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  • Facebook Imposter Scam

    The first time I saw the “impostor scam” was on myspace. One after another about 6 or 7 of my friends myspace accounts were hijacked. What followed was my friends sending me messages about viagra and bogus malware sites. It was obvious that they’d been hacked, but they usually catch it a few days later and send out a message to apologize to everyone. It seems not social network is exempt from the imposter scam.

    Enter the Facebook Imposter Scam:
    The Facebook Imposter Scam is the same exploit that hit myspace. Users accounts are hacked using phishing techniques. Basically, users are lured into clicking on what looks like a legitimate link, they are scammed into giving out their username and password (sometimes with a phishing site that looks like “facebook” a “facebook imposter”). Once the user enters the username password, the criminal has there information and can do whatever they want. What they typically do is use the account to advertise a product, service or scam to EVERY friend on the victims list. The facebook imposter will even use the victim’s account to scam others.

    This scam earned its way on the Internet Crime Complaint Center.

    The best way to avoid falling prey to this imposter scam, is to watch out for outbound links. Always hover over alink and look at the bottom right-hand corner of the browser to see where it is actually going. Type in the supposed link into the address bar rather than clicking on outboud links. Pay attention to phishing warnings that myspace, search engines, browsers and facebook give you.

  • Malware fraudulent scams

    Hello,
    I am an older woman on a fixed income. I try not to be too gullible. Last Saturday afternoon all kinds of boxes in red came up and said”You personal information has been compromised. Then, I was so frightened as I do do some banking online, I downloaded the only site they directed me to which was
    a charge of 79.99 to a program called personal security claiming to install spyware and securiity protection. I cancelled my debit/credit card and am dsiputing the charge. The site does not give a phone number and the charge says boinxsoftstore.com. Does anyone know if this is a legitimate download and I am not using it properly or was I scammed and how do I prove it. It is a
    lot of money to me. Thank you for any advice.

  • Central Bank of Nigeria (again)

    Certain Dr.Ernest Ebi allegedly Director of International Affairs, Central Bank of Nigeria asked me to pay US$980.00 as transfer fee for the entitlements subject with my contract with greenland consulting limited for the SNEPCO-BFDP project in Lagos.The amount will be collected by SEUN WILLIAMS also allegedly Accountant of CBN.Are they employees of CNB or fraudulers?

  • Import Logistic (scam?)

    Job at Importcom Logistics‏
    From: Alice Mountjoy (a.mountjoy101@yahoo.com)
    You may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as junk
    Sent: Tue 11/03/09 3:32 PM
    To: ladykenya@hotmail.com

    Hello Kenya,

    I’m Alice, your personal manager.

    Thanks for your inquiry! Now I’ll explain the details of this job.

    1. A package will be shipped to you. I’ll let you know what’s inside(usually it’s electronics or clothes) and the approximate arrival date.

    2. You should receive the package and send me the confirmation

  • Dewey L Wolfe SCAM !!

    Just thought I would post this latest scam to come through my e-mail. After sending a resume off this is the response I received.
    From:
    dewey wolfe [Chat now]
    …
    Add to Contacts
    To: usmc7
    (GNLD JOB OPPORTUNITY)

    At a very young age GNLD founder Jerry Brassfield discovered the profound impact quality supplements could play in helping to restore good health. As a small boy suffering from serious allergy and asthma problems Jerry’s only relief came after his mother started adding quality nutritional products to his daily diet. Just a few short years later at the age of 19 Jerry discover that sharing quality products person to person was the basis for a financially rewarding home based business.
    As his small network marketing business grew Jerry soon discovered that there was more to life than he could find in his small central California home.
    Having achieved national and international success for himself, Jerry’s mission has become to empower all people around the world to take control of their lives and achieve their true potential as he has done.
    Today Jerry leads a global, multi-million dollar company and is recognized around the world for his astounding success with GNLD. And as he has from the beginning, Jerry believes the powerful combination of a Great People, Great Products, and a Great Opportunity has no limits.We would want to give you an opportunity of Empowering yourself by being a book-keeper/Representative for the company all you have to do is :
    JOB DESCRIPTION
    * Receive Payments in form of Cash,Money Order or checks
    * Deduct 20% which will be your working wage for each payment you receive.
    * Forward balance after deduction of percentage to the company.
    BENEFITS ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
    * The average monthly income is about $3000 to $4000.
    * No form of investments from you.
    * This job takes Less than 1-2 hours per day.
    * You do not pay any form of taxes.
    Kindly get back to us as soon as possible if you are interested in this job offer with the informations below :
    * FULL NAME:
    * CONTACT ADDRESS(no P.O Box please):
    * CITY:
    * STATE:
    * ZIP CODE:
    * AGE:
    * HOME NUMBER :
    * MOBILE NUMBER:
    * EMAIL:
    Your provided information will be use for verification purposes. Please if you are interested in this position don’t hesitate to get back to us.For More Information, feel free to visit our website at http://www.gnld.com/ .Your response is highly anticipated.
    Regards,
    Dewey L Wolfe.
    Human Resource Manager

  • Date File Number: F90267-2009

    —–Original Message—–
    From: j.arts2@hetnet.nl
    Sent: Mon, Oct 12, 2009 1:44 pm
    Subject: Date File Number: F90267-2009

    MICROSOFT®
    (UK. Regional Office)
    Microsoft Building, Wright Lane,
    Kensington London W85sp.

    Winner No. 007,

    It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by Microsoft,in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products,(F.P.S.) held today 12th of October 2009,in United kingdom, A Draft of $1,000.000.00 (One Million United States Dollars) will be issued in your name.
    It is important to note that your award was released with the following particulars attached to it.

    (1) Date File Number: F90267-2009
    (2)Ref. Code :KP23/857/MCL5 /CO
    (3) Grant Number: MICC/9784656-3459/206

    For Validation Purpose ,Please Forward The Following Information as Listed Below and Send to Mr.Philip Bobson (Asst.Director Microsoft Corporation,U.K Regional Office)

    .Residential address:
    .Tel(Mobile):
    .Nationality/Country:
    .Full Names:
    .Age:
    .Sex:
    .Occupation/Position:

    SEND DETAILS FOR VALIDATION :
    Asst. Director : Mr.Mr.Philip Bobson
    Contact Email: MrBobsonPhilip@ciudad.com.ar
    OR Mr.Philip.Bobson@mail.md
    Tel: +44 704570374

    Soon as The Above Information is Received Through Mr.Mr.Philip Bobson E-mail:MrBobsonPhilip@ciudad.com.ar,OR Mr.Philip.Bobson@mail.md, You Will Be Duly Informed.

  • *SCAM*Abdullatif Ibrahim Tukruni *SCAM*

    Date: 28/11/2009 Saturday 17:40 PM

    ATTENTION: Abdullatif Ibrahim Tukruni:

    This is confirming receipt of your correspondence and assuring you that in line with our principles of efficiency, transparency and customer satisfaction. shall be treated with the best possible service within the abilities of this office. You have been confirmed as a category A winner of the National Liverwood Lottery computer balloting draws.
    You won £1,500,000 Pounds from Liverwood Promotion and your claims file was forwarded to this office with specific instructions that we shall be handling the transfer of your prize, worth £1,500,000.00 (One Million, five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling’s). You are to contact the RELLIANCE COURIERS LTD BY EMAIL ON ( RELIANCET@AOL.COM ) at once with your FULL NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER as the requirements for the delivery of your cheque(check) of £1,500,000.00 Pounds and some documents to you. Below are their contact details:

    Mr. Harrison Davids Delivery officer,
    RELLIANCE COURIER SERVICE LIMITED,
    EMAIL: reliancecr1@gmail.com
    Call office Phone number for Enquiry.
    Customer Care: +44 70 3187 8615

    As soon as you contact the courier company with the relevant details, ensure you inform us every step and conversation with them. Be informed that you shall be responsible for the delivery of your winning parcel as its the rule of the Gaming Board and the National Liverwood Inc.
    Regards,
    Mrs Diane Milton,
    Claims Agent. EXTOL FINANCE INC

  • “FedEx Online Team Management” Add sender to Contacts

    From: “FedEx Online Team Management” Add sender to Contacts
    To: undisclosed-recipients
    Dear Customer ,

    Good day to you. We have been waiting for you to contact us for your
    confirmable package that is registered with us for shipping to your
    residential location. We are hereby obliged to inform you that your
    parcel has been with us for weeks now, We got over 20 set of packages
    from the United Kingdom We took time to write out the email addresses
    on the label Of each parcel and yours was included.

    This is to inform you that we are in possession of your Parcel (which
    include a certified cheque worth of $500,000.00 USD and other vital
    documents) that we facilitate the clearance of the cheque in your
    country, which is to be couriered to you.It is the usual practice of
    our organization to conduct a proper verification of all Packages that
    we are to delivered, to ensure that they are valid.Be rest assured that
    your cheque has been confirmed valid and true and delivery will be made
    once you have meet the necessary requirements.The package is registered
    with us for mailing by the Online Lottery Award promo board as claimed,

    in England, United Kingdom. We are sending you this email because your
    package has been registered on a special Order.What you have to do now,
    is to contact our delivery department for immediate dispatchment of your
    package to your residencial address.

    Note that as soon as our delivery team confirms your informations, it
    will take only one working day (24 hours for your package to arrive
    it designated destination.For your information, the Mail, VAT &
    Shipping fees have been paid by the Lottery Award Promo Board before
    your package was registered. What you need to pay is the Security
    Keeping fee of the FedEx company as stated in our privacy terms &
    condition page, in order to secured your Parkage.The cost for the
    Security Keeping fee is $310 USD.
    This is mandatory, kindly complete
    the below form to reconfirm your Postal information:
    Name:………………….
    Occupation:……………….
    Country:……………………
    State:………………………
    City:………………………..
    Sex:……………………….
    Age:…………………….
    Phone:…………………

    Await your Swift Response.
    Yours Faithfully,
    Contact The Dispatched Officer Below
    Mr.Isa Rasheed
    Tel:+2347056315938
    Email:fedexteam@rocketmail.com
    FedEx Online Team Management © 1995 – 2009 FedEx.

    REply Mail after the first mail was replied for.

    Parcel No EG2272 { Shipment Code:CPEL/OWN/9876} CONFIRMED,FOR information CELL Tel:+2347056315938Wednesday, 11 November, 2009 10:30 PM
    From: This sender is DomainKeys verified”Mr.Isa Rasheed” Add sender to Contacts
    To: idnanideepak@yahoo.co.in

    Global Shipping , Logistic Management and Supply Chain Management.

    Courier Service
    Enterprise House, 23 Weston house
    Pourt Harcourt, Nigeria
    (: +234 70 563 15938

    ATTENTION:DEEPAK IDNANI,

    Good day to you. This medium is to inform you that we are in possession of your parcel containing a bank draft value of $500,000.00 USD United State Dollars which is to be couriered to you. It is the usual practice of our organization to conduct a proper verification of all parcels that we are to deliver to ensure that they are valid. Be rest assured that your bank draft of $500,000.00 USD United State Dollars has been verified valid and delivery will commence as soon as we receive the necessary requirements from you. We are a well established company offering courier and transport services 24hours a day priority delivery across the globe. We deliver, letters, parcels and consignments to any destination by Land, Air or Sea.

    This medium is to confirm the receipt and content of your mail in this office. We will commence delivery of your bank draft parcel value of $500,000.00 USD United State Dollars to you immediately we receive your security keeping fee of $310.00 United State Dollars.

    You are to go ahead and make this payment immediately you receive this mail so that we can commence delivery of your parcel to you immediately. Below is our payment direction and you are to follow it accordingly.

    Courier Service

    Payment Directive:

    To speed up the process of your delivery you are to locate any BANK outlet in your locality and make the payment through Accounts officer information below.

    ACCOUNT NAME: SUMIT VERMA .
    ACCOUNT NUMBER.643401502676
    BANK NAME: BANK NAME: ICICI BANK
    BRANCH: GOREGAON
    PAN NO.AJHPV8347F

    Immediately you have made the payment, endeavor to furnish this office with a scan copy of the payment slip and information

    After we receive your payment you will be given a Tracking Number to monitor your parcel online successfully to you in your given address.

    We await your urgent response.

    Best Regards,

    Mr.Isa Rasheed
    (FedEx Courier Service)

  • Seattle Coffee Direct & Tea Francais Complaints

    TEA & COFFEE SCAMS Galore!!
    Two companies, “Seattle Coffee Direct” & “Tea Francais” charged my account $80.00 per week.

    Initially, it was just Tea Francais. I was wondering when in the world I had spent so much on Tea. Then I realized it must be that $4 promotional green tea AD, I’d responded to on Facebook.

    I love tea but not enough to spend $80.00 a week on it!

    “No problem,” I thought. “I’ll just call them up and explain that there must be some misunderstanding. I only wanted the $4.00 sample tea.” I called the number 866-794-2030 and a very calm non-nonchalant gentlemen answered telling me to simple send the tea back and my money would be returned. I imagine this guys entire job is answering calls just like mine.

    I returned the tea and the other three that they sent to me in the following weeks. I don’t recall ever getting re-reimbursed but I was very happy about them no longer charging my account.

    Unfortunately, three months later they started billing my account again under a different business name: Seattle Coffee Direct. Sometimes, they don’t even waste time sending the Tea, they just bill me. This would be funny if it weren’t taking food out my kids mouth conveniently right around the holiday season.

    If you have any doubt on whether or not this is a scam created by very filthy, malicious criminals check this out:
    Complaint Board
    More Complaints
    Even More Complaints
    Ripoff Report – Seattle Coffee Direct

    Reactions to Seattle Coffee Direct:

    Are you agry?… they don’t care!
    How the F**K is this F**KING company still in F**KING business when so many fraud charges and lawsuits have been filed on them?!?!?!?! It pisses me off that a F**KING company like this can charge these hidden fees to me and get away with it!!!!!

    Legal Action taken Against them
    At 5PM, 4 August 2009, I was promised a full refund in 48 hours by “president” Brian Dale and customer service rep, Beverly Simmons. This was after I had filed a complaint with the Chicago BBB and had contacted my lawyer. I will announce after the 48 hours if a refund was promptly issued. If not, legal action will be initiated against Brian Dale and his business.

    Will NOT stop billing your account after cancelling
    Report your Card Lost Immediately !! you’ll have a new one in 7 days, & they can’t charge the new card! I have tried all other options. This is ALL that will save you. Seattle coffee has a NO REFUND Policy, they only issue store Credits, & those are Void in 90 days, not that you would want one.

    Robbing from the elderly
    I feel for this scam in June. I have not been refunded after 4 months of delays and the same comments. The last one was they “forgot” to process my refund. I was give the same confirmation numbers 2 times in a row. I really don’t know what to do or who to call but will follow up with the above suggestions. They should be stopped. I am a senior on limited income and it hurts to wait 4 months for $120. I didn’t see any fine print until after the fact. Grrrrrrrrr.

    INFO ON SEATTLE COFFEE DIRECT:
    If all of us complain to the right people we may be able to shut them down and get them brought up on charges. Here it some useful information on them:
    Their corporate telephone number is: 847-424-0954
    Their warehouse number is: 847-647-7293
    Ask for the customer service manager

    Jeff Berman
    Direct of Customer Service
    jberman@seattlecoffeedirect.com

    One of Seattle Coffees Suppliers:
    European Roasterie Inc
    250 West Bradshaw Street
    Le Center MN 56057

    888-588-5282 (toll free)
    507-357-2272 (metro)
    507-357-4478 (fax)

    Canned response from the Customer Director:

    I apologize for the trouble you have experienced with our company, Seattle Coffee Direct. The best (and quickest) way to terminate your account and receive a refund is to call our customer service center. Our distributors and warehouse employees will be unable to do this. Please call to speak to a customer service representative at 888-217-CAFE and we will swiftly rectify this situation. By providing us with some basic information, such as your name and zip code, we can look up your account to clear up any problems. To better understand the charges on your account and the conditions of your membership, please see our details and terms at https://www.seattlecoffeedirect.com/TC2.php. Again, I apologize and hope to hear from you soon.

    Sincerely,
    Jeff Berman
    Direct of Customer Service
    jberman@seattlecoffeedirect.com

    This is hilarious! Check out what there site says: “100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Cancel at anytime.” LIES. I did cancel, I am 100% unsatisfied and $300 poorer from them stealing from my account.

    Get Your Money Back:
    I don’t know that they will give you your money back. I’m certain that this business is a scam. But if you dispute the fraudulent charges with your bank within 60 days of the statement date of the statement showing the disputed charges, your bank can reverse them under FRB Reg. E, or FCBA.

    My bank informed that I could only stop the charges by ending the card.

    Other companies that may be affiliated with Seattle Coffee Direct:
    Coffee Roasters Direct, World Bean Café, Peel Inc. Urban Coffee Direct, and Ultimate Beans

    *to Seattle Coffee Direct:
    These are not libelous allegations. I’m speaking from personal experience. If you want to go to court, please let me know. You’ve stolen too much money from too many people. The quotes from various complaints are taken from Ripoff report and the Complaint Board.

  • *scam?* UPDATE ABOUT THE EARTHLINK FINANCE REFUSER TO PAY FOR SECURITY KEEPING FEESMonday, 2 November, 2009 11:20 PM

    *Anyone every heard of this one?*
    GOOD DAY MR VENKATA M KAMALAMAR,

    THIS MORNING THE EARTHLINK FINANCE COMPANY LTD WROTE TO US REQUESTING THE RELEASE OF THE CONSIGNMENT BOX TO THEIR AGENT FOR THE DELIVERY TO YOUR HOME WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY.

    WE HAVE INFORMED THEM EARLIER THAT THE SECURITY KEEPING FEES OF $2,850.00 UNITED STATE DOLLARS MUST BE PAID BEFORE THE RELEASE OF THE CONSIGNMENT. BECAUSE IT WAS WATCHED OVER BY OUR SECURITY AGENTS AND THEY MUST BE PAID TO SHOW THEM APPRECIATIONS FOR WHAT THEY DID FOR YOU PEOPLE SO THAT THEY WILL BE MOTIVATED TO DO MORE.

    WE ARE WRITING FOR YOU TO INFORM THEM TO FORWARD THE SAID AMOUNT TO US AND WE WOULD RELEASE THE CONSIGNMENT BOX IMMIDAITELY WE GET THE PAYMENT CONFIRM.

    WE HOPE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE HELPED YOU PEOPLE ALOT IN THIS TRANSACTION AND YOU PEOPLE SHOULD PAY UP THE BILL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

    BEST REGARDS
    OFFICER NITIN PREMCHAND INDURKAR
    UNITED NATIONS ANTI-TERRORIST UNIT.
    SHALIMAR PARK, NEAR SWARN CINEMA, BHOLANATH NAGAR,
    M.S.O. BUILDING,
    NEW DELHI-110 002, INDIA