Elamb Cybersecurity

Category: scam

  • Local Gas Scam

    Here is an email I got to day on a local gas scam. Hope this sort of thing doesn’t take hold:

    Subject: Alert from the Neighborhood Watch of Colorado Springs Police
    Department

    Most of us use credit/debit cards at the gas pump. With the price of
    gas and people getting desperate, this is likely to occur more often.
    Please be careful out there!

    A co-worker used her credit/debit card to purchase gas at the pump (like
    most of us do). She received her receipt like normal. However, when
    she checked her statement, there were 2 $50 charges added in addition to
    her purchase. Upon investigation, she found out that because she did
    not press the ‘clear’ button on the pump, the employee inside the store
    was abl e to use her card to purchase his/her own gas! To keep this
    from happening, after you get your receipt, you must press the ‘CLEAR’
    button or your information will be stored until the next customer
    inserts their card. Be sure to tell all your friends/family so that
    this doesn’t happen to them!

  • Brass & Chrome Bath Fixtures & Accessories – $125 (Aloha) — REALLY NOT SURE On this one!*

    *I was sent this by one of my readers. I’m really not sure if it is a scam or not. It actually seems more like a miss sent email.*

    i am okay with the price of this item and the condition of items and we will like to make an outright purchase of this particular item immediately because we are in need of it and we want to get as soon as possible, I anticipate that a Money order will be sent to you via express mail or ups or Fedex as the mode of payment, concerning the pickup, i will be responsible for that, where the mover will come for the pick up at your location upon your confirmation of receiving the payment and i want you to remove this item from the ad now. So i will send the payment which will include the pick up charges, in which you will make payable to the mover via money gramm immediately after you have receive the payment and you will be compensated with $10 extra for your running around to the money gram outlet to avoid the delay. And I would really love to com e for the viewing but due to my work frame that might not be possible… …..and I will like you to>provide the following payment information as soon as possible;
    full name …………………………………….
    full home address (physical
    City…………………………………………
    state…………………………………………
    zip >code……………………………………….
    tel#…………………………………………..As soon as this is provided i will let you know when payment is mailed out and i will update you on when you will receive the payment and give you instructions on what to do….thanks and i hope we handle this in good faith……
    Thanks…..

  • CONTACT AGENT Dr.Edwin Thomspon *SCAM?*

    Plot 8,Ahmed Way,
    Victoria Island, Lagos Nigeria.

    Good Day,

    I am using this opportunity to thank you for your effort to our unfinished
    transfer of fund into your account,I want to inform you that I have
    successfully transferred the Cheque out of the company to someone else who
    was capable of assisting me in this great venture .Due to your
    effort,sincerity, courage you showed at the course of the transaction I
    want to ompensate you with the sum of £350,000.00 (Three Hundred And Fifty
    thousand Great British Pound).You are to contact the finance house for the
    collection of the certified bank draft.

    COMPENSATION HEAD OFFICER
    CONTACT AGENT
    Dr.Edwin Thomspon
    EMAIL:edwintom6@gmail.com
    Tel: +234 8087787898

  • FedEx Delivery kelvin bode 500.000.00 GBP *scam*

    Greetings!

    I am Mr.Kelvin Bode.I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your
    Confirmable Bank Draft of 500.000.00 GBP, but I did not hear from you since that
    time.Then I went and deposited the Draft with FedEx Delivery,West Africa, I traveled
    out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till end of june.
    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
    What you have to do now is to contact the FedEx Delivery as soon as p

  • SPAM & SCAM Display

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    adameeze36@biz.by Sat 05/31 18:48 THANKS FOR YOUR PAST EFFORT. 5.022
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    dom_john016@ig.com.br Thu 05/29 19:15 CONTACT MY SECRETARY FOR YOUR COMPENSAT 5.552
    ventoler1965@ETCNY.COM Sun 06/08 5:15 Receipt number for your purchase with u 5.584
    tennisqueen5@oxford-analytica.com Thu 06/05 21:30 Luxury 6.969
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    RichcellarOsborn@lifefone.com Sun 06/08 4:42 Timepieces Online. Shop us 7.319
    wwwrun@servidorweb.gobernaciondecaldas.gov.co Tue 05/27 20:09 CONTANT EFEX EXPRESS COMPANY WORLD 7.459
    orouksal1953@HUNTINVESTMENT.COM Thu 06/05 16:42 Super savings off all herba1 products 7.738
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    mary_tuttle_lg@elambers.demon.nl Mon 06/09 22:30 RE: SALE 80% OFF 9.188
    password7@elambers.demon.nl Fri 05/30 2:21 RE: SALE 86% OFF 9.188
    rob@elcmechanical.com Wed 05/28 10:06 RE: SALE 89% OFF 9.188
    rob@eklhq.com Sat 05/31 12:15 RE: SALE 84% OFF 9.188
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    PATRICKCHAN@CHAN.NET Fri 05/30 16:54 BUSINESS PROPOSAL!!! 10.46
    youngben222@voila.fr Tue 06/03 19:45 PAYMENT NOTIFICATION 10.68
    info@oceanicbank.org Fri 05/30 19:30 YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION 12.685
    justinkokuvi@gazeta.pl Thu 06/05 2:48 MR JUSTIN KOKUVI 13.444
    apache@ftp.trakt.ru Wed 06/04 2:48 Please Respond. 14.125
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    williams_don01@gazeta.pl Tue 06/03 4:54 FINAL DELIVERY NOTICE 14.939
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    swiftpromotions2@silverstarnetworking.co.za Mon 06/02 11:33 ONLINE SWIFT HUMANITARIAN WINNING NOTIF 18.788
    watsllp@gmail.com Wed 05/28 12:33 Compliment 19.183
    sa_thabo_za39@hotmail.com Fri 05/30 4:57 SEEKING FOR YOUR HELP 19.321
    john.j@switched.com Tue 06/03 2:15 CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL 19.565
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    edsolicitors@gmail.com Tue 06/03 2:54 Regarding Your Inheritance 21.064
    monica_shadinovo01@yahoo.com Tue 06/03 1:27 FROM:MRS.MONICA SHADINOVO. 21.901
    raymond_briggs5@mailbox.hu Tue 06/03 16:00 From Senior Account Officer, Barclays B 22.573
    admin@national-onlinelottery.co.uk Sat 05/31 22:00 FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION! 24.42
    lawson@yahoo.com Thu 06/05 11:57 BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT PROPOSAL. 36.008

  • DONALD DUKE, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA *SCAM*

    Here is another BS email trying to get your personal information>

    CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
    TINUBU SQUARE LAGOS-NIGERIA
    OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
    Our Ref: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/008
    Swift Code: BPH KPL PK,

    CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION WITH C/N:
    CBN/NNPC/FGN/MIN/008.

    ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY,

    Following the protest of the International Community, the World Bank, IMF and the instruction by the President and Commander in Chief of the armed forces (Alhaji Umaru Musa Yaradua) that all outstanding foreign debts especially Next of Kin /Contracts Payment should be released to the beneficiaries forth with unconditionally this first quarter 2008.

    From the records of outstanding debts due for payment with the Federal government of Nigeria, your name was discovered as next on the list of the outstanding, who have not received their payments.

    We wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter. Also note that from my record in my file your outstanding contract payment is USD$10 Million dollars (Ten Million United States Dollars).

    Please confirm to this office if this is online with what you have in your record and also re-confirm to me the followings.

    1) Your full name.
    2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
    3) Company name if any, profession, position and address.
    4) Copy of int’l passport, driver’s license, or any valid ID card. attached to email.

    As soon as this information’s are received, your payment will be made to you by Wire Transfer for you to your bank and confirm it.

    Regards,
    DONALD DUKE,
    DIRECTOR OF OPERATION,
    CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).

  • Mr Prest Charles *SCAM*

    WHOA! Google Mr. Prest Charles and you hit the MOTHERLODE of SCAM-tastic information!

    Hello,

    Re: collection of fund ($9.6m) under special
    arrangement.contact me here (prestcharles20@googlemail.com)

    The purpose of this letter is to briefly introduce myself and I would like
    to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of interest to
    you.My name is Mr Prest Charles,I work in executive capacity with CARGO
    HANDLING & SECURITY TRUST COMPANY in London(UK) I joined the services of
    this company in 1985. Idecided to contact you believing that you will become
    my overseas Business assocaites in acquiring an investment placed under our
    management more than seven (7) years ago.

    I have worked with this company for over 20 years, within this period of
    time I watched with meticulous precision on how Head of State and government
    functionaries have been moving huge sums of money with the aid of their
    foreign partners abroad. They bring in these consignment and declare the
    content as jewelries, Gold, Precious Stones, Family Treasure,
    Documents,etc.

    These people have at one time or the other deposited consignments with us
    and their foreign partners, relatives and Next of Kin are Claiming most of
    these consignment and a lot more are laying here unclaimed for as much as 7
    years, as no available
    information to anybody except the depositors, and most of them are dead.
    Since the inception of the year 2005,the
    Management changed the procedure of claiming of consignments.As soon as you
    are able to produce all the information as contained in the secret file of
    the company as regard the consignment, it will be released
    to you upon demand.

    From our records, more than 10 consignments belonging to these people has
    been claimed in the past six months and this is why I am seeking for your
    co-operation and assistance to help execute this pending deal which has been
    unclaimed for so long
    as I know no one will ever come forward to claim it because the deceased
    left no next of kin.The amount in question is very small compared to what my
    office has sent overseas for this people.

    I will provide all the documents needed for this purpose as I was the
    account officer who handled most this transaction on behalf of this
    client.For the release of the consignment, the company will invite you for
    the collection, or you may insist that the consignment be delivered to you
    instead. I hope to hear from you to enable me provide you with the complete
    picture of this deal.

    Funish me with the following:

    Full Names/Mailing address/Telephone and fax numbers.
    contact me here (prestcharles20@googlemail.com)
    Expecting your urgent Response.

    Mr Prest Charles

  • *AUSTRALIAN **LOTTO *SCAM?*

    **I am always suspicious about free email accounts (i.e. gmail, yahoo, hotmail) attached to what are supposed to be legitimate organization that I am supposed to trust with my personal information. Particularly because personal information is a highly marketable commodity online. ***

    *AUSTRALIAN **LOTTO
    *
    *#24 HIGHER AVENUE HARRIS PARK
    GRANVILLE NSW 0152 SYDNEY
    AUSTRALIA.

    Ref: 639/898/007
    Batch: 430456543-DD23 Winning no: GB8701/LPRC

    CONGRATULATIONS!! WIHT Euro500,000.OO(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO)

    Dear Lucky Winner,

    We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 20th of May
    2008, from the Australian Lotto Program.This is a bonus to promote lottery
    in Australia which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners
    using their e-mail addresses form internet sites. Your email address was
    attached to ticket number; 47061725 serial number :
    658399904 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows :
    5-13-33-37-42 bonus 17, which consequently won the lottery in the second
    category.

    You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of Euro500,000.00 (FIVE
    HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the
    total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.

    All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
    form Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia ,United
    States, Asia, Europe, Middle East , Africa and Oceania as part of our
    international promotions program which is conducted annually.

    This Lotto program was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
    multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
    citizens in the communities where they have their operational base.

    Further more, your winning details (e-mail address) falls within our
    European representative office as indicated in your play coupon and your
    prize of US$200,000.00 will be released to you from our regional branch
    office in LONDON.

    We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
    high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

    HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

    Simply contact our Fiducial/Claims Agent:

    THOMAS MOOR.

    TEL: +44 704 577 1412

    E-mail address : thomasmoor1@gmail.com

    Fill this form below and send it to him to file for the claim of your
    lottery prize.

    LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.

    FULL NAMES………………………………………
    ADDRESS………………………………………..
    SEX………………………………………….
    AGE…………………………………………
    COUNTRY………………………………………
    COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE……………………………
    OCCUPATION……………………………………
    TELEPHONE/MOBILE NUMBER………………………..
    EMAIL…………………………………………
    WINNER REF/BATCH NO………………………APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.

    Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on
    the top left corner of this notification .

    For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
    confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
    released to you.

    This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
    unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or
    unofficial personnel.* *
    Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

    Yours faithfully,

    MR. POND SMITH
    (Online Coordinator)*
    *CUSTOMER CARE : 480 NCA 87950
    AUSTRALIAN LOTTO PROGRAMME.
    *

  • YAHOO AWARDS *scam?*

    YAHOO AWARDS CENTER
    From The Desk Of The Manager
    International Promotion/Yahoo Award Center
    124, Stockport Road, Longsight,
    London M60 2DB- United Kingdom
    This is to inform you that you have won a prize of Four Hundred, Twenty Thousand Pounds(420,000.00) for the month of January, 2008 Prize promotion which is organized by the YAHOO AWARDS & WINDOWS LIVE. YAHOO collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other E-mail providers. Twenty Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the selected winners.
    PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
    Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. Stated below are your identification numbers:
    BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658
    REFERENCE NUMBER: 2006234522
    PIN: 1206
    These numbers fall within the U.K Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in U.K and send your winning identification numbers to him. Below you will find a Documentation Form, requesting your required particulars.
    YAHOO ONLINE DOCUMENTATION FORM
    FULL NAMES: _______________________________________________________
    ADDRESS: _______________________________________________________
    CITY:_______________________ STATE: _______________________ ZIP: ______
    PHONE AND FAX NUMBER: ____________________________________________
    COUNTRY: ___________________________________________
    SEX: _____________AGE: __________ MARITAL STATUS: __________________
    OCCUPATION:_________________________________________________________
    EMAIL ADDRESS: ____________________________________________________
    NATIONALITY: _______________________________________________
    You are required to fill and submit the above particulars to our Overseas Claim/U.K Payment Unit with the email address below
    Overseas Claims/Exchange Online Payment Unit
    Contact Person: Name: Mr. Gary Paul
    Tel: 44 704-570-5106
    Fax: 44 870-916-0275
    Email: maill2winers@yahoo.co.uk
    CONGRATULATIONS!!!
    At your disposal, we remain blessed.
    Yours in service,
    YAHOO AWARD PROMOTIONS

  • Milton Keynes Book Keeper *has anyone else received this?*

    *is this a scam?* I’m honestly not sure of this one.
    There is a city and a few organizations with the name “Milton Keynes”. However the person who sent this:

    Subject: PART TIME JOB OFFER (URGENT REPLY)
    From: “Brian Howard”

    Looks like a scammer. Brian Currie has been synonymous with the city of Milton Keynes since 1977. That is a legitamit company with (what looks like) NO affiliation with the person who originally sent this email.

    Good Day,

    Would you like to work online from home and get paid weekly? Milton Keynes
    Textiles LTD needs a book-keeper in the United States. I want to know if
    you will like to work online from home and get paid weekly without leaving
    or affecting your present job? This is safe and legal.

    My company produces various clothing materials,and traditional costumes
    which we have clients we supply weekly in the states and canada. My
    clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of payment which
    are not readily cash able outside the United States, So we need someone in
    the States to work as our representative and assist us in processing the
    payments from our clients and I will pay him/her weekly salary.

    All you need do is receive these payments from our clients in your
    vicinity and get it cashed then deduct your weekly fee and forward the
    balance to our respective agents. As soon as we confirm any payment coming
    to you, I will let you know and I will provide instructions on how to
    process the payment.

    Please forward the following info to my email

    Full Name:
    Full Contact Address( not P. O. Box) to include city, state and
    zip code:
    Phone Number/Fax:
    Occupation:

    Regards,
    Brian Howard
    +447024039666

    FOR USA AND CANADIAN RESIDENTS ONLY