That is one Nigerian less to bother people with those scam-mails. Let’s hope that by the time he gets out, spam/scam will be no more.

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You come home after a long, honest day’s work, stroll by your message machine, and see the light blinking. Did a loved one call with good news? Is there a friend calling to find out what you’re doing tomorrow? Some people are finding that they have instead received a “misdialed” call from a stranger, leaving a “hot” investment tip for a friend. The message is designed to sound as if the speaker didn’t realize that he or she was leaving the hot tip on the wrong machine. Maybe the message sounds like this:

“Hey Tracy, it’s Debbie. I couldn’t find your old number and Tammy says this is the new one. I hope it’s the right one. Anyway, remember that hot stock exchange guy that I’m dating? He gave my father that stock tip on the company that went from under a buck to like three bucks in two weeks and you were mad I didn’t call you? Well I’m calling you now! This new company is supposed to be like the next really hot clothing thing. And they’re making some big news announcement this week. The stock symbol is … He says buy now. It’s at like 50 cents and it’s going up to like 5 or 6 bucks this week so get as much as you can. Call me on my cell, I’m still in Orlando. My Dad and I are buying a bunch tomorrow and I already called Kelly and Ron too. Anyway I miss you, give me a call. Bye.”

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Security researchers on Tuesday said they had discovered an enormous flaw that could let hackers steer most people using corporate computer networks to malicious websites of their own devising.

For bad news, that’s pretty impressive. But there are two pieces of good news: First, no bad guys are known to be using the flaw yet. And second, in a possibly unprecedented display of industry cooperation, virtually every major software company affected is issuing patches to fix the problem.
–> Found by Computer Security genius Dan Kaminski and announced at the Blackhat

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The term net neutrality, unless you
’re a tech geek, conjures up thoughts of fair trade, international policy or possibly anti-fishing zones.
Here’s a clarification the oft confusing technical jargon slimmed down to only the necessary information:

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It’s time to hack it. I love Firefox. It is highly functional and superior to all version of Internet Explorer even though Microsoft throws a billion dollars as their web product.

I hope Google does the same thing for cell phones (with Android) that Mozilla did for the web.

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*Has anyone else received this?*

Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:20:43 +0100
From: “Richard Ademola”
Reply-To: richardademola@live.com
Subject: payment by direct cash delivery in your country via Diplomatic means
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: inline
Bcc:
Return-Path: richardademola@tulsaemail.com
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Jul 2008 16:21:57.0476 (UTC) FILETIME=[93AD2240:01C8E04D]

ATTN: Sir/Ma,

This is to congratulate you and officially inform you that your over
due payment has been approved for immediate payment by direct cash
delivery in your country.

This new method of payment was personal approved by the Presidency
because of the fraudulent practices going on in our Apex Bank and most
of our Global Payment

Centers which have failed to carry out their duties effectively.

All you need to do now is to forward immediately your delivery
address, direct phone number and fax number and your contract
information’s such as contract sum.

Before the departure of your consignment, we shall process and deliver
your fund ownership certificate which will prove that you are the
rightful beneficiary of the fund; it

will also clear you from tax payment on your contract fund upon the
arrival of the cargo.

Note, our commercial Attach=E9 / Diplomat will contact you upon the
arrival of your consignment before the delivery to your contact
address where you will sign the

recipient invoice and produce your identification before they hand
over your cargo to you.

Thanks,

Yours faithfully,
DR. Richard Ademola.
Director, cash Payment Dept.

Each S.P.A.M. volunteer saw an average of 70 spam messages arrive in their in-box each day, with men receiving about 15 more per day than women. That was a lot to answer, but “Penelope Retch” — the alias that Mooney chose for her S.P.A.M. adventure — answered every single message.

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How do I know this is a scam? 1) They are asking for personal information 2) The are emailing from a free gmail (google account). 3) If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is 4) Many people have “won” this award

Yahoo Inc.
Customer Care.
701 First Avenue.
LONDON UK.*

*
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars (US$500,000.00) in the YEAR 2008 YAHOO! Lottery promotion
which is organized by YAHOO! LOTTERY INC for the introduction and Launching
of the new YAHOO ! BETA MAIL which all YAHOO! subscribers are required to
switch to.
YAHOO! & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, arranged and gathered all the e-mail
addresses of the people that are active online, among the Millions that
subscribe at YAHOO!, HOTMAIL and others we only selected THREE (3)
candidates as our winners after undergoing the random selection process
through Electronic Balloting System (E.B.S) without the candidate applied,
we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM *

* You are to contact the Claim Agent Reverend Dr MUARICE SMITH who will
issue you a clearance paper as a winning certificate approved and certified
from our Regional office in UK LONDON and your prize money will be released
to you from any of our regional promotion banks as directed by the claim
agent.
YAHOO! Beta Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 14 days from date
of Draw Notification in which Prize has been won.

Note: Any prize not claimed within this period 15 days) will be forfeited.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS:
Batch number…………………YBM-EBS-390AF
Reff number……………………YBM-EBS-719AF
Winning number……………YBM-EBS-798AF*

* These numbers above fall within the UK Location files, you are requested
to contact him and send your Identification Numbers and Personal Information
to him;
Reverend Dr MUARICE SMITH Claim agent and verification officer

Email address:cliamagent@merseymail.com

Tel.+44-70457057

You are therefore advised to send the following information to him to
facilitate and process the transfer of your fund with any of our Bank
promotion agents.
Send your Identification Numbers/Your Personal Information to him so that he
will proceed further for your prize claim immediately:

PERSONAL INFORMATION
1. Full Name:………………………………..
2. Nationlity/Religion:………………………..
3. Contact Address:…………………………….
4. Telephone Number:……………………………
5. Fax Number:…………………………………
6. Date of Brith:………………………………
7. Occupation……………………………..
8. Age………………………………………..
9. Sex………………………………………..
10. Atternative E-mail address:…………………..
11. Next of Kin of the Beneficlary incase…………..
12.Amount in USD won………………..
*

*You are advised to keep your winning information confidential to avoid
double claim and abuse of the program until your prize is paid to you.

We hope you’re enjoying your new Yahoo! Mail account.
Now take the next step and claim your money and say thanks to Yahoo!
You select how to transfer the prize money to you

1. Account Transfer to your nominated account
2. Cheque Delivery

This prize will be released to you from any of our promotional banks as will
be directed by the UK Claim/verification agent.

Note: No amount should be allowed to be deducted from your prize money as a
contractual agreement between this board and the paying bank.

This e-mail is from Yahoo! Head Office USA and approved by the Yahoo! UK
Ltd,125 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8AD.
*

Attn,Sir.

I am Barrister Thomas Adams personal Attorney to Ronald Lake, On the 31st of January 2000, my client and his wife were involved in a Plane Crash (twa flight 234) all passengers unfortunately lost their lives, since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client\’s extended relatives but this proved unsuccessful.

Since it is not compulsory that the Next-of-Kin must be a blood relation to the deceased, hence I contacted you, be informed that a Next-of-Kin can be anybody, friends or organization etc.

Presently, the Bank where the deceased (my client) had a Deposit valued at US$26, 347, 000 000 Million issued me a notice to provide the Next-of-Kin to my client to receive its benefit or have the account confiscated, so I have contacted you to assist me in repatriating this benefit left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank.
To this effect, I now seek your consent to present you to the Bank as the Next-of-Kin of the deceased (my Client) so that the proceeds of this Benefit valued at US$26, 347,000 000 Million can be paid to you and then you and I can share it; 50% to me, 40% to you, while 10% should be given to any Orphanage Home.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
with the below details immediately you acknowledge the good receipt of this message.
Full Name-Ronnie Haywood
Full Address
Tel Number
Fax Number
Mobile Number
Private
Occupation
Country
Marital
Age
Sex
Your prompt response is highly imperative.
Yours sincerely,
Bar. Thomas Adams (Esq.

From:Dr. Edward Morris
Tel:+447045741564

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF FUNDS DEPOSITED IN YOUR NAME AND IT IS NOT A SALES SOLICITATION.

We are Diplomats that arrange for the safekeeping of special and valuable packages and baggage in trust for reputable clients that are honest and trustworthy.We work in collaboration with top firms and Governments of
various countries as we have earned a name as a service whose hallmarks in reliability and confidentiality are revered. International missions, Fellow Diplomats and Embassies of the world have used our services to
satisfaction.

A benefactor whose identity can not be disclosed because of the Non Circumvention and Non Disclosure Agreement that was signed with the said benefactor when the funds were being deposited, made you the beneficiary of a package containing some amount of money and stated clearly that you should only be contacted when the time signed for it to be in our care elapses and the time has already elapsed that is why you are being contacted.

The Non Circumvention and Non Disclosure Agreement signed with the benefactor mandates us to fully divulge and disclose the benefactor’s identity 18 months after you, the beneficiary, has received the funds.The funds totals $7.5M (Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand U.S.Dollars)
and we confirm that these funds are fully free of any liens, or encumbrances and are clean, clear and non-criminal origin and are available in the form of CASH.

You are hereby advised to reconfirm your Full Contact Information for verification with information contained in our computer database as well as other relevant information in the format stated below so that the funds would be arranged to be brought to your Country of residence by Diplomats who would accompany you to your bank (if you want them to) to deposit the funds in your name and submit all documentations of proof of the origin of the funds in other to exonerate you from any form of investigations or interrogation and to authenticate the fact that the funds are clean and has no links whatsoever with either drugs or terrorism.

The Requested Information is to ensure that no mistake or error is made and it should be forwarded in the manner stated below:

Your Full Name: ______________________________

Your Complete Address (Physical Address with Zip Code not P.O.BOX) :
_________________________________

Name of your Country: ____________________

Name of City of Residence: ____________________

Name of Closest Airport to City of Residence:________

Direct Telephone Number: ___________

Mobile Number:___________________

Fax Number:_____________________

The Contact Numbers are very necessary because the number would be called by the
Diplomats before the funds would be handed over to you so as to ensure that the package is handed over to the right person.

So, it?s mandatory you send your Direct Telephone Number preferably your Mobile or Cell Phone Number.

Congratulations in advance.

Thank you and I sincerely remain

Dr. Edward Morris.