Be warned, there's some nasties out there !

I had a message the other day purporting to be from Youtube stating that my video had been approved.

I was intrigued as I have a couple of short videos on the site.

However when I placed the cursor over the youtube icon or any of the hyperlinks supplied to reply I saw that the websites address was not from Youtube and so deleted it.

The icons used look very good and can easily fool many people into opening what may well be a very nasty surprise.

Watchword is beware.

Regards
Tom
I've also seen a fake YouTube "security login" which turned up via Facebook.

 

Got this one in my mail today. Was wondering where my inheritance had got to

So emailed it back to NPF via their official website saying thanks but no thanks as my bank has no longer got any more space to store all the inheritance that I have accumalated over the years.

NIGERIAN POLICE FORCE.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT.
FORCE HEADQUARTERS
LEWIS EDET HOUSE.
GARKI 11 ABUJA.
NIGERIA

Attention Beneficiary,

Due to the economic meltdown in the global World, The Nigerian Police Force In-conjunction with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission - EFCC has created an electronic transfer system called prepaid ATM Visa Card, which will be loaded your Ten Million United States Dollars therein and will be send to you immediately on the receipt of your email response to us.

Also; be informed that why you have not receive your inheritance funds with the Nigerian Government is due to your inability to produce the below listed Documentations to back up your ATM VISA CARD delivery which once you can adhere to this final VET to your fund release order, you will immediately receive your ATM VISA CARD.

Here are the Documents needed to be obtained:

1) Fund Ownership Clearance Certificate
2) Anti-Terrorist Clearance Certificate

Further more; note that the ATM VISA CARD will be coming to you with the PIN ACCESS CODE which is (9021), how ever to obtain the said documents will cost you the sum of US$150.00.

So immediately we receive the stated fee today within the next two days the ATM VISA CARD will be at your Door Step, so all we need from you is your Full Name and Mailing address/House Address were you want the ATM VISA CARD to be delivered.

You will operate your ATM VISA CARD across the globe, more details will be given to you, when you response to this email. We now understand your situation and will want to make everything easier for you to regain your financial freedom, so do not hesitate to adhere to these instructions for your own good

Please kindly call me using my direct telephone number: +2348027127674 for more details.

Base on money-laundering and fraudulent art that is going on all over the world now, We The Nigerian Police and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission - EFCC has set a Monetary Group called International Monetary Group In conjunction with F.B.I and Inter-Pole of British to monitor any foreign transfer which is above (1,000,000,000.00), As terrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering is a serious problem in our community today. The Nigerian Police and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission - EFCC will not stop at any length in tracking down and prosecuting any criminal who indulge in this criminal act.

AIG IVY UCHE OKORONKWO NPM, mni
The Assistant Inspector
General of Police
AIG in-charge of Zone 7 (Abuja)

 

Had personal experience over the last few days of a particular nasty virus that goes by the name of Kryptic.

I run both EDSET NOD32 & ZONE ALARM but both had failed to kill this monster in it's tracks.

Finally, through someone's help and the skilled use of various anti-virus programs I have just freed my PC of this real bxxxxxxxd that was plaguing my machine.

If your Destop icons suddenly disappear send me a PM !

Ron

 

Another obvious scam in my mail box:


Dear Valued Customer,
- Our new security system will help you to avoid unauthorized access to your account
and keep your investment safe.
- Due to technical maintenance we need you to reactivate your account.
Please click the link below to proceed



A quick call to my bank confirmed that they would never adress me as "Valued customer" so, despite the convincing letter heading, this is just another "nastie" and you have been warned !!!

Ron

 

"Dear Valued Customer"

From a BANK???? You're 'avin' a giraffe ain't yer?

 

Another obvious scam in my mail box:



A quick call to my bank confirmed that they would never adress me as "Valued customer" so, despite the convincing letter heading, this is just another "nastie" and you have been warned !!!

Ron

This sort is coming all the time.

 

just got this

Transaction: Credit Card 2740_gfo

On July 26th, 2011 Hotel made wrong transaction decommissioning from your account for an overall amount of $1984.
This partner hotel was divested accreditation in Moverick Company with reference of noncompliance of the service contract.
For the return of funds please contact your bank and fill information in the attached form.
In the attachment you will find expense sheet with the sum of wrong transaction error of transaction.
As Company is not responsible for money transactions and acts as intermediary you can seize the court directly to return the funds from the Hotel.
Thank you for understanding. We trust you can solve this unpleasant problem.

Wallis Ringen,
Manager of Reception Desk & Reservation Departament

 

"Dear Valued Customer"

From a BANK???? You're 'avin' a giraffe ain't yer?

Oh yeah? Watch this:

Dear valued member ,

Your account is suspended due to multiple number of incorrect login attempts.

For your protection, we've suspended your account . To reactivate your login access please download the form attached to your e-mail and update your details .

Note: If not completed until July 19, 2011, we will be forced to suspend your account .

Thank you, Customer Support Service.

Copyright © Lloyds TSB Bank All rights reserved.
Suspend at will, I never had an account with Lloyds

Really, I have an Yahoo.co.uk mail account and their spam filter is great. They dump everything on a folder for my inspection - sometimes legitimate mail is sent there - and post are left to mature for 30 days and they are then erased by the system. That's where I rescued this jewel from

 

The wife had one last night a guy rang purporting to be from the Ministry of Justice checking on credit cards, she put the phone down.
I ask who had called the reply was some scamer on about credit cards that we do not have and anyway Ministry of Justice do not work after 17:00 (5 o'clock) looking at our clock it was 17:45.

Women's logic

 

Somehow, I don't think this guy really gets how this is supposed to work. This was an email from "Databank Plc" (actually an att.net private address)

Attention: Customer,

Compliments.

We want to inform you that we have received an instruction to credit your account with the sum of Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars(US$6.500,000.000.00) only.

We therefore want you to re-confirm to us your bank account details as follows below to avoid any wrong transfer.

Information's required:
Your Bank Name:..........
Bank Address:............
Account Name:............
Account Number:..........
Swift Code/Routing:......

Note that, its also good for you to provide us with your direct telephone number for fast and easy communication with any form of your identification like (International Passport or Driving license).

We look forward to your reply.

Thank you for using our bank.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Evelyn Neizer
PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER

 

Just got this from ChristopherSubject: THANKS

Hide Details
FROM:
CHRISTOPHER

Message flagged Wednesday, 3 August 2011, 1:04Message Body
Hello Friend,

I am an accountant by profession, and acts as a private consultant to some clients in the United Kingdom ranging from top business personals, serving and retired Army. Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel and top Government functionaries whose privacy is shrouded in topmost secrecy.

As stated above I have a client's mandate to seek for a reputable, and well-established individual to help channel some funds into profitable investment abroad. The proposed funds is an estimated ($25m usd) And he his specific in investing these funds outside the UK.I hope you will treat my request with expediency as time is of great importance to my client.

Thank You,
Christopher


Seems a nice chap

 

Somehow, I don't think this guy really gets how this is supposed to work. This was an email from "Databank Plc" (actually an att.net private address)
Mrs Neizer at Databank Plc must really like me. She's just sent me another identical email from a different att.net address. So that's thirteen million dollars!

 

So that's thirteen million dollars!
My 25 million beats that.

 

Scam o Rama

 

Who should I report this one to.



Good day,

My name is Sgt. Sharon Kerr; I am an American soldier with Swiss background, serving in the military with the army's 3rd
infantry division. With a very desperate need for assistance, I have summed up courage to contact you. I found your contact
particulars in an address journal. I am seeking your kind assistance to move the sum of (US$15,500,000M) Fifteen Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars to you, as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care
until I complete my service here in Libya,and there is no danger involved Source of money:

Some money in various currencies like euro,pounds and dollars was discovered in barrels at a farmhouse near one of Muammar Gaddafi palace in
Al-Bayda-Libya during a rescue operation, and staff Sgt Kenneth Buff and I took part of this money and shared it
among both of us before informing anybody about it since both of us saw the money first agreed on it. This was quite
an illegal thing to do, but I tell you what, no compensation can make up for the risk we have taken with our lives in this hellhole of which a road side bomb killed my brother in-law last week.

I have been able to get it out of Libya through a delivery company knows as MONEY DELIVERY COMPANY in Rep of Benin.
I gave it out to this company so that the government wil not be suspicious about it since it is a company from West Africa and not europe and it can be easily move out from Libya.

You can contact the company on belolw information with this code for the delivery to you. LIBYA/5373/SGTSHARON/58745/BJ
CONTACT DETAILS
MRS CATHY JOHN
******************

I am ready to give you 50% of this funds. One passionate appeal I will make to you is not to
discuss this matter with anybody, should you have reasons to reject this offer, please and please destroy this message as
any leakage of this information will be too bad for us soldier's here in Libya. I do not know how long we will remain here.

I have been shot, wounded and survived two suicide bomb attacks by the special grace of God, this and other reasons
I will mention later and that has prompted me to reach out for help, I honestly want this matter to be resolved immediately,
please contact me as soon as possible as my only means of communication is through email.

 

RCG

At least your recent appeal shows some imagination and has caused you, I believe, some amusement.

Not like the one I now quote which is bog standard and with it's Nigerian address, was guaranteed to frighten off even the most stupid receiver !


Western Union Money Transfer
EMS Post Office Agent Location
Lagos, Nigeria

Dear Value Customer,

All formalities duly observed, you have a pending transaction to
complete hence I am writing to confirm the status to you. You are by this
notice required to complete the requirements for claiming your funds in our
custody.Your $200,000.00 in our custody which information has it that it
belongs to you has to be claimed within the next four (4) working days or necessary
actions will be taken by our team to terminate the transaction.

Help us to serve you better.

Best Regard
Mattew Fisher
========================================================================
======================================
Western Union Money Transfer Agent Location, EMS Post Office. Registered
No:1026167. Head Office: 125 Marina Street, Lagos Nigeria.

 

I wonder what the sucess rate for these so sophisticated schemes will be.

 

There is some website out there where people try to scam the scammers. I think one person managed to convince one of these 'Nigerians' to send him $50 in goodwill to assure him that things were 'legitimate'. The course of correspondence was posted and eventually the Scammer stopped responding. Very amusing to read.

I think more people fall for these things then you might think. I know my parents get more viruses on their computer then anyone else I know, and thats mostly through clicking on suspect emails and attachments despite me constantly telling them not to open anything from anyone you do not know (and, like with the latest 'Speeding Ticket' scam via email, if the Gov't wants anything to do with you they'll call you or knock on your door, not send it to you via email!).

 

spell checker might help


NACHA security nitification

We strongly believe that your account may have been compromised. Due to this, we cancelled the last ACH transactions: