Guard your information

			Folks, I just received an email from Chase, but I truly believe this is another phishing scam. Again, I don't think a reputable organization like Chase, would send email notifications requesting private information such as your password and social security number. Fortunately, I was able to copy and paste the information onto this blog post this time. USER ID & Password information User ID* Password* Personal information Current E-mail Address YaleVision@yourmailisp.com Current E-mail Address YaleVision@yourmailisp.com Current E-mail Address YaleVision@yourmailisp.com Full Name * E-Mail Address (required)* E-Mail Password (required)* Social Security Number * Mother's Maiden Name * Date of Birth (DD/MM/YY) * *Required field Why is E-Mail password required? - We have introduced a new e-mail security, that protects you from unauthorized Identification code request, when signing on from a different PC. That means if anyone steals your account information and also has your e-mail access to get the Identification code, he will not be able to use it.

Lottery winnings

How does one win a lottery one never entered or knew anything about?
Well the latest email I got congratulated me for winning 1,220,000.00 and I was told to contact a Ms. Emily Brown in South Africa. The email also had a pdf attachment, and the bottom of the email, the email address of samuel_ndlovu01@live.com.

This brings me to the old adage, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!

The Phish that Keeps on Scamming

Folks,

In my previous post I described what I believe to be a phishing scam that targets Yahoo users. Well,I received another bogus email with respect to that scam and just like before, the email was riddled with grammatical and spelling errors. (i.e., button is spelled botton, Yahoo's was written as Yahoo!'s,). I was unable to copy and paste the email, but it basically asked that I furnish them with my name, birth date, log-in, password, and so forth. What really gave the scam away though was that they asked that I respond by September 29, 2009, and today is October 8, 2009. Wow, what a flaw! Strangely enough, I actually appreciate this piece of stupidity.

Phishey, Phooey, and a Sure Fire Scam

Folks,

I've no reason to believe that once you have an email account for several years with an email provider, that provider will reach out to you for account verification. These scams are getting a too scary.

The latest scam I received was supposedly from Yahoo Customer Service.

The sender asked for my Yahoo ID, password, name and birth date. He/she even asked that I type a code word and warned me that if I did not verify my information, my account would be permanently lost. It all looked very convincing. I tried to copy and past it onto this blog, but for some reason, it wouldn't take. It was in the Yahoo fonts, and looked VERY convincing. Only, I could not believe that Yahoo would want to verify this information.

Because of my skepticism, I decided to take a closer look at the email and found that although the sender said Yahoo customer service, the email address was alize13@abcglobal.net. This clearly raised a red flag. That is, why would Yahoo customer service not have a yahoo email? Second, upon closer examination, I also found some grammatical errors. For example, the email read: This helps Yahoo prevent automated Verification. While easily overlooked, there is no reason for the V in verification to be capitalized.

Keep your eyes open.
There's a lot of phishing going on.
Whatever you do, don't bite!

What??????

ATTENTION DEAR,

THE MANAGEMENT OF CENTERAL BANK OF NIGERIA PLC, WISHES TO INFORM YOU THAT WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF Your CONFIRMED BANK DRAFT CHEQUE ISSUED IN YOUR FAVOUR WITH CASH AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED US DOLLARS, FROM YOUR AGENT AND HE TOLD US TO ARRANGE YOUR PAYMENT TO BE AVAILABLE BY WESTERN UNION DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOU CAN NOT BE ABLE TO CASH THE TOTAL $1.5MILLION CHEQUE,YOU ARE NOW ADVISED TO CONTACT WESTERN UNION OFFICE IMMEDIATELY AND SEND THEM YOUR DETAILS WHERE THEY CAN START SENDING YOUR PAYMENT TO YOU AS WE BOOKED WITH WESTERN UNION OFFICE TO START REMITTING YOUR PAYMENT RIGHT FROM TOMORROW IF POSSIBLE YOU CONTACT THEM AS TODAY: THE AMOUNT THEY WILL SEND YOU EVERY DAY IS $7000.00 US Dollars .TILL YOU RECEIVE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF YOUR $1.500.000.00 CHEQUE.

HOWEVER YOU ARE ADVISED TO CONTACT THE DIRECTOR OF WESTERN UNION OFFICE.
CONTACT PERSON:DR.LUCIA POLANI
EMAIL:luciapolani231@micro.lt
TEL:+234 805-77-80-698


SO BEFORE THEY CAN PROCEED ON YOUR PAYMENT BY TOMORROW YOU ARE ADVISED TO EFFECT THE SUM OF $100 US DOLLARS TO THEM TO ENABLE THEM REVENUE THE CHEQUE AND START SENDING IT TO YOU IMMEDIATELY TOMORROW.

BELOW IS THE INFORMATION REQUESTED.

RECEIVER NAME..........
CITY..............................
COUNTRY......................
GENDER........................
TELEPHONE..................
QUESTION TEST............
ANSWER.......................

THE DIRECTOR OF WESTERN UNION REV.JERRY THOMPSON WILL EMAIL YOU WITH THE TRACKING DETAILS YOU NEED TO PICK YOUR A DAY PAYMENT
OVER THERE. THE WESTERN UNION OFFICE IS NOW WAITING FOR YOUR DETAILS WHERE THEY CAN START SENDING YOUR A DAY PAYMENT FROM
TOMORROW.

THANKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MRS.Anita Hughes

Phooey, I do not believe this is FedEx

Folks,

I keep posting these phoney mailings so that none of us ever gets phished and consequently scammed.

Here's the latest email I received. All I can tell you is that if FedEx had a package for me, I'm sure they'd know where to deliver it. I don't think they would take it upon themselves to learn the delivery address. So if someone wants to get a package out to you, they need to know your delivery address. I think FedEx requires this information before they accept packages for delivery. Also, I believe FedEx emails are stated as fedex.com not live.com or courier.com. Honestly, the devlish side of me impels me to give them the address to my neighborhood police precinct. Below is a copy of the email I received. What are your thoughts?


Flag this message
Contact Mr.David Crown (FedEx Package Awaits You)
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:31 AM
From:
"FedEx Express" Add sender to Contacts

A Parcel was registered to you by CHEVRON/TEXACO LOTTERY OFFICIALS,theyhave paid for the delivery charges in order for us to deliver your parcel,please contact this office with your Full Name,Country,Tel,sex,at Email:fedexpackagedispacth@live.com,For we to deliver your parcel to you as soon as possible.

What's up with the UK Promos?

Have any of you received this promo? I'd hate to think that during these difficult times, people are actually falling for this. Here are two separate emails I received from hcunningham@rrohio.com.

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**Lucky Winner**
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 10:46 AM
From: "Joan" Add sender to Contacts
"2009 Uk Promo" Add sender to Contacts
To:
info@winner.com
Your email ID was awarded £500,000 GBP in the promo. Send us email about your full infor. Name:........................... Country:........................ Sex:............................Age/Tell


Winner
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 10:00 AM
From:
"Joan" Add sender to Contacts
To:
info@org
Fill for claim of £750,000,00 GBP in the Siemens Promo. Send us email about your full infor.Name:...........................Country:........................Sex:............................Age/Tell Number:................

This might just be a cyber-pirate

Here's the latest phish I received:

Phone: +1 (559) 761-0618 , Fax +1 (559) 340-6554Money Manager Assistant (part-time vacancy; Work at home, ; 2000 usd / month):We value your response back regarding the open vacancy Insurance Company is offering. We're currently seeking motivated and responsible individuals to attend the post of a 'Work at home Money Transfer Assitant'. This remote position itself covers a broad range of directions an individual would have to perform. It's a part time position, which let's you perform your duties directly from your home location. In the nearest future, we're planning to achieve the expansion of our company throughout the United States of America and United Kingdom, providing local offices and departments in the vast areas, where logistic and insurance services are definitely in demand. Until then, we're trying to fill in our personnel with new individuals, which will increase the efficiency of the services we're catering. If you wish to apply or have any questions regarding the position, feel free to contact me back either via e-mail. Hope to hear from you soon.In order to reduce the corporate overhead, we've implemented the thrift solution of disseminating bases of control over certain regions of the United States of America. It provides a great opportunity for beginners to participate in the standard operations of the future subsidiary departments. Besides the expansion project, the upcoming regional accountants are expected to learn a great deal about different realms of the insurance market mainly through digesting the experience gained from the large scale practical assignments. 1) This is part time work at home position and can easily combine this vacancy with any other work.2) The fixed salary is 2000 USD a month + 5% instantly from each payment processed by you.3) You will receive payments (Direct Bank Deposits and wire transfers) from client within United States and send it by instant payment sistem such as Western Union. You will receive 5% of processed amount.4) You do not spend your own money and there are no startup fees. All charges for withdrawal or transferring the money will be deducted from the payment.5) To start work with us you must only have basic checking account at any bank. Your financial information will never be disclosed to third parties.6) You can work 2-3 hours per day.7) This is not insurance sales position and you don't need to sell insurance, this is Money Transfer Assistant vacancy.8) Your education and status don't matter.9) We do not ask any personal information and we run business according to laws of the United States of America.Now I will explain the details of this job.1) An ACH or Wire transfer will be made to your bank account from our client. I'll let you know it's exact transfer amount and date.2) You should receive the transfer and send me the confirmation that you've received it. Then you'll have to cash out this transfer at your bank.3) Then you'll have to sent the money you took from you bank account via Western Union. I'll let you know all the necessary information on this transfer(the name of person who will receive the money and destination city/country).4) Then you should send an email to me to confirm the Western Union transfer is sent. This email should include sender's name, name of the city the transfer has been sent from, exact Western Union transfer amount, and Western Union MTCN (it's essential for receiving the money).5) We communicate with our agents mainly by e-mail, but we will also communicate by phone (if your e-mail is not available). It is your responsibility to check your e-mail daily and inform us about any change in your contact information. Supporting communication is your top-priority obligation.6) The fixed monthly salary which is 2000 usd will be sent to you by direct deposit after 30 day period from first transfer.Let's see how it works. For example, 2000 usd have been transferred to your account. The amount you'll receive for each transfer is 5% from the initial payment to your bank account. 5% from 2000 usd is 100 usd so you'll have to send 1900 usd via Western Union. Western Union fee(it's about 100 usd) should be deducted from 1900 usd.Please ask me with more questions or just let me know you're ready to get started.We do not need access to your bank accounts. This is information that you can see at any check and only let us to send ACH and Wire transfers to this accounts.Note: Actions depicted below, are authorized by Our Company, and therefore sustain legitimacy status. Our venerable organization doesn't condone or incite improper or out of border incentives, which may contradict to federal law.To apply, simply send a reply to our support department at HRManagerPIC273@gmail.com . We value your response and feedback.Respectfully,Julie Mathews. HR department.ID 4595832842

Sounds Phishey to me

Funny, this email was sent by a Dolliecib1955@hotmail.com but the return email is to angelamolen@gmail.com. Hmm...US work authorization, but no job description. Except that it is an intuitive role that requires critical reasoning, etc. This sounds very phishey.


Interested in working for a dynamic and fast growing company in one of the most prospective market spheres? Then this message is for you! We are looking for a reliable and hard-working person, who will become an integral part of our team, an important link between the clients and thecompany itself. The position is intuitively understandable, however, it will require high attention to details, extreme accuracy and perfect self-organization and motivation. You must be able to work independently, but not hesitating to ask for additional information or instructions. An ideal candidate must also possess the following qualities: - U.S. work authorization. - developed communication skills; - ability to solve problems and provide critical reasoning; - detail-oriented approach; - being a fast learner. We guarantee you: - free training and phone support; - excellent salary and compensation (bonus) package; - comfortable work environment - work from your home. Your income level will based solely on your personal performance. All positions will be filled immediately due to our recent expansion. If you ae willing to apply fo this position, please contact us: angelamolen@gmail.com

Looks like this one is another lotto phish:

ACCULOTTO.COM INTERNATIONALOFFICIAL SPONSOR:MERCEDES BENZ COPERATION(UK)C/ CRYDON 28089,LONDON.FROM: THE PROMOTIONS DIRECTORINTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPTATTN: Winner,We wish to congratulate you over your email success in ourINTERNATIONAL COMPUTER LOTTERY program held on 13th April 2009 toencourage internet users. This is a millenium scientific computer gamein which email addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimedat encouraging internet users; therefore you do not need to buy ticketto enter for it. You have been approve for the star prize of£500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds).To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed agent assoon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:CLAIMS MANAGER:MR.LOUIS GREYEmail:accuclaim42009@live.comIn order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please rememberto quote your reference number in every one of your correspondences.Batch No: MBL/980/TWM/SEticket number EL-23133Serial number EL-123542Ref: number EL-9318You are compelled to contact the appointed agent with the followinginformations for formal verification and confirmation:Your Full Names......................Age..................................Occupation...........................Present Contact Address..............Country Of Residence.................Phone Numbers & Country Code.........Once again congratulations !!!

Forget phishey or phooey

I'm having a hard time deciphering if this one is phishey or phooey. It looks more to be down right phoney. Especially the part that says they have nothing to "sale." It's kind of strange, because Dateline on NBC did a report on scams of this sort. Some red flags to look out for (I think) are "you will need to have an existing US bank account for processing the payments."

Dear Candidate,

After viewing your resume on ____________ we have decided to contact you regarding an offer for a well paid job. We are looking for a Financial Representative in the US.
The Financial Representative will work closely with our Financial Department to manage and process payment orders (checks) and to serve as the key conduit for those requirements. You will perform transfers for funds received as payments (from out clients) and support the company’s financial transactions by assisting with good communication skills and financial records.
· Duties will include light book keeping, invoicing, filing, data entry and document control
· Representative will be tasked to receiving payments via Bank Checks, processing these transactions and keep records as well as making the necessary money transfers
· Opportunity to work at home: maximum 2 hours each business day

Requirements
Knowledge to scan and print documents
Attention to detail and organized, with good communication skills both verbal and written
US citizen or permanent residence/green card holder
You will need to have an existing US bank account for processing the payments
No criminal record

Benefits
Work at home
Attractive bonuses and commissions with each order
Nothing to sale and no contact with our clients

Salary and commissions
Guaranteed commissions totaling up to $5,500.00 every month + $1,000.00 basis monthly salary
Commission: 10% from every processed order that you will receive upon cashing a check

If you would like to work for us, reply to this e-mail with the subject:
“I am interested”

I won a lottery, really?

How do people win lotteries of which they are totally unaware?

What's the catch?

UK NATIONAL ONLINE LOTTERY(HOME OFFICE).165 FULHAM PALACE ROAD W6 8JBUK.REF #: UKL/478593G9/19BATCH #: 01/209/AD16GOUR REF: 12190/14TICKET #: 112-4540-525-106 WINNING NOTIFICATIONWe are pleased to inform you of the final announcement today 03rd ofApril,2009 of winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROMOTION PROGRAMME held on the Sat 21 March 2009. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:with Serial number 0149-16 drew the luckynumbers:01 31 32 33 36 38 (08) and a bonus number of 15, which ,subsequently won you the lottery in the second category.You have therefore beenapproved to claim a total of £5,515,082 in cash credited to file UXL/03920462943/07.For further Information about your Winnings,contact our Lottery Fiduciary Agent with the Below contact Information.Official:Sir.Hamilton OlafRepresentative office.10 Camelot close Thamesmead.London E280 ES Uk.Email:officialclearanceagent01@yahoo.com.hkPlease remember to quote your reference number as the subject of your correspondences with your claims officer.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.Yours Truly,Mr.Gareth K. LongstaffCo-coordinator(Online Promo Programme).Netasia WebMail

Introduction

Everyone,

After deleting a stupid note from my spam folder, I couldn't help but laugh at the pathetic nature of the note (I won't get into details). That said, I've decided to use this blogspot as a forum to post the pathetic spam notes, eerie requests, and jokes that land in your email and spam and any comments you might want to add.