Dangerous fake email scams Page 3

Just received, but am so wary of scams that always think warnings about scams are scams too

Can you circulate this around especially as Christmas is fast approaching - it has been confirmed by Royal Mail. The Trading Standards Office are making people aware of the following scam:

A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact the m on 0906 6611911 (a Premium rate number).

DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from Belize .

If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £315 for the phone call.

If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 020 7239 6655.
For more information, see the Crime Stoppers website

Thankyou, I'm bound to get one.

We had a warning about that last year. Must have been going on for ages!

I think this is genuine, though don't know about phoning the number to report it. Read about it in the press ages ago. Might be best to report to Trading Standards rather than phone any number.

Nah, AJGO is right to be suspicious about most scam warnings being scams themselves. This one is an old scam that is nothing to worry about now: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/pds-phone-scam.html

Hoaxslayer and Snopes are good websites to assess these things. Sometimes the perpetuation of the fear is the aim of the originator, sometimes they want you to click on a link that looks like it will help you but it won't. 99% of the time an email saying there is a scam you should be aware of is an email you should ignore or delete.

FAKE!

Hello

The password of your account will be automatically changed on November 1.
Please find a new password attached to the letter.

Best regards,
Your Facebook!

Goodness, who knew I was on the contact list of the chamber of commerce in Abidjan?

FROM: Mrs PAULINE DOUGLAS
CONFIDENTIAL
REF: INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE
Dear,
I am writing with my personal respect in regards to my family venture in your country, I am researching for Good firm as a reliable, Trustworthy and God fearing. I got your contact through the help of chamber of commerce in Abidjan the Capital of COTE D'IVOIRE.In deed I am the wife of Late MR KOVO DOUGLAS from Sierra Leone. I and My two children are presently staying in Burkina Faso as Refugees; my husband was one of the Ministers of Johnny Paul Koromah's regimes in Sierra Leone.
During the intervention of the ECOLOGY Soldiers to restore the presidency of Alhaji Tejan KABBAH from Johnny Koromah's, my husband was among the 23 executed Ministers. As our breadwinner is dead (my husband) and our stays in Sierra Leone are no more save, I and my two children decided to move to Burkina Faso a Neighboring African Country for safety. Due to our Status in Burkina Faso as refugees I was forced to Lodge our family funds (USD $25million) in finance house.
Ever since then we have been receiving help from our Mission, because we are staying in one of the Visitor's villa in the church premises and attends Fellowship and worship fully. I hope you will be Touched to understand my request.
We have agreed to invest our money valuable in any overseas country through your assistance and Directives.
You will provide or look for a lucrative venture where this money can be invested on, before proceeding, we will get to be more familiar and also go into an Understanding working agreement because our family's Future now depends on this money. The boxes containing the money and treasures were all deposited and Registered as a family treasures. This was done for Security reasons.
We would like to know what you will take as your Percentage for assisting us.
We sincerely wish to introduce and make you our Business partner and overseer of our proposed Investment in your country.
We are prepared to send all the documents regarding to this deposit as soon as you show you're immediate Response Email. Do not fail to give me your telephone and fax numbers.
Best Regards,
Mrs. PAULINE DOUGLAS.

Lordy, I might send you one meself!- joking.

I don't know where all this crap comes from, I'm so careful about not giving out my email address and not clicking on links etc. So infuriating.

Quote: AJGO @ October 31 2011, 1:21 PM BST

I don't know where all this crap comes from, I'm so careful about not giving out my email address and not clicking on links etc. So infuriating.

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The one you posted above is called a Nigerian 419 scam. They started from Nigeria, but now you may get one from almost anywhere including the UK and often they pick on the latest world tragedy as the basis of their letter.

There are websites of people who bait these criminals by going along with it & making daft requests for the crim to prove himself/herself, but that is a dangerous game as some of the criminals are vicious. There are rumours of victims being lured to Nigeria carrying money & documents to "pay the expenses of the giant-sum-of-money transfer" and then being murdered for what they bring.

Quote: billwill @ October 31 2011, 2:15 PM BST

There are rumours of victims being lured to Nigeria carrying money & documents to "pay the expenses of the giant-sum-of-money transfer" and then being murdered for what they bring.

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Serves them right if they fall for it. They are so greedy they deserve to die.

Ever more inventive, these 419-type crims, now a GOLD BOX.

Cargo Unit
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
New York, New York (State) 11430, USAjfk
1 (212) 461 0776
ATTENTION: Final Notice of Your Package
In view of your inability to receive your package reg #: GB8100AF originally scheduled to be delivered to you by
the agency Foreign payment service New york. This package in a golden metal box valued 5,316,000USD (Five Million,
Three Hundred and Sixteen thousand United states dollars) arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport New
York, New York 11430, USA via British airways flight no. BA460. The agency Foriegn payment service New york staff
came and applied for the release of this package for delivery to your address but has since not shown up. I am
writing to you to inform you that the days of grace has expired and we shall begin to charge the storage fee of
$10usd daily. Please call Mr John Everest to release this package and deliver it to you. His email is
( mrjohneverest@aol.com) Please call me on telephone number: 1 (212) 461 0776
terminal 8 ext. 21 cargo unit.
Note that this notice serves as our last recovery notice to you as our department will be compeled to list your
package as an unclaimed and maybe forfeited.
Best regards,
Paul William
Terminal 8. ext.12

Surely this one can't be a fake or dangerous? Can it ?

From Mr Ibrahim Rachid.
Accounting and auditing department
Africa Development Bank(A.D.B)
Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso.
Hello,
This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as unserious could come into your mind but please consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility.

I am Mr Ibrahim Rachid, the manager in charge of Accounting and auditing department of Africa Development Bank (A.D.B) with due respect and Regard, I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction.
During our investigation and auditing in this Bank, my department came across a very huge sum of money belonging to one of our deceased customer who died on Feb 29th 2000 of a ghastly motor accident and the fund has been dormant in his account with this bank without any claim of the fund in our Custody either from his family or relation before our discovery to this development. Although personally,

And keep this information secret to enable the whole plans and idea be Profitable and successful during the time of execution, the amount is Four million Nine hundred thousand United States dollars (US$4.9 M), as it may interest you to know,
I contacted you to be my partner and person to be reliable and capable to champion a business of such magnitude without any problem. So we can commence all arrangements and I will give you more information on how we would handle this project. And also note that you will have 40% of the above mentioned sum if you agree to handle this business with me. And 60% for me. your to me through here

Please treat this business with utmost confidentiality and send me the
Following:
1)Your full name.
2)Phone, fax and mobile.
3)Company name, position and address.
4)Profession, age and marital status.
5)International pasport or ID card.
6)Account Informatins.
Regards
Mr Ibrahim Rachid.

And . . I also got an email promising penis enlargement from wearing a patch on the arm ! HTF is that supposed to work ? !

Quote: Oldrocker @ November 7 2011, 9:23 PM GMT

And . . I also got an email promising penis enlargement from wearing a patch on the arm ! HTF is that supposed to work ? !

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The patch is emblazoned with a photo of a nude woman. Glance down at it for a few moments and wait for the enlargement to begin.