Attn: Beneficiary.
This is to inform you that the United Nation executive Committee members on Public Economic and Social Affairs had a meeting with representatives around the Globe regarding funds held in Africa and others countries with African origin and your file was brought, the Executives came to a conclusion that we have to pay you the sum of USD$7.3m and the balance will come later.
Meanwhile, I was informed yesterday by my regional director that two gentlemen and a lawyer came to his office in place of you that you have sent them to come and collect your funds on your behalf because your name was mentioned at the meeting, which was found from a file seized from one of the suspended bank official, name withed for security reasons. But very surprised to him because he is not in the position to give any details concerning your funds, so he told them to come back in five days to have time and contact you for clarification. They have come with this below account information for the transfer.
Name: Tina Ray
Bank name: Citi bank Arizona, U.S.A.
Account number: 6503809428.
Therefore do let us know immediately if you are the one that sent these men so that we can process the transfer,
Your immediate respond is urgently needed.
Dr. Micheal Peter,
U.N Official.
United Nation Executive Committee
Be careful of online dating site scams and fraud. They are loaded with false profiles that are meant to deceive you and take your money. They cast a large net to catch their victims. Dating scammers place fake profiles on scores of dating sites at once so they can play this game with many people at once.
Profile Bait. How can you tell which profiles are fake? There are a few things you should be suspicious of:
– 1) The profile picture looks like a centerfold. If the profile picture looks like a model, be suspicious. Of course there are very beautiful REAL people out there on the dating sites, but be aware that scammers steal these types of pictures and use them to suck people in.
– 2) The person says they are on a business trip in Nigeria. Most of the date scammers (certainly not all) are from this country. Its unfortunate, but in this case profiling is very necessary. Be suspicious!
– 3) Free account. Since scammers are on several sites it would not be cost effective for them to pay for any memberships on the numerous dating sites they are on, the scammers will only use the free standard membership that most dating sites offer.
How they get close.
Once you take the “profile bait” and send them a message, they don’t waste anytime getting close to you. They’ll immediately go after your personal email address. If you have gotten this far, more than likely you will give them what they want. That is were the real deception begins.
Tell tale signs that you are in contact with a dating scammer:
– 1) I love you too quick. They will waste little time with building a relationship or finding out more about you. Before you’ve told the story of you, they will say things that are unusually affectionate for someone you just met.
– 2) Bad Grammar. Many of the online dating scammers have an elementary school level grasp of English grammar. They will have little or no regard for the rules of writing English.
They will tell you a story of who they are, where they come from in hopes of getting your interest. Then they’ll ask about you. They want to know who you are, what you do, where you are.
The photo set
They will typically seal the deal with a set of photos of the same beautiful person you saw on the profile: Online dating scam (photo)Online dating scam 1 Online dating scam 2Online dating scam 3
Ask for money.
Once the online dating scammer feels they have you, they will begin the second phase of their deception. They will give you some reason that they need money. Reasons I have seen are:
-They need money for a ticket to come see you
-Their mother, child, grandparent is dying and needs your help
-They fell upon hard times and need a few dollars to get them through
At this point you should be terminating all communications with this person. They will not be satisfied with you purchasing the plane ticket yourself and sending the link, they will want you to wire money directly to them via Western Union using a MTCN, Money Tranfer Control Number.
With the popularity of online dating, scams and fraud are an epidemic. While I would not disagree that these people are the lowest forms of life, I would say that we (the victims) are at least partially responsible. The reason that they are able to do this over and over is that we are not giving them the same level of scrutiny we would with strangers we’ve just met in offline life. We are so absorbed in our own hopes and dreams of some perfect mate that we eat their BS right up. We are funding their ability to continue to scam people all over the world. It must stop. Do NOT give these people money.
If you are looking for real relationships online, here are some good resources on how to make it happen!
***********SCAM**********************
Greetings To You,
On behalf of the OBAMA’S FOUNDATION and UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION, we wish to notify you as a beneficiary of $450,000.00 USD in compensation of scam victims. This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the OBAMA’S FOUNDATION and UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION and in conjunction with the Central Bank of West Africa. We have been mandated to pay victims of scam the sum of $450,000.00 USD (FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS)each. Your E-mail ID were listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount.
We are compensating scammed victims as its stipulated in Section B act 4 of United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) guide lines and regulations of ( 08/04/2003 ) you can view this website for confirmation: Kindly click on the link below:
Please, if interested do contact BARCLAYS BANK PLC, West Africa Branch for verification and release of your $450,000.00 USD that we have deposited with the Bank.
The Account Officer BARCLAYS BANK PLC WEST AFRICA.
Name: Mr.Peter Kelly
Email: peter_desk@w.cn
The account log-in will be presented to you by the bank in order to access the funds before releasing into your nominated bank account in your country. You will transfer the funds into your nominated account on-line as BARCLAYS BANK will provide the necessary information and guide lines needed to carry out this transfer. We have taken care of the cost of transfer (C.O.T) and the VAT. Please if you are willing to accept the funds, do contact the Account Officer of BARCLAYS BANK PLC with the following details:
You are to fill the appropriate form and submit to the bank.
[1] Full Names:________________
[2] Contact address_______________________
[3] Direct Telephone No: __________________
|4| Occupation : _________________________
[5] Age: _____________________
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Colin Powell
Coordinator.
OBAMA’S FOUNDATION
I’ve had few different cable carriers over the years. I typically get a DVR but have been disappointed by the fact that it is so difficult to get data off of those devices. It sucks to record something cool and have it trapped on a device you may have to give back to the cable company!
This is much easier said than done. At first, I thought it was just a matter of connecting the DVR directly to my PC or network. NOPE, this is not usually the case. some DVRs do not have USBs and others disable the on board USB.
Here a couple of good how-to guides for recording shows from DVR to a computer:
Ok, I know this is off topic, but I am getting requests on the locations of social security offices.
Here it is:
Social Security Office Locator:
If you live in the United States and you want information and directions to the Social Security office that serves your area, just enter your U.S. Postal Service five-digit ZIP code below and select Locate. You’ll get information about your local Social Security office and other agencies in your area that may be able to help you.
Click here for SSA.GOV site
Is it possible to locate and/or track someone by their mobile phone? Yes.
How and Why is it Possible to Locate Someone by Mobile Phone?
The FCC mandated the implementation of enhanced 911, E911, for wireless services (Dec 2005). This regulation required that all cell phone carriers provide the capability to trace cell phone calls to within 100 meters or less of their location. Cell phone carriers place GPS technology into the handsets of the cell phone. Most cell phones do not allow direct access to the GPS network; you have to go through the cell phone carrier, another tracking service, or as a result of a 911 call or other emergency. Thanks to the E911 FCC regulations, the authorities can track someone who does not have a GPS enabled cell phone and subscription to the GPS data via their cell phone carrier
How Can You Locate Someone By Mobile Phone?
prerequisites: (unless you have access to 911 emergency systems) the mobile phone you are trying to locate must be GPS enabled and be subscribed to a GPS data plan
Register the GPS subscribed phone with a location based services (LBS). These are carrier or website services that will give you an interface to locate the mobile phone.
Location Based Services:
AccuTracking.com
themobiletracker.com
Mapquest Find Me (Sprint/Nextel)
Sprint’s Mobile Locator
Wherifone (for tracking your kid by their mobile phone)
FREE LBS:
Mologogo
Do more with LBS: http://www.lbszone.com/
Privacy Concerns:
So basically, you can be tracked at all times if you have a cell phone. This raises serious privacy concerns especially since the potential for abuse of LBS is huge. What if someone does not wish to be found? There are also some security/safety concerns to consider: What if someone was recently placed on a witness protection program? Allowing such easy access to their currently location could get them killed. Consider some of the “crazies” out there that want to stalk and/or exact some sort of sick plan on a specific person. Furthermore, can we trust a government (ANY government) to protect each citizens rights to privacy?
Before you attempt locate someone vie their mobile phone you should consider their privacy.
This man claiming to be Jimmy Erin (he has a facebook page) talks to women and tells them all sorts of lies. I actually phoned one of his other girls that I found on his facebook page and she had exactly the same story. I think he is looking for money. He tells you he is in Africa selling oil and he will be back soon. Then his room gets robbed and then his daughter gets sick. Now he needs help. Someone needs to stop him. I was smart enough to ask questions but the lady I had talked to didn’t. He must be getting some people because he is good at it. I have to tell you he knows all the right things to say to make you think he is crazy about you and he even called me on the phone and talked for just a few seconds. His emails are jimmy_erin@yahoo.com and shyshrink@gmail.com. He is no longer on Plenty of fish…his name was shyshrink.
He has my address and phone number and the other lady’s as well. What can he do with this information?
If you are looking for real relationships online, here are some good resources on how to make it happen!
ipad security hole This list of government emails is why the Department of Defense does not usually implement bleeding edge information technologies into operational environments. These DoD emails were taken from an iPad prototype and lists early adopters of the system. The iPad and AT&T had a gapping security hole dealing with Safari. The vulnerability allowed gray hat hackers the ability to harvest the e-mail addresses that iPad 3G buyers provided to activate their device.
My job as the resident “security guy” places me at the butt of jokes that serve as the passive aggressive means of venting the frustration that my co-workers feel about the strict military and DoD policies. Security is almost never appreciated until an information system’s security is broken or breached. And even then solutions only come after blame and public humiliation.
Why did so many important government figures decide to risk using the new iPad without proper military grade testing and scrutiny is the biggest question. I would expect a start up in Silicon Valley to grab an iPad the first day it comes out but not U.S. military organization in the middle of two wars.
more here:
http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/09/technology/iPad_email_breach/index.htm?postversion=2010061009
http://gawker.com/5559346/apples-worst-security-breach-114000-ipad-owners-exposed
Privacy is really important but unfortunately the default setting of Facebook and other social networks is to push out all posts, links, and media content out to everyone on your “friends” and sometimes even “friends of friends”. The problem with this is that not everyone on your “friends list” are friends. Some maybe immediate family, distant family, co-workers and while others are complete strangers.
There maybe parts of your life you want to share with family that you don’t want co-workers on your friends list to see.
With Facebook you can manage all the content that you post by creating Lists. Once the list is created you can control who has access to what you post and upload.
How to Create Facebook Friends Lists:
1) Login and go to Account | Edit Friends
2) Click on “Create New List” and make a name for your new list
3) Once you have your new list you can add people to that list
Limiting Access to Content:
Anytime you post content you will be given the option of permitting or deny certain lists of friends (or even individuals) to what you are posting. At the bottom of every post near the “Share” button, there is a lock with an arrow to a drop down featuring: Everyone, Friends of Friends, Friends, and Custom. If you click Custom, it will allow you to choose the new list you created or even specific individuals.
With this built in access control feature you have pretty good control over your privacy.
I love plug-ins! I love them on Firefox, WordPress, Dreamweaver and now on Chrome. It has crossed my mind that some of these plug-ins could be created and distributed by very smart people with criminal or mischievous intent. But the reality of bad plug-ins didn’t hit me until I noticed a link on digg.com about Stealing Logins using Google Chrome Extensions. I am no programmer but understand enough to see how cleaver it is.
Basically, someone creates a innocent looking extension or plug-in, they distribute it and the innocent looking plug-in/extension sends your personal information to where ever.
How can a person avoid this?! I guess the safest way would be to not use ANY plug-ins and extensions.. but that is over kill.
I know that I am pretty paranoid about WordPress extensions/plug-ins but the open source community is pretty good about peer reviewing, testing and reviewing some of the more popular plug-ins. When it comes to software I depend heavily on reviews of others who have used the product. If there are no reviews (even on forums or dev/plug-in sites), I usually consider the app to risky.
Sometimes what I do is try the app/extension/plug-in on a site/blog I don’t care as much about. In the case of browser plug-ins, I use a single trusted browser with minimal plug-ins to do important sensitive/personal transactions. Most of the stuff I do on the web does not require so much scrutiny.
Unfortunately, there is always a risk with plug-ins, apps, and extensions. All we can really do is manage the risk, by being careful and suspicious.
