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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:58 am Subject: A new twist on an old phish!

Just when I gave up hope on the inheritance from London, the Nigerian who needs help with his money and the overseas lottery a new opportunity comes along!

www.fdf.***
16 Rue Lanterne,
Lyon 69001, France.

The Fondation would like to notify you that you have been chosen by the board of trustees as one of the final recipients of a cash Grant.

You are required to contact the Executive Secretary below, for qualification documentation and processing of your claims. After contacting our office, you will be given your donation pin number, which you will use in collecting the funds. Please endeavor to quote your Qualification numbers (FDF-444-6647-9163) in all discussions.

Executive Sec. Mrs Doraine Roux
Email: doraineroux_office11@***

Please note that these are strictly administered by the EU, ECOWAS, UNO. You are by all means hereby advised to keep this whole information confidential until you have been able to collect your grant as there have been many cases of double and unqualified claim, due to beneficiaries informing third parties about his/her grant.

Regards.
Randy Owens

How did this get past the spam filters when even legitimate emails don't.

Just cleaned up any links and fake email addresses to protect us. -JediJeff

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:03 pm Subject:

A lot of spam filters rely on multiple destination addresses. If this email was sent to you and to you only, that may allow it to sneak past.

What I wonder is why you are not jumping at this chance??? ARE YOU A FOOL?!?!?!? It's easy money!

Very Happy

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:05 pm Subject:

I get those scam emails all the time. What a joke...unfortunately there are people out there that probably believe this bs

ladybug

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:11 pm Subject:

Remember the woman recently who shot and killed her minister husband and is out already. She had sent all their money to one of these.

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:22 pm Subject:

Frog, fakechecks.org is a wonderful campaign recently launched USPIS (United States Postal Inspection Service) that talks about many different scams and even has an interactive "scam test" to try. Good stuff!

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:31 pm Subject:

I went there it is a good site for people to protect themselves. The ebay overpayment scheme is a common one. You sell something on ebay. You get paid by check more than you sell it for. You contact the buyer and he says to send him back the difference but keep the item until his check clears. Guess what the check never clears but the bank clears it and you spend it. It comes back as counterfeit. You are out that money and he has your refund. He also lives in Canada where you can't get him.

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:55 pm Subject:

MCA posted about this in the banking forum frog... plz read it!! Kinda scary!
http://www.debtconsolidationcare.com/banking/fraud-arrested.html
Ang

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:19 pm Subject: r

frog, my brother got "taken" by that exact EBay scam you posted. Luckily he has 1/2 a brain and reported it to the police before doing anything with the check he received. Honestly. Will these theives stop at NOTHING?

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:30 pm Subject:

i get about 2 of those emails everyday. i just send them to spam

Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:44 pm Subject:

I get a lot of the fake Ebay and Paypal emails. I like the ones telling me that I won the U.K. Lottery, how would they know if I had a ticket or not? Actually, the Nigerian scam has been around since fax machines became popular. It is under constant investigation by the Secret Service.

That woman in Tennessee who shot and killed her minister husband was not convicted. I don't know all the circumstances, but she must have had a good attorney.

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:34 am Subject: nigerian lottery scam

Well I have been getting bombarded lately with at least
ten emails a day telling me this crap that I have won a lottery
and that I must immediately call them to have my money released to me and I must give the "authorities" my information
etc.Also they have been sending e-mails telling me that I have an atm card reserved in my name worth $2.5m and that I must respond immediately.Well, I responded by telling them
that I would ask my local sherrif's office and state dept of law enforcement if they would like there e-mail address if they did not quit with this scam

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:34 am Subject:

How about those fake checks that come in the mail to help you pay the fees for the money you won. I you take them to the bank whose name is on them they will assure you they are real. Until they are returned weeks later.

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:10 pm Subject:

I actually fell for one of those scams a few yers ago, luckily I didn't send the money in time so all it did was freeze my account for a week until everything was straightened. I was supposed to Western Union the money to a location in Canada... Mad

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:18 pm Subject: reply

i have gotten more than a few of the ATM scam emails.they look alot like the spammer for loans we sometimes see here.they are something else...literally.

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