"Ben Bernanke" personally e-mailed me, to tell me that the Central Bank of Nigeria has "instructed" him to credit my personal bank account with an "inheritance" of $10.5 million. Oh, but he wants "paperwork" first, and of course we don't know what he's talking about. So he says he will conveniently "direct" us on where to get it. That's where the fees begin. It is not Ben Bernanke, of course, it's a scammer. The scam-mail was even brazenly sent from a Hotmail account. To see more of these scam samples, Click Here.
This scammer wants you to believe that the UNCC has "mapped out" $95 billion, to be paid to "foreign contractors," and he wants you to have your share. However, from the UNCC's website, it says, in part:
"The United Nations Compensation Commission was created in 1991 as a subsidiary organ of the UN Security Council. Its mandate is to process claims and pay compensation for losses and damage[s] suffered as a direct result of Iraq's unlawful invasion and occupation of Kuwait." UNCC Website Also, the scammer wants you to contact his "accountant" at an accountant.com address. This is a free e-mail address, along with many others, such as lawyer.com, that you can get at mail.com. I have on myself, at rockfan.com, because, well, I'm a rock fan :o) For more UN scam samples, Click Here "Carman Lapointe-Young (born in 1951, Canada) has since 2010 been Under-Secretary-General for the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) of the United Nations." - Wikipedia.com
Wikipedia is at least believeable for stuff like that. These scammers want you to believe that they are her. All they did was look for some government official on the internet, and they chose her for this scam. They could have chosen anyone in power. They say she's been "talking" to the UN Secretary General and the Nigerian President, saying that's she's been successful in getting your "fund" released. Don't believe a word of it. There's no money, and they want to take yours. This is simply another Nigerian 419 flavor. For more of these, Click Here. Yet another "next-of-kin" scam comes from a "Chang Kee." I guess "Lee" in China is something like "Smith" in America LOL. Anyway, Chang has spammed an undisclosed recipient list, and claims that his "deceased client" has the same last name as all of us. Most people do not notice this because we cannot see the list that Chang spammed. In Yahoo Mail, the message will say "undisclosed recipient list" in the header, but Google Mail doesn't say anything. The scam itself, of course, works just like all the others. Stand in for my dead buddy, and you can get $XX million. No, you can't. The money never existed. For some more samples of these scam-mails, Click Here.
Here's another Nigerian 419 scam flavor. I haven't figured out what I'm going to call them yet LOL. An "Uka Bassey" is 26, and claims to have "just started work" with the Central Bank of Nigeria. She says you've "paid all fees," -- do you remember sending any money to Nigeria? -- but the "fund hasn't been released yet."
I don't understand why they even bother with this scam. It raises way to many questions, unless, I suppose, someone happens to be in the middle of it, and has been sending them money. If you happen to be one of the people who has been getting scammed, stop sending them money. It's gone, and you won't get it back. "Uka" promises to get you the "money," but there is no money, and "Uka" very likely isn't a woman at all. In saying she's going to "run away to you" from Nigeria, she will just keep on asking for fees, telling of her troubles in getting to America, when she isn't going anywhere at all. She's just sitting in Nigeria, collecting your money until you don't have anymore. To the uninitiated who have fallen for this scam, it can be very expensive indeed. More of these scam samples can be seen Here I haven't a clue where these guys come up with this stuff. This is just another 419 Nigerian scam flavor, of course. "Contract payments" presume that I signed a contract. If I had, and done a job according to the contract, I'd be paid. Duh. I'd say most Americans understand capitalism pretty well, and can't imagine anyone falling for this scam. Maybe I'd be surprised. I see this "Sanusi Lamido" a lot, too. It turns out that he's the executive governor of the Bank of Nigeria. These scammers are just using his name to try to get us to believe that we have some sort of government "contract payment" coming, when the money clearly does not exist, because no contract was signed. For more of these scam samples, Click Here.
Let's put in a few more !'s to see if it make it any more "important." !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hmm. Nope. LOL. "Li Chen" is a "Chinese bank account manager" who had a "rich, late client" without any next-of-kin, as always, and now he wants us to step in and "claim the money," which doesn't exist, of course. For more "next-of-kin" scam samples, Click Here. I've got zillions. In this scam, "Rosalia" claims to be a former FBI agent, and "noticed" some "unethical activity" going on with her "boss." She would never, ever be a part of it though, oh no, because she is such a "good, fine, and upstanding Christian" LOL. Having "gained our trust," she then proceeds to tell us about some "fund" that's been "approved" to pay out to us. This is simply another Nigerian 419 scam flavor. For more samples of this scam, Click Here
Technically these are Nigerian 419 scams, but they're so numerous that they deserve their own subsection. Someone from "the FBI" is contacting you by e-mail, saying that you have a "transaction" going on with Nigeria's central bank. The "FBI" tells you it's "legitimate," and here's what you need to do to get the money that doesn't exist, of course. And to top it off, they're fraudulently signed by some FBI "official," up to and including Robert Mueller, the Director. No one in government contacts anyone by e-mail, ever, unless you contact them first. Even then, you will most likely be ignored. Click Here for more "Robert Mueller" scams, I've got tons.
These are becoming more frequent; so far I've only seen them supposedly coming from UPS, FedEx and DHL. They don't. There's a zip file attached; don't download it. It contains a virus. I'm not sure, but I believe the virus is used to put computers on the spammer's botnet, so it can be used to send out more and more spam like the one below. I wish I knew how to be a hacker, I'd understand this stuff better LOL. Click Here to see more examples of UPS scams.
Dear customer. The parcel was sent your home address. And it will arrive within 7 business day. More information and the tracking number are attached in document below. Thank you. ©1994-2011 United Parcel Service of America, Inc. |
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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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