for free. For more about mystery shopping scams, Click Here.
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AuthorMy name is Gary, and I live in the Midwestern United States. This site is intended to expose the frauds and scams that are so pervasive on the internet, especially today. One hundred per- cent of the e-mails you get that promise you millions are never, ever real. They'll tell you they're "dying," trying to gain your sympathy. They're not dying, they're lying. Click Here for the "Dying" scams. Don't fall for it, and never send them any money, no matter what they tell you. Oh, and good luck hacking this website. It's got a nice strong password on it. Archive
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