Hyundai - Kia Scam - 7th Dec

Just when I thought I've seen the worst of scams through email, another came today with the exact contents as the following without any apparent reason which makes it obviously a scam:-

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£850,000.00GBP has been awarded to you. Send
yourName,Address,Age,Tel,Occupation
to(hyundai.Kia001@live.com)

=================================================== 

Well, I really can't believe how much effort they put these days.

Just like my old physics teacher used to say: Poor Thing Lah...

Another Powerball Lottery Scam - 7th Dec

I wonder if the scammers out there have anymore imagination? Previously, I made a posting on the Powerball International scam (1) HERE and I was wondering if they have moved sites as the previous site was offline now. Anyways, again I've received another one through my email today with the following content:-

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POWER BALL ONLINE INT’L JACKPOT/ LOTTERY ASSOCIATION
ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL OFFICE
 
Dear Sir/Ma,
 
We are Pleased to inform you that your email was 

selected among the winning numbers of the recently Lotto conducted from 

the Lotto Website and we shall be glad if you can claim your prize, 

please respond to this mail within 72 hours otherwise we will 

assume that you are not interested.
 
We conduct the Lotto using Lotto as part of our tax 

relief program set up by the International Lottery Board and America Government, 

on this note we congratulate you and wish you best of luck as you claim 

the prize attached to this Lotto.
 
For more details visit:

http://powerballonlinejackpot.web.officelive.com/default.aspx 
 
THAILAND CONTACT PERSON:  MR.KANE  LEE.
(Winner’s directorate office)
TEL: + (66) 874-936-872
Office Fax: + (66) 273-452-16
LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR.
 
Coordinator Power ball Jackpot Lottery
Regd No: 79472002

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Well, lets see, any reader out there, try visiting the site and tell me if your ticket number is 

the same and your number is the same? I'm sure you will see the exact same number and exact

same ticket ID as me. Even in another email to another person who I don't even have any ties

with have the same numbers, as seen HERE

This really shows how much "creative" and how much reduced intelligence that these scammers have

in thinking of scams to place on others, and above all, I'm a skeptic in things that I did not join. Furthermore,

there are actually incoherency in the information provided:-

1> Powerball is only held exclusively in America (No Asia Pacific Powerball Associations)

Refer to the MUSL site: HERE 

2> The ticket you bought is only for you and has a unique serial number and is not repeated.

3> I've already bought the ticket, wouldn't they already have my details? Why provide again?

4> Shouldn't I have gotten a call from Powerball themselves saying that I've won?

5> Shouldn't they have a sort of a ceremony seeing that I've won? Others are having a 

blast in parties and ceremonies, as the pictures depict?

Strange but none of it has got to me. 

Powerball International Lottery: FAIL

10 billion dollars? - 22nd Oct

I've stumbled across a site which claims that you are able to make ten billion dollars with just some simple tasks HERE . All you have to do would be to do some marketing and in post links in Google to get money from Google. But, the thing is that, things that are too good to be true are often correct. Imagine, 10 billion dollars by just posting links? Even a 5-year old computer illeterate kid can be a billionaire with some minor trainings. Even if the sales page do not have all the bells and whistles, I would remidn people to read the Terms and Conditions or "Secret Dungeon of Demise" to look for some clues that this must be some scam.

Quote from the Make10 billion dollar sales page (Terms and Conditions):-

By submitting your credit card information, you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions for all 21 Google kits listed on this page, as set forth: By sampling all of those products for shipping and handling charges of the various bizarre and random trial fees assigned to them you will be given a period of six days from the time you place the order to decide if you want to continue using the products. You will receive 21 usernames and passwords in your “Welcome” email at the time you complete your original transaction. This email will be sent to the email address provided at time of sign up, however we have programmatically designed the email to trip your spam filters so that it gets sent to your junk email box. Please ensure you view your “Junk” email folders to find your email with this important information as your filters may put it there. This will allow us to claim that we sent you immediately access the website and defeat any dispute claims you may be thinking of filing with your credit card company or bank. Please allow several days to receive your product. A good way to figure out when you'll receive the various products is to take the number of trial days allowed and multiply that number by 5. You can cancel at any time during the various trial periods by unsubscribing at all 21 websites with no further obligations. In fact, you can keep the trial product as our gift to you for trying these offers (and by “gift” we mean a CD-Rom loaded with malicious trojans). In the event you do not cancel within your alloted number of trial days, you will be automatically enrolled in our convenient home delivery plan and your credit card will be charged $2,972.34. Thereafter, 30 days from your initial order, you will be billed the monthly charge of $5,241.22 each month. Limit of twenty-one trial samples per household. If, at any time thereafter, you wish to cancel the convenient home delivery plans, you may unsubscribe at your local post office with no further obligations. Please take the time to read our complete Terms and Conditions below before continuing.

See all the extra charges involved after you give them your credit card number / information? It's in the small and hard to read Terms and Condition area which is also masked with a green background and white font (which is a pain to read). It's extremely longwinded, but it will definitely help keep your money in your pockets from these yokels who is thinking of prying them from you. And the best part would be that all these are not stated in the sales pitch, which is sort of leading you into the drain with telling you that you'll reach happiness walking over it when you will definitely fall into the drain. While you're in the drain, this guy happily hops on your head over the other side.

Way the go buddy. No wonder he claims that his method can help you make 10 billion dollars.
Yeah, it sure did for him with all the extra hidden charges that you can't blame him for.

I think I would be often posting a review of sales pages found online, whether in Bahasa Melayu or in English and telling readers the points that have them exposed as frauds. There are, I admit, real oppurtunities, but yet, better be skeptical than lose tonnes of money.

Oh, and before I forget, here's a total giveaway for the scam of the page, that made it fail:-
( It says:- (Auto-Insert Potential Victim’s City Here) )

Microsoft Lottery Scam? - 27th August

I think if I update all the scams I get through the email, I will probably get a lot of postings about this. Today another email came to me and it is about the Microsoft Lottery program which again I did not enter. Luckily they provide the image file, which is easier for me to type. Anyways, here is the supposedly 'winning notification letter':-



It's extremely obvious, the lottery is by Microsoft but the letter is by Yahoo. A search through the email in the letter, and eliminating the name, goes here: Frontiers Office.Net. I looked at the site, and noticed that it is powered by Google, why would Microsoft want Google to power their website? And the sender was:- from insing.com. All totally different from the original purpose of the lottery. Obviously, I've pawned another scammer. Therefore:-

Microsoft Lottery Scam = Fail and Pawned!

UK National Online Lottery Scam - 27th August

As before, I taught on how to detect scams and how they reveal themselves to be totally a scam, and recently, I've received another scam email for the so-called UK National Lottery for a sum of an amazing £800,000. It even has a serial number! Well, let's just laugh at this, I've never even join. Emails of this nature reminds me that lottery companies or agencies randomly assign ticket numbers to people on the Net? That will be like over a few million people? And wow, how do they know my email when I never joined? Sixth sense? Anyways, here's the email:-

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Sender:- Ms.Patricia Cole (bcboland@eircom.net)

UK NATIONAL ONLINE LOTTERY
P O Box 1010 L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM

ATTENTION: WINNER

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of £800,000 (Eight Hundred Thousand (British Pounds) in the UK National Lottery award sweeptakes held on the 24th of August, 2009 in London UK.The Selection was carried out through a Computer Random Selection System and your email address emerge as one of the Three Lucky Winners.

Contact our fiduciary agent for claims with:

Mr.Morris Morgan (Fiduciary Claims Agent)
Email:fiduciary_mr.morris@hotmail.co.uk
Contact Phone Numbers: +44 702 401 8638
+44 702 401 7510

YOUR WINNING PARAMETERS
REF No: UK/6535-312
BATCH No: CPEL/OWN/9876
TICKET No: 345334666432-5231

Fill the below:

1.Full Names:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:

Congratulations from the entire members and staffs of the uk National Lottery Board.

Sincerely,
Mrs.Paricia cole
Online Co-ordinator

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Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property
Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts

============================ End Email ====================================

I wonder if anybody realize the signature at the bottom? It says:-

"//
Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property
Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts
//"

What? The lottery has to be notified by a property company? Makes no sense! That's there another bane of scammers and fraudsters, the signature line. This makes sending a scam email using the company email address is a really bad idea after all. The company in the signature line is also taking a punch in its credibility.

Powerball Online International Scam - 11th July

Haha...I really like it when I see through the scams I receive, it not only makes me laugh but also it tells me that there are so many fools out there who think that they can just cheat me. Well, here's one:-

Powerball Online International - SCAM!

I didn't even join and they already know my email? That's psychic.

Here's and excrept from Consumer Fraud Reporting Organization:-

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Sound great? It's a fraud.

Scam operators — often based in the Netherlands, Canada and Nigeria— are using the telephone and direct mail to entice U.S. (and other global) consumers to buy chances in high-stakes foreign lotteries from as far away as Australia and Europe.

There are several different types of lottery scams:

1. A lottery notifies you (email, mail or phone) that you won*, or
2. You go to a lottery website, or by phone or mail to "play" / buy a ticket, or
3. You buy a "program" of "secrets" on how to win lotteries.
4. Green card (immigration VISA) lottery
5. Sweepstakes scams (Sweepstakes are not actually a lottery, but are often confused with them)

This page discusses the first type, the fake lottery winning notification. Click on the links above for the other types.

* Remember, no legitimate lottery will EVER notify you that you won. They don't work that way!
What is a Lottery?

Unlike a sweepstakes, a lottery is a promotional device by which items of value (prizes) are
awarded to members of the public by chance, but which requires some form of payment to
participate. In other words, if you did not buy a ticket, YOU COULD NOT HAVE WON a lottery - no matter what anyone tells you!

Lotteries in the United States, Canada, Australia and Great Britain, and most developed countries, are illegal, except when conducted by states and certain exempt licensed charitable organizations. If you believe you have received a solicitation in the guise of a sweepstakes which is an illegal lottery, you should contact your local Post Office™ or state Attorney General’s consumer protection office
How does a lottery scam work?

Victims typically are notified they have won a lottery, yet have to pay transfer fees, taxes or provide proof of their identity and/or details of their bank accounts or credit cards in order to receive the "winnings". The names of these organizations change all the time (they just make up a new name when one is exposed as a fraud), although many of the notifications use similar wording.

Click here for a step-by-step description of how the scammers work their scams.

And if you want to see examples of the scam emails, click on the links in this page.

Here are some replies from scammers after victims replied to the lottery scam emails.

A lottery is a promotional device by which items of value are awarded to members of the public by chance, but which requires some form of payment to participate. In the United States and most developed countries, lotteries are illegal except when conducted by governments (states in the US) and certain exempt charitable organizations.

Here are key points for avoiding scam lotteries:

1.

You cannot win a legitimate lottery if you have not entered it.
2.

In almost all cases you must purchase a ticket to enter a legitimate lottery.
3.

You never have to pay to collect winnings from a legitimate lottery. You pay taxes AFTER you you receive the winnings. There are no other fees.
4.

If you hold a winning lottery ticket, you notify the lottery (they do not notify you; not by email, not by phone, not by mail).
5.

It is illegal under U.S. federal law to play ANY foreign lottery from the United States. Many other countries have similar laws. for example, you must be a Spanish resident to play the El Gordo lottery.
6.

Since scammers simply invent new names for their fake lottery scams, it is more accurate to say that if you do not see the lottery on the list of legitimate lotteries, it is probably a scam.
7. If it isn't conducted by a government or government-authorized charitable organization, it can't be a legitimate lottery

If you believe you have received a solicitation in the guise of a sweepstakes which is an illegal lottery, you should contact your local post office or state Attorney General's consumer protection office.
But how did they get my name, if not through a lottery I entered?

Names and addresses of potential victims are harvested by spyware, viruses and other tools and obtained through various trade journals, business directories, magazine and newspaper advertisements, chambers of commerce, and anywhere your name appears on the internet (such as in chat rooms, forums, etc.). They could simply use a phonebook for your country, either online or the paper variety.
But it COULD be a legal lottery, right?

Legitimate lotteries do NOT use email to notify their winners. In almost ALL cases, it is up to the holder of the ticket to contact the lottery. And even if these were legitimate, these lottery solicitations violate U.S. law, which prohibits the cross-border sale or purchase of lottery tickets by phone or mail. And in the United States, if it isn't run by a state government or authorized charitable organization, it can't be a legitimate lottery!

Online lotteries are illegal in many other countries, too: All lotteries, including foreign lotteries operating in Great Britain, are unlawful in the UK (except those provided for by the 1976 Lotteries and Amusements Act; meaning government run lotteries). See this page for information about the UK lotteries. Note: in the UK, call the hotline at 020 7211 8111 to check or report lottery scams. Some of these lottery schemes say that the Gaming Board for Great Britain has approved them, but this is not true. The Gaming Board has a list of these companies and lotteries on its website, and warns people not to take part in them. See this page for information about the legitimate Irish Lottery, which operates in a similar manner, and has also been the victim of email scams.

A lottery is a promotional device by which items of value are awarded to members of the public by chance, but which requires some form of payment to participate. Even lotteries which aren't conducted over the internet are illegal in the United States, except when conducted by states and certain exempt charitable organizations. If you believe you have received a solicitation in the guise of a sweepstakes which is an illegal lottery, you should contact your local post office or state Attorney General's consumer protection office
What are lottery and prize scams?

These are notifications that advise people that they have won a prize (often for a competition they didn't even enter).

The notification could arrive through the mail, by email or from an unsolicited telephone call.
How to spot a prize or lottery scam

1. Check the name of the lottery or sweepstakes against our list of scammer names - click on the blue box links at left, with the letter that corresponds to the first letter in the name of the lottery. Some of the names are links to samples of the actual scams to compare against what you received. But remember, they just make up the names, so once they see their name on our list, they will just invent a new name to use.
2. Keep the following warning signs in mind:

If the prize or lottery notification has any of the following elements, we strongly suggest you do not respond to it:

* The information advises that you have won a prize - but you did not enter any competition run by the prize promoters.
* The mail may be personally addressed to you but it has been posted using bulk mail - thousands of others around the world may have received the exact same notification.
* You are often asked for money up front to release your 'win'.
The prize promoters ask for a fee (for administration or "processing") to be paid in advance.
* You are asked for your bank account, credit card details or other confidential information
* The caller is more excited than you or the stranger who phones wants to be your best friend
* You are told you must reply straight away or the money will be given to someone else.
* Other schemes pretend to be legitimate lotteries, or offer you the opportunity to buy shares in a fund that purports to purchase tickets in legitimate overseas lotteries.
* The scheme offers bait prizes that, if they are real, are often substandard, over-priced, or falsely represented. Or, as part of the prize you can purchase "exclusive items" which may also be over-priced or substandard.
* To get your prize might require travel overseas at your own cost to receive it.

Chong Hing Bank Scam Pt.2 - 17th June

Recently, I've discovered that quite a number of people from foreign countries are searching for Chong Hing Bank Scam, so, I've decide to do this posting, linking all I know together for this issue:-

Chong Hing Bank Scam Email: HERE
Scam Email Tutorial: HERE
Other Scams I've received before: HERE

So, don't ever believe these crooks out there trying to make you give them free money. Remember that nothing is free in this world, one way or the other, there's definitely a catch to it.

Spot An Email Scam Tutorial - 16th June

Seeing the fact that there are so many scam emails sent to me lately and probably to other members of the netizens too, I'm here showing some of the methods of spotting scam and which are dead giveaways, what to look for and probably ways you can respond to these emails so that you will receive one less scam email. So, let's get on with it!

---->[ Introduction to scam emails ]<----
Scam emails are emails that you receive from a relatively unknown person, usually the author's place of origin is foreign and involves in you winning a large sum of money, lottery or an expensive prize and would involve transferring the alleged item to you. The transfer of alleged item usually involve in your parting of a certain amount of money to so-called 'clear' procedures. Other than that you have won a prize, there are also cases where people wants to transfer their lifetime savings to you for investment, but yet still require for you to part with a large amount of money for 'processing'.

---->[ Dead Giveaways of the Scam ]<----
These are things that instantly show that scheme is a scam:-

1> Author claims to be from an organization but uses public free email.

This is one most easiest to spot tips, the email author claims that he's from an organization (e.g. Chong Hing Bank) but uses a public free email (e.g hotmail) to correspond with you. Why doesn't he use the company's official email? The excuse: Doesn't have one? Out. For security reasons? out. To avoid anyone else knowing about this? Imagine this: How can the bank not know about a large sum of money in the bank who the client is deceased without any next-of-kin? Doesn't the bank have any other staff from the same department?

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2> There's money involved for the 'processing'.

If there's so much money involved, why not the author pay for the 'processing' fee first and we'll deal about my part later? if you're getting millions, why don't you sponsor me some measly 'extra' cash and we both come to a win-win situation? Wouldn't that be faster? Furthermore, if you really can get that much money, might as well you choose your own relatives or close friends instead of a total stranger that might not even have heard of your so-called 'CEO' name?

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3> He claims to be the CEO or high-ranking officer of the bank / company

If he's the CEO or high-ranking officer of the bank / company, why doesn't he keep it for himself? Because he's honest? Because he's kind hearted and not wanting any more money? The possibilities of this is almost nil. If he's so kind-hearted, he would donate the money to a charitable society and make a big fuss out of it for publicity and not to some unknown guy where the transaction is at all cost to remain private dealings. For all I know, nobody would be in their right state of mind reject 'extra' cash unless its a bribe, then rejection is a necessity.

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4> The client involved with the money has just recently died

Do a record check on the 'client' and you will probably turn up with either same email scams on other sites. The so called "email from" person may exist but again, what's with the public free email if you're so sincere? And why does he have so much many right before something happens to him? People who realize that they're often prone to life-threatening situations will probably transfer the valuables to another trustworthy person prior to anything happening to him. And, in cases of generals, wouldn't that go to the headlines? How come I haven't heard of his name?

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To avoid any further scam emails by the same author, you could probably remind the author that you're bringing this issue to the local law department and have them help you with this or you could make fun of him by playing along and giving him totally fake names and bank account numbers. You could also email him saying that his bank account has been hacked into, courtesy of the details he provided with the email. Lastly, if he wants to invest in your country using that money, you can direct him to the local charitable societies and have them deal personally.

Millionaire - 14th June

Again, just moments ago, I've received another email that contact me to transfer a large sum of money in to my bank account from someone deceased, due to tsunami. Apparently, Mr.Peter Lee will be giving me 30% of USD$ 25.5 million...Wahh that will make to RM26.7 million? That's a lot of money but that's laughable...hahaha

Looking back at the past few emails on scams, if they were all real, I could have opened my own personal banking company and have billions to even buy a nuclear submarine and I wouldn't have to work any longer. Looks like maybe somebody is reading my blog and is challenging to see whether do I have any greed in me? Tough Luck and try again next time. I've probably tuned out my money sense already and will not, I repeat: WILL NOT succumb to these scams. From emails, I've learned how to detect scams and probably I'll put up a tutorial in the next posting on: How to do detect email scams....

For all scammers out there: TRY AGAIN!!!

FBI Claim Scam? - 11th June

My first email that I got this morning. It really does make my day as it made me laugh at the silliness of this person. I'm wondering what is happening that I'm getting more of these emails lately?

Another scam letter below, purportedly from FBI on a Nigerian contract.

(Quote)"
ROBERT MUELLER III
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FBI
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON DC.
FBI SEEKING TO WIRETAP INTERNET


ATTENTION:


We believe this notification meets you in a very good present state of mind and health. The Federal bureau of investigation (FBI) Washington, DC in conjunction with some other relevant Investigation Agencies here in the United states of America have recently been informed through our Global intelligence monitoring network that you presently have a transaction going on with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as regards to your over-due contract payment which was fully endorsed in your favor accordingly.



We will find a way to fix a schedule for you to come to our head-quarter in Washington DC to enable us advise you on what to do, but meanwhile you are further advised to be contacting us via email for now because we are having various investigations that we are working on now. Keep everything regarding to your transaction confidential for security reasons and note that we have not informed the local FBI department in your state regarding this matter because we want to keep everything secret until your fund is been transferred to you accordingly.



For the main time we the Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington D.C will be helping you to monitor all the transaction with the central bank of Nigeria. We want you to have in mind that we are trying to protect you because your inheritance fund that is about to be transferred to you is a large amount of money, and we will advise you not to inform any one about this transaction until the corresponding bank have successfully transferred your inheritance fund.



It might interest you to know that we have taken out time in screening through this project as stipulated on our protocol of operation and have finally confirmed that your contract payment is 100% genuine and hitch free from all facet and of which you have the lawful right to claim your fund without any further delay. Having said all this, we will further advise that you go ahead in dealing with the Central Bank office accordingly as we will be monitoring all their services with you as well as your correspondence at all level.



In addition, also be informed that we recently had a meeting with the Executive Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, in the person of Prof. Chukwuma Soludo and Mr. Kingsley Agwor along with some of the top officials of the Ministry regarding your case and they made us to understand that your file has been held in abase depending on when you personally come for the claim. They also told us that the only problem they are facing right now is that some unscrupulous element are using this project as an avenue to scam innocent people off their hard earned money by impersonating the Executive Governor and the Central Bank office.



We were also made to understand that a lady with name Mrs. Joan C. Bailey from OHIO has already contacted them and also presented to them all the necessary documentations evidencing your claim purported to have been signed personally by you prior to the release of your contract fund valued at about US$8,000,000.00 (Eight million united states dollars), but the Central Bank office did the wise thing by insisting on hearing from you personally before the go ahead on wiring your fund to the Bank information which was forwarded to them by the above named Lady so that was the main reason why they contacted us so as to assist them in making the investigations.



They further informed us that we should warn our dear citizens who must have been informed of the contract payment which was awarded to them from the Central Bank of Nigeria, to be very careful prior to this irregularities so that they don't fall victim to this ugly circumstance. And should in case you are already dealing with anybody or office claiming to be from the Central Bank of Nigeria, you are further advised to STOP further contact with them in your best interest and then contact immediately the real office of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) only with the below information accordingly:


NAME: MR. KINGSLEY AGWOR

OFFICE ADDRESS: Central Bank of Nigeria, Central Business
District,Cadastral Zone, Abuja,
Federal Capital Territory,
Nigeria.

TEL: +234-8079-322-197


Email: govpayoffice@centbkofng.org
central.bkng@live.com


NOTE:

In your best interest, any message that doesn't come from the above official email address and phone numbers should not be replied to and should be disregarded accordingly for security reasons. Meanwhile, we will advise that you contact the Central Bank office immediately with the above email address and request that they attend to you payment file as directed so as to enable you receive your contract fund accordingly.



Ensure you follow all their procedure as may be required by them as that will further help hasten up the whole procedures as regards to the transfer of your fund to you as designated. Also have in mind that the Central Bank of Nigeria equally have their own protocol of operation as stipulated on their banking terms, so delay could be very dangerous. Once again, we will advise that you contact them with the above email address and make sure you forward to them all the necessary information which they may require from you prior to the release of your fund to you accordingly.



All modalities has already been worked out even before you were contacted and note that we will be monitoring all your dealings with them as you proceed so you don't have anything to worry about. All we require from you henceforth is an update so as to enable us be on track with you and the Central Bank of Nigeria. Without wasting much time, will want you to contact them immediately with the above email address so as to enable them attend to your case accordingly without any further delay as time is already running out.



Should in case you need any more information in regards to this notification, feel free to get back to us so that we can brief you more as we are here to guide you during and after this project has been completely perfected and you have received your contract fund as stated.Thank you very much for your anticipated co-operation in advance as we earnestly await your urgent response to this matter.


Best Regards,



Robert S. Mueller III
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C.
20535-0001, US

"(End Quote)

Haha...this makes me laugh. Federal Bureau of Investigation of America using an MSN email to contact me? What? The FBI agency is broke? Of course they should use their agency email instead if its so serious. Think you can fool me? Try and see! Hahaha...I'm thinking of sending this to the FBI to make them laugh...

Another Scam - 6th June

Another scam:-

" Greetings,

It is understandable that you might be a little bit apprehensive
because you do not know me, please forgive this unusual manner to
contact you, but this particular letter/email is of exceptional and
very private in nature, as by virtue of my vantage position in the
bank (which i can only tell you the name as soon as i hear from you.),
I have a lucrative business proposal of mutual interest to share with
you. There is no way for me to know whether i will be properly
understood, but it is my duty to write and reach out to you, TRUSTING
that you will give this proposal a positive consideration.

I am Mr.Peter Lee a South Korean, 55 years old and happily married
with children, and i am a staff of a reputable bank, in charge of the
International Remittance Department. I will need you to assist me in
executing a business project from our bank worth US$25.5 Million.
These funds were deposited with our bank by a customer of our bank who
is a national {citizen} of your country/region, who unfortunately died
in the December 2004 Asia Tsunami disaster.

For more on this natural disaster click on these links:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4530000/newsid_4537600/4537601.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4381395.stm

The deceased account has been declared dormant since 2006 and these
funds will be confiscated/declared unserviceable and turned over to
the government if the deceased business associates or next-of-kin did
not claim this money; since all efforts to trace any living relative
of the deceased proved abortive,i have decided that i will have you
claim this money as the deceased business associate/or next-of-kin.
With the assistance of the Lawyer i am going to employ, everything
concerning this transaction shall be LEGALLY done without any hitch,
as i was the deceased account officer.

Please endeavour to observe utmost discretion in all matters
concerning this issue, as i hope that you are a sincere,honest,matured
person and above all TRUSTWORTHY. Once the funds have been
successfully transferred into your account, we shall share it in a
ratio of 30% for you, 65% for me and my associates in the bank and the
reminder 5% to take care of contingencies.

For now,i will prefer you reach me on my private email address and
finally after that i shall furnish you with more information about
this operation. I am counting on your anticipated co-operation for a
successful and hitch free business transaction between us, that will
be mutually beneficial, for a start oblige me these Information:-

1. Your Full name{s}:-
2. Current contact address:-
3. Your present Occupation:-
4. Your age:-
5. Contact phone Numbers:-
6. Private email:-

Please if you are not interested delete this email and do not hurt me
because i am putting my career and the life of my family at stake with
this venture. Although nothing ventured is nothing gained.

Do give this proposal SERIOUS AND POSITIVE CONSIDERATION.

Your earliest response to this letter will be highly appreciated.

Kind Regards,
Mr.Peter Lee.
PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS:ptrllee@gmail.com "

I really what else to say. It's just so disheartening to see so many people trying to scam others in these dire economic times.

Chong Hing Bank Scam - 3rd June

Another scam through email:-

<<

Compliment of the day, Although you might be apprehensive about my email as we have not met before, my name is Mr. Shi Haixing I work with the Chong Hing Bank. there is the sum of $125,000,000.00 in my bank"Chong Hing Bank", Hong Kong. There were no beneficiaries stated concerning these funds which means no one would ever come forward to claim it. That is why I ask that we work together so as to have the sum transferred out of my bank into your account. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue. Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account we shall then share in the ratio of 50% for me, 50% for you. Should you be interested please send me your, ****************************************** 1, Full names, 2, Private phone number, 3, Current residential address, 4, Current Occupation ****************************************** Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated. If you are not interested don't reply please. Kind Regards, Mr. Shi Haixing

The following link was sent from Mr. Shi Haixing.
>>

I've been getting more of these type of emails lately. I wonder why is that?

Update:
Check this out: HERE

Yahoo! Scam - 2nd June

I've received an email today that goes like this:-

" [Quoted] This is a short notice from Yahoo! We hereby announce the official
notification of the results of the Yahoo! Financial
promotions held on the this Month.you have won in the 1st category,
you have been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000.00 (i.e
One Million United Kingdom Pounds) you are required to contact him
with your detailed information as listed below;

Mr. Jimmy Walters
Email:mr.jimmywaltersdesk@8u8.com
Tel: +447031920807


FULL NAMES*CONTACT ADDRESS*COUNTRY*SEX *AGE* MARITAL
STATUS*OCCUPATION*NATIONALITY*TELEPHONE NUMBER*EMAIL ADDRESS*

Yours Sincerely,

Steve Ballmer, "

What does the sender think? That I'm low enough to not realize that I'm supposed to reply to a non-Yahoo email? I've won cash and Yahoo doesn't send me through their corporate email? That's the most basic thing and the sender doesn't even know how to pull this off. Today's news in "The Star" newspaper (country local) highlights that there are already RM20mil lost through scams like one of the emails above. Come to think of it, it's sad as the victims includes lawyers and professionals. Don't they learn science and how to analyze things critically and logically?

Seperate Posting - 26th April

I just realized my blog is not generating enough traffic. For this particular blog, it is my own particular experience and feelings, so it doesn't really matter if no one reads it....but I guess I'll have to make a new blog for making money stuff. What to name it?

"Free Make Money Online Programs Reviews"

That should do it. For all I know, 99% of the programs are scams. And there are wonders of programs out there including:-
i) Paid Surveys
ii) Multi-Level Marketing (MLM)
iii) Read Emails
iv) Data Entry
v) Get Rich Quick Schemes [ Ebooks etc. ]
vi) Misc. Programs [ Other than those above or I do not know the category ]

Since I've received so many emails from other people stating that their programs are the best ways to make money, I'll review them, and maintain no-paying policies throughout. If they request payment, I'll just look over their sales pitch and try to see what makes them 'tick'. The only thing / program that I will not review are 'Forex' as I'm not a Pro myself. So, to anyone that cares about this, stay tuned!