The Spam and Scam Superthread- Merged

[schart28]

Report that to you internet provider and check out the SQ web site, they may have something on this kind of fraud.

Wow, don't remember receiving one of those!!!

To whom can I forward it for legal follow up (which cops) ?
The returd adress is hotmail.fr, which I presume is in France....

And anyone want to play with Mr. Ibru  > ?

 

[Deleted member 9665]

A local radio Quebec station...talked about it and "prenteded" to be interested and contacted the guy wich is a African in Ivory coast. they talked and every thing the radio dud even requested a bigger amount and the fraud guy accepted...at one point the radio dude...started to say to guy he was a fraud, a theif, a jerk..etc...etc...

The guy in Ivory coast,  never reacted, and continued on without ever changing his message and never answered to the provocation.

It was funny yo listen to. This fraud has been on going for years...and if it is still ongoing....probably means that there some people who are beliveing it.

 

[zipperhead_cop]

You can contact these folks to report any sort of on line fraud activity:

http://www.recol.ca/

These scams have been around for a long time, but it still doesn't hurt to report it when it comes across your screen.  Knowledge is law enforcements best weapon. 

 

[Burrows]

Well, I saw people with university degree  in a TV reportage that suck it up
for tens of thousand of dollars...

I don't think they give Masters in Common Sense.

 

[rmacqueen]

My favourites are the poor wife/daughter of the millionaire killed during some coup in Africa.  Although they are supposedly in a refugee camp they still manage to have access to a computer and email.  Unfortunately, there are still people falling for it.

 

[ark]

Is it wrong to scam a scammer?

http://www.419eater.com/html/trophy_room.htm
http://www.419eater.com/html/hall_of_shame.htm

Quite funny yet sad.

 

[Redeye]

I get hundreds of these a week.  You would have to be an 87 year old granny coming out of a ten year coma to get suckered by one of these. 

Not necessarily.  I saw a retired teacher in his late 50's get hit repeatedly with the same scam to the tune of almost $100M.  He was too ignorant to believe us (his bank!) when we tried to intervene, instead he went around us and just kept sending money.

 

[rmacqueen]

Not necessarily.  I saw a retired teacher in his late 50's get hit repeatedly with the same scam to the tune of almost $100M.  He was too ignorant to believe us (his bank!) when we tried to intervene, instead he went around us and just kept sending money.

Remember what P.T. Barnum said "There's a sucker born every minute"

 

[Yrys]

I found those adress while looking into the matter:

Abuse@Hotmail.com

abuse@yahoo.com

They are supposed to close the account when fraud is reported.
I hope Abumani will lose some fish that way...

 

[3rd Herd]

A new one out west here is an email from the Canadian Ministry of Finance advising you that you are now elderly for a new rebate based on a reprisal of you tax information. Just click the box and fill out the required information and your rebate will be deposited into your bank account. Only problem is tax information, processing, refunds, etc is under Customs and Revenue not the Ministry of Finnance.

VP

 

[Danjanou]

In the last couple of days I've received 4 seperate emails supposedly from my bank (TD Canada Trust) asking for confidential account info ( which they would already have  ???) as part of a security update. Funny how all four emails came from seperate places and I wasn't aware my bank now had branches in Asia?

They did look offical but anyone with photoshop and some of the other softeware out there can create logos etc.

 

[Trinity]

In the last couple of days I've received 4 seperate emails supposedly from my bank (TD Canada Trust) asking for confidential account info ( which they would already have  ???) as part of a security update. Funny how all four emails came from seperate places and I wasn't aware my bank now had branches in Asia?

They did look offical but anyone with photoshop and some of the other softeware out there can create logos etc.

Thanks for posting.. My mom got the same and was asking me about it.

Told her to erase it.  If TD really wants to get in touch with her they do
it via a more offical means.

 

[George Wallace]

In the last couple of days I've received 4 seperate emails supposedly from my bank (TD Canada Trust) asking for confidential account info ( which they would already have  ???) as part of a security update. Funny how all four emails came from seperate places and I wasn't aware my bank now had branches in Asia?

They did look offical but anyone with photoshop and some of the other softeware out there can create logos etc.

I've been receiving the same, and they get deleted right away at the Server.  I won't even download them.  I've also got the same from Banks that I don't even do business with and at least twice a year from EBay saying something about my account there, which I don't have.  Interesting.  I wonder how many of, or which, of the online services for companies I deal with, have sold my email address for a price? :-[

 

[Danjanou]

Thanks for posting.. My mom got the same and was asking me about it.

Told her to erase it.  If TD really wants to get in touch with her they do
it via a more offical means.

They were pretty realistic looking. I'll be printing and sending them all to my branch after the holidays.

BTW that 419 fraud buster site is hilarious. The trophy photos and how they get them from these scammers are really interesting.

 

[Korus]

But what if it wasn't a scam?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2mKRAjCsid8

;D

 

[old man neri]

   
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[zipperhead_cop]

Bottom line;  banks don't ever contact you and ask you for your information.  Period.  So if you get one like that, report it and dump it. 

 

[Colin Parkinson]

A bank being proactive and interested in it's customers should be your first clue that it's a fraud!

 

[rmacqueen]

In the last couple of days I've received 4 seperate emails supposedly from my bank (TD Canada Trust) asking for confidential account info ( which they would already have  ???) as part of a security update. Funny how all four emails came from seperate places and I wasn't aware my bank now had branches in Asia?

They did look offical but anyone with photoshop and some of the other softeware out there can create logos etc.

TD has been warning people about these going around but any bank will tell you that they will NOT contact you via email about such things and certainly not ask you to do anything over the internet. 

 

[GAP]

Here's a copy of an email I received....nice diversion...get you all worried about a fictional charge and get you to click on the link and enter your information


Dear PayPal Member,

This email confirms that you have paid LWP ELECTRONICS (sales@lwpelectronics.com) $274.99 USD using PayPal.

This credit card transaction will appear on your bill as "PAYPAL LWPELECTRONICS*".


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