Wednesday, December 30, 2009

That diplomatic touch...

Very Urgent...‏
From: U.S.Customs and Border Protection (info@thomasswinkowski.us)
Sent: December 30, 2009 2:13:03 AM
To: info@thomasswinkowski.us

We hereby bring to your notice that a consignment to be delivered at your residence
by a diplomat had been stopped by us. This is a security measure put in place by
United States of America to check terrorism and money laundry through the sale of
illegal drugs locally and internationally.

After examination, we found out that the consignment contained the sum of US$7.7
Million, which upon further investigation revealed that the fund was your inheritance.

Consequently, the diplomat will deliver your consignment at your residence after all
protocols have been observed.

However, in order to proceed we need you to reconfirm the following information,

Full Name:
Residential Address:
Date of Birth:
Occupation:
Telephone/Mobile Numbers:

It is imperative that we inform you to provide the airway bill of your consignment
and a means of identification,(either your international passport or driving license).

In order to see that your consignment is processed within a shortest time it is
advise you reply via my private email box... thomas.s.winkowski.cbp@mcom.com

We await your response.

Regards,

Thomas S. Winkowski
Assistant Commissioner,Office of Field Operations
U.S.Customs and Border Protection

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Baby, you can drive my car...

Yup ~ I certainly would rush off in all directions to claim a prize from Toyota using an AOL account for a response.


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PRIZE.......AWARD‏
From: TOYOTA INTERNATIONAL GMAING BOARD (info@toyota.co.uk)
Sent: December 27, 2009

TOYOTA LOTTERY PROMOTION DEPARTMENT
25 Bridge Street ,Staines Middlesex
TW10 8TP United Kingdon.
CVR-nr. 25554493.

This is to inform you that have been selected for a Cash prize of
£10,0000,000.00.(Ten Million Great British Pounds) and a brand new Toyota
Prius car International programs held 2009 in London Uk.

You can view our website to view your car
(http://www.toyota.com/prius)
Description Of New Toyota Car to be Shipped to you.
Miles:New.......................Doors:4 doors or
more
Transmission:Automatic............Interior:Tan
Engine:4 - Cylinder....................Year:2009
Warranty:Existing.................Cruise Control
Title:Clear.......................Exterior:Red
Condition:New.....................Engine: 1.9L DOHC
MPFI VVT-i
16-valve 4-cylinder engine w/integ
CD Player.........................Side Airbags
Passenger Airbag..................Driver Airbag
Anti-Lock Brakes..................Air Conditioning
Power Windows.....................Power Locks

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 250,000
email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.This Toyota car
Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by The
International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This promotional car
lottery is the tenth of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact your claims officer
through our accredited Prize Transfer agents as stated below:

Mr. Kelly White
25 Bridge Street ,Staines Middlesex (Googling addresses can be fun.)
TW10 8TP United Kingdon
Email: infoweb234@aim.com (Imagine that! Toyota uses AOL!)
Phone Number: +44 703 192 5961 (Googling phone numbers can be enlightening.)

When contacting him, please provide him with your secret pin code Y7448500
and your reference number 799BV90.You are also advised to provide him with
the under listed information as soon as possible:

CLAIMS REQUIREMENT:
1.Name in full :
2.Address :
3.Nationality :
4.Age :
5.Sex :
6.Occupation:
7.Phone/Fax:
8.Present Country:

If you do not contact your claims agent within 7 working days of this
notification,your winnings would be revoked.Winners are advised to keep their
winning details/information from the public to avoid fraudulent claim
(IMPORTANT) pending the transfer/claim by Winner.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Regards
Mr. Tedy Lee
Lottery Manager.

I'll wait for my reward in the afterlife...

Reward proposal for you.‏
From: Mubaraq Ahmed (mugaraq@help.com)
Sent: December 15, 2009

Hello.As you read this,I don't want you to feel sorry for me,because,I believe
everyone will die someday.My name is Mubaraq Ahmed,an Oil&Gas merchant in U.A.E.
I'av been diagnosed with prostate and esophageal Cancer that was discovered very
late due to my laxity in caring for my health. It has defiled all form of medicine
and right now, I have only about a few days to live according to medical experts.
I need your help in distributing my funds to charities as I have no family.if you
can help me you will take 20% out of the funds and give 80% to the local charities
of your choice.Regards, Mubaraq Ahmed

******

I promise ~ I didn't feel the least bit sorry for him.


Oooooooo - The FBI, no less...

Considering the contents, I think it must be from the Fucking Barrel of Idiots:

Payment Notice From The Federal Bureau of Investigation‏
From: FROM THE FBI robertmueller@fbi.gov
Sent: December 21, 2009

From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dept: Anti-Terrorist & Monetary Crimes Division
Office: Washington, D.C. Headquarters
Address: J. Edgar Hoover Building
93 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw Washington, D.C. 20535-0001

Attention Funds Beneficiary,

This is to officially inform you that your fund which is in Africa has been approved for release by the joint FBI/UN Payment Reconciliation Board. Due to Scam act by African officials we reached to an agreement with them to have the funds released to you via ATM Card. The total sum of $5.7 Million US Dollars which is approved will be loaded in an internationally accepted ATM Card and then sent to your address via courier service, so that you can be picking your funds from any ATM Machine around you in bits at your will.
This measure is to help prevent scam on your bank account and all African bureaucratic bootleggers . Be advised not to expose your banking details to any person in the name of trying to get your funds. We the American FBI is bent on making sure that scam is totally wiped out and with this measure we are taking nobody scam you over this payment.
From our joint decision we choose ATM UNIT GHANA to be the office to release the funds to you since the country has been tested politically and otherwise, the we approved them for this payment reconciliation of every funds owned to foreigners by African governments.
You are advised to contact the ATM UNIT GHANA via their contact information as noted below:

NAME: DR. PETER AMAH (ATM UNIT DIRECTOR)
EMAIL ADDRESS: atmunitghana1@emailclick.com
TELEPHONE: +233- 2- 47189890

Contact them immediately and let them know that the FBI directed you to them for your funds release via ATM Card. Do provide them with the following reconfirmed information as stated below to avoid any mistake:

1. Your Full Name________________________________________________
2. Your Full Address______________________________________________
3. Your Telephone Number________________________________________
4. Your Occupation_______________________________________________
5. Your Age___________________

Do not send your banking details to them for security reasons. We guarantee this payment and always feel free to ask us any question if the need be until you have received your ATM Card.
Thanks,

Robert S. Mueller, III
(FBI Director)

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Header Analysis

The following IP addresses were extracted from your headers:

IP AddressProbable Country
222.186.126.25China (Zhenjiang)
82.128.34.26Nigeria (Lagos)

* The last IP listed is usually the originating IP address


I think there's something just a little bit greasy about this one...

Please let me know if my email received.‏
From: Rebecca rebeccataylor26@live.com
Sent: December 21, 2009

Rebecca L.Taylor,
Address-13400 Alexis-Nihau Boulevard,
Saint-Lauren Monaco.
Phone-+37-2531-97748.

Pardon me if I have offended you by contacting you through this medium (e-letter)
I should have explained this to you on face-to-face meeting. But I could not do this because of the situation, and again not being sure of your reaction. I hope you will keep this little secret I'm about to share with you personal and confidential to yourself.

Its about my husband, who is a sailor with INTERMAS SHIPPING COMPANY IN NEITHERLAND. He worked as a crew member in one of their vessels MV KIMOLUS which was leased to Kuwait Oil Corporation LLC.

During one of such routine sail assignment, their Vessel was loaded with Contaminated Crude Oil which was to be disposed off at a designated discharge point. But rather they thought otherwise and contacted an Indian buyer, who indicated interested in the product and also directed them to discharge the product to his Tank Farm in South Africa .

The deal was struck, sealed and payment was made with regards to same and the proceeds of this deal were shared among them (my husband and others) accordingly. However, the deal was not to the knowledge of the company, because of International Purchase Agreement on contaminated product. But my husband decided to deposit his share of the proceeds with a financial institution under an untitled holding account, so it will not be traced to him, in case investigation into the discharge of the contaminated oil is initiated. So far so good, nothing of such has happened since the death of my husband 10 months ago of pneumonia.

It has taking me 2 months of fervent prayer to let the cat out of the bag and I thought it wise and led by the spirit to disclose this now and ease my mind of unnecessary tension, in expectation of your assistance to help secure the release of the money from the financial institution.

Please let me know what to do? If it is something you can handle, as my husband made me promise on his death bed not to go near the funds, until I find someone who can assist in securing the release and payment of the funds. As he wouldn't want the money to be traced or associated with any member of his family.

I shall furnish you with further detailed information as I await your kind response directly to: rebeccataylor25@live.com.

Thank you for finding out time to read my letter.

Kindest Regards.
REBECCA TAYLOR

Has my blog gone to the dogs?

An opportunity to make money from your blog!‏
From: Dog Health Problems (healthdog0182@in.com)
Sent: December 22, 2009

Hello ******@hotmail.com,

Now you have a great opportunity to earn 25% per sale for every product you sale, through your website.
You need to just place these links on your website.
You just need to place these links on your website and start making some money!

http://**dog-health-problems.org/bloggers/offer.php?p=1&u=439
or
** dog-health-problems.org/bloggers/offer.php?p=1&u=439">Dog Pain Relief

We already have created an account for you. You can always login to your account and check money you have earned. We pay
every month for money you made last month!

http://dog-health-problems.org/bloggers/
Username: *****@hotmail.com
Password: 12345

I am here to always help you.

Thanks,
Shiela

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WHOIS information:

Domain Name:DOG-HEALTH-PROBLEMS.ORG
Created On:13-Oct-2009 11:37:30 UTC

Interesting, I'll grant you....

Grant Number: MICC/97846563459/206‏
From: e.blokdijk@hetnet.nl
Sent: December 22, 2009


MICROSOFT®
(UK. Regional Office)
Microsoft Building, Wright Lane,
Kensington London W85sp.

Winner No. 005,

It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by Microsoft Corporation ,in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products,(F.P.S.) held today 22nd December 2009 here in United kingdom, A Draft of $1,000.000.00 (One Million United States Dollars) will be issued in your name.

It is important to note that your award was released with the following particulars attached to it.
(1) File Number: F1267-2009
(2) Ref. Code :KP23/857/MCL5 /CO
(3) Grant Number: MICC/97846563459/206

Forward The Following Information as Listed Below and Send to Asset Management & Finance Group Office [ Microsoft Corporation Consultancy Firm].

.Residential address:
.Tel(Mobile):
.Nationality/Country:
.Full Names:
.Age/Sex:
.Occupation/Position:

Asset Management & Finance Group Office :
51a High Street, Hanham, Bristol. BS15 3DQ.
Director : Mr. Alexander Godson
Contact Email:alexandergody@live.com
Tel:+447010306574

Soon as The Above Information is Received Through E-mail: alexandergody@live.com,You Will Be Duly Informed

So How Come?

My photo
I have two blogs at the moment - Here Be Dragons which is devoted to rental scams primarily sourced through Craigslist although the proliferation of free ad sites has widened the hunting grounds. Many additions come from other sources (ie: blogs/anti-scam sites/online community ad sites) or are provided by people who want to share their experiences. There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch is for copies of scammail that I find in my mailboxes ~ sometimes I can't resist the odd acerbic comment but for the most part I post 'em because the more that people do, the fewer fools they get to gull. Dunno what to say about me that would be very interesting ~ I'm a granny who reads, gardens and crafts as the mood strikes me. :) I don't particularly care for the social predators on this planet and this blog is part of my way of saying so.