419 Scams (or Equivalent)
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419 Scams (or Equivalent)
Looks 419 scammers are still alive and kicking as I received this in my inbox yesterday. Not sure where they got my address from, but passed on FWIW.
Attn: Fund Beneficiary e-mail Owner,
Payment on accrued interest of US$960.000.00 on your favor:
I am the executive director and head of swift transfer unit of bank of Africa www.boabenin.com. Sometime ago, in our bank your payment was brought to our bank from central bank Benin (bceao) and after some period, this money was taken back to the federal government treasury. for the period of time this money was in our bank, it generated an interest of us$960.000.00(Nine hundred and sixty thousand united states dollars only),which we are about to be pay to you via international certified bank draft, atm card, or ktt bank wire transfer confirm in 3 working days, as choice is for you to make now. it will cost you $95 dollars through speed post courier company as delivery fee. please take note. for your information and advice, you need to hasten up to pick this fund because from time to time the bank auditors do come to our bank to cross-check our files and our financial update, the earlier you comply with the demands of the delivery of the fund, the action, because the federal official wants the accrued interest to be paid to them but we refused, so when they find that this interest fund is still in our bank they will want to call back the money to the federal government treasury. what we need from you now is any of your identification for example:your driver's license copy, then your telephone and fax number for easy communication. Henceforth forward. to avoid waste of time re-confirm below information:
your name:
your direct phone:
your mailing address:
your id CARD by scan
bank details/ name:
Actually, we do not have enough time to waste since we have wasted time in contacting our respective customers, so try to comply with the entire necessary requirement for remittance. Expecting your immediate response.
Mrs Esther Edwin.
Payment on accrued interest of US$960.000.00 on your favor:
I am the executive director and head of swift transfer unit of bank of Africa www.boabenin.com. Sometime ago, in our bank your payment was brought to our bank from central bank Benin (bceao) and after some period, this money was taken back to the federal government treasury. for the period of time this money was in our bank, it generated an interest of us$960.000.00(Nine hundred and sixty thousand united states dollars only),which we are about to be pay to you via international certified bank draft, atm card, or ktt bank wire transfer confirm in 3 working days, as choice is for you to make now. it will cost you $95 dollars through speed post courier company as delivery fee. please take note. for your information and advice, you need to hasten up to pick this fund because from time to time the bank auditors do come to our bank to cross-check our files and our financial update, the earlier you comply with the demands of the delivery of the fund, the action, because the federal official wants the accrued interest to be paid to them but we refused, so when they find that this interest fund is still in our bank they will want to call back the money to the federal government treasury. what we need from you now is any of your identification for example:your driver's license copy, then your telephone and fax number for easy communication. Henceforth forward. to avoid waste of time re-confirm below information:
your name:
your direct phone:
your mailing address:
your id CARD by scan
bank details/ name:
Actually, we do not have enough time to waste since we have wasted time in contacting our respective customers, so try to comply with the entire necessary requirement for remittance. Expecting your immediate response.
Mrs Esther Edwin.
Not 419 but in the last five days I've received two - one this very morning - telephone calls from a "British Telecom engineer" and three e-mails with an attachment supposedly from three people that I know. Needless to say the attachment wasn't opened, I'm sure that there was something not altogether computer friendly in their. All I need now for the trio is one from my bank asking them to verify something.
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Or PayPal sending you "revised Terms & Conditions" or..................... I get a load of these
I get quite nostalgic for the old 419's from Nigeria - they were always a great read and once conjured up the account of a guy I'd dealt with down there. I wouldn't open an email from him without using a very long spoon and for sure nothing saying his fortune awaited me and my new friend
I get quite nostalgic for the old 419's from Nigeria - they were always a great read and once conjured up the account of a guy I'd dealt with down there. I wouldn't open an email from him without using a very long spoon and for sure nothing saying his fortune awaited me and my new friend
Received a suspect mail this morning from a friend with the correct internet address ... basically translates to 'I don't want to disturb/bother/annoy (importuner in French) but I could do with your help'.
Just about general enough to get you to reply ... but my sixth sense kicked in and I binned it, and wrote to his wife saying that if he had genuinely been in touch and needed help would he write back to me using HER email address. I also phoned ... and yes, it was a hack!
BEWARE FOLKS! Cyberspace is full of shysters!
Just about general enough to get you to reply ... but my sixth sense kicked in and I binned it, and wrote to his wife saying that if he had genuinely been in touch and needed help would he write back to me using HER email address. I also phoned ... and yes, it was a hack!
BEWARE FOLKS! Cyberspace is full of shysters!
