Another email scam alert

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  1. Larkshall

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    Just received this:-
    TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,
    LETTER OF INQUIRY FOR PURCHASE.
    MY NAME IS BILL GIBSON,I WANT TO MAKE AN INQUIRY TO KNOW IF YOU SELL

    *** ELECTRIC TILLERS ***

    IF YOU HAVE IT FOR SALE THEN GET BACK TO ME NOW WITH THE TYPES/MODEL WITH PRICES SO THAT I WILL CHOOSE MY DESIRE FOR PURCHASE AND INCLUDE THE TYPES OF PAYMENT THAT YOU ACCEPT SO THAT I KNOW HOW TO MAKE PAYMENT TO YOU.

    AWAITING YOUR QUICK RESPONSE SOON..

    BILL GIBSON
     
  2. capney

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  3. shiney

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    That very nice man from the Revenue and Customs has sent me an email saying that I have a tax refund due of £465. All I have to do is click on the link to the claim form.

    I know it's OK because it has the correct heading and logo on it. :thumbsup:

    That's pretty good for me to get a rebate as I don't pay any tax. :heehee:
     
  4. ClaraLou

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    These two are royals, so they must be telling the truth. In an unusual break from royal tradition, they seem to be called after a well-known face cream and a footballer's wife.


    From Prince Olay Nicholas And Princess colleen Nicholas
    Compliments of the day!
    Dear sir/madam
    I and my younger sister write to seek for your assistance, I want to introduce myself to you. My name is Prince Olay Nicholas and my younger sister Princess colleen Nicholas , my consignment contains the sum of 15.million United States dollars and some quantity of gold and Diamond, which I cannot be specify.
    The consignments are presently in the KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT here in ACCRA GHANA.
    The consignment gets to the Airport through the help of a Governmental U.N diplomat The fact is that the Diplomat is supposed to have delivered this consignment to a man called Mr. Daniel Marco in AMERICA.
    The week the Diplomat suppose to deliver the consignment to him, when he call AMERICA after clearing the consignment from the Security Company, he call Mr. Daniel Marco to tell him the description to his house for the delivery, but his House maid answered the call and told the Diplomat that her Master Mr. Daniel Marco had an accident which lead to his death some days ago.
    Mr. Daniel marco has already paid the demurrages from the security company, he paid for Bullion van that took the consignment to the airport and he paid for custom clearance report ,he also assisted us in getting the Necessary Document covering the Consignment and which is so expensive that he spent twenty five thousand dollars to acquired it, but unfortunately he died in the accident, that was why The Diplomat has to deposit the consignment with a warehouse over here in KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT and called us to informed us about what is happening.
    Please I and my little sister seek for your help to Contact the Diplomat so that he can be able to deliver the Consignment to you. I do want you to instruct him that you have discuses this with us, and you want him to deliver the consignment to you on time now. Please, Contact the Diplomat on time and update us true mail, Please for your great assistance 30% will be given to you as well and not only that you are going to invest the balance into any good business of your choice as our New Beneficiary. And get back to us with your contact details , your cell phone/your age/country of origin/a copy of your passport for identification so that we can give you the Diplomat contact for you to contact her immediately.
    Below is the contact number of the Diplomat in Accra , Ghana for you to contact him immediately and get back to me.(+233206518928) and his name Mr. Kwame appiah and his email ( [email protected])
    Please contact him immediately and please don't disclose the content of the box to the Diplomat because he did not know the content we only told him is precious family belonging inside and get back to us as soon as possible, thank you we love you .
    We await your urgent response. Please reply email
    Thanks and God bless you
    Prince Olay and princess colleen
     
  5. shiney

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    Hello ClaraLou,

    I am Kwame Appiah.

    It is good of you to put this on the internet as it will now allow us to make a brilliant deal and bypass their royal highnesses.

    Don't phone them on that number but just contact me on the email address or phone me on +23320653273. We can then split it 50-50. We can meet at the airport and divide it there.

    Of course, I shall then need to leave the country before they find out but unfortunately I do not have the funds for the airline ticket. Please confirm your email address to me and I shall tell you where to send the draft for $750 needed for my ticket. I shall refund this amount when we meet at the airport.

    Please don't let their highnesses know or many unpleasantnesses may befall me.

    Your honoured servant
    Kwame Appiah
     
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      They just don't give up do they?
       
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      • ClaraLou

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        :heehee: :heehee:
         
      • capney

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        Love it.. Thats almost a film script.
         
      • capney

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        Seems I have won a car and a boot full of cash.....
        I will be able to top up my shed with more fivers.


        PEUGEOT AUTOMOBILES LOTTERY
        172, Hale Rd, Widnes,
        Cheshire WA8 8SZ
        PGA/81A/01/2011

        Dear Esteemed Winner,

        Congratulations! Our random generator has just selected YOU as the EXCLUSIVE WINNER! in our 2011 Peugeot Automobile Lottery, your e-mail address attached
        to Reference number: PGA/81A/01/2011, has consequently won in the 1st category.

        Prize: Lump sum of 550,000.00 GBP (Five hundred and fifty thousand Great British Pound) and a brand new Peugeot 407 Car.

        To begin the claim process, please contact our approved agent with the information below. Also state your are in receipt of this notification and
        you require further instructions on how to claim your won prize.

        Agent Name: Sir. Mr Steven Adams
        Email: (Removed by me)

        1. FULL NAME:
        2. DELIVERY ADDRESS:
        3. PHONE NUMBER:
        4. COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:
        5. AGE/SEX:
        6. OCCUPATION/POSITION:
        7. MARITAL STATUS:

        Note: Please remember to quote your Reference number in all correspondence. All response should be forward to this Email: (removed by me)

        Yours Truly,
        Online coordinator.

        --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        No virus found in this message.
        Checked by AVG - AVG - Antivirus and Internet Security | Virus Protection
        Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3596 - Release Date: 04/25/11
         
      • shiney

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        I see that the agent has also been knighted. So everything must be OK. :heehee:
         
      • capney

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        Strange thing is... that address:

        PEUGEOT AUTOMOBILES LOTTERY
        172, Hale Rd, Widnes,
        Cheshire WA8 8SZ

        Is a factual address... Probable full of mail bags by now, awaiting to be processed..!
         
      • ClaraLou

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        Please, Catrina, just pick one or two personal tragedies rather than the complete range of tearjerkers. Or we may suspect that you are telling porkies.
        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


        FROM CATRINA HAWK,,


        I know that this letter may be a very big surprise to you.

        I am Mrs. CATRINA HAWK, i am deaf and suffering from a protracted cancer
        of the breast which has affected my brain. From all indication my
        condition is really deteriorating, and my doctors have courageously
        advised me that i may not live beyond the next two months to four
        months,this is because the cancer stage has reached a critical stage. I
        was brought up in a motherless baby's home, and was married to my late
        husband who is from cote d'ivoire for twenty years without a child. My
        husband and i are true Christians, but quite unfortunately, he died in a
        fatal motor accident.

        Since his death i decided not to re-marry, i sold all my inherited
        belongings and deposited the sum of $3.2million dollars in a bank.
        Presently, this money is still in their custody, and the management just
        wrote me as the Legitimate beneficiary to come forward to receive the
        money after keeping it for so long or rather issue a letter of
        authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since i can not come
        over as a result of my illness.

        Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where i have been undergoing
        treatment. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told
        me that i have only a few months to live.It is my last wish to see that
        this money is invested in any organisation of your choice and distributed
        each year among the charity organization, the poor and the motherless
        baby's home where i come from and cancer patients as well. I want your
        good humanitarian, to also use this money to fund orphanages and widows
        around. I must let you know that this was a very hard decision, but I had
        to take a bold step towards this issue because i have no further option. I
        hope you will help see my last wishes come true.As soon as I receive your
        reply I shall give you the contact of the bank or the full contact of the
        attorney to the bank where this fund was deposited. I will also issue you
        a letter of authority which will prove that you are the new beneficiary of
        my funds.Do forward t!
        he following information as i would need

        YOUR FULL NAME
        YOUR PHONE NUMBER
        YOUR COUNTRY
        YOUR PHONE NUMBER
        YOUR AGE
        YOUR OCCUPATION

        Please assure me that you will act accordingly and when next i hear from
        you i would enclose the deposit slip as was given to me by the bank when i
        made this deposit.

        Awaiting your reply.

        CATRINA HAWK
         
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        Out of interest I drove down Hale Road in Widnes last Thursday. Trouble is it is a very long road with housing and light industrial areas all the way along. We did not have time to look for 172.
         
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        Dear Customer,

        We detected irregular activity on your
        internet banking account on 18/05/2011.

        For your protection, you must verify this
        activity before you can continue using your
        account.

        Please download the document attached to this
        email to review your account activity.

        We will review the activity on your account
        with you and upon verification,

        and we will remove any restrictions placed on
        your account.


        If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice
        but to temporaly suspend your account.

        We ask that you allow at least 72 hours for the case to be
        investigated and we strongly recommend to verify your
        account in that time.

        © Copyright Alliance & Leicester Bank Holdings plc 2011 - All rights reserved

        these are most of the spam i get. trouble is i dont have an aliance and Leicester account.
         
      • clueless1

        clueless1 member... yep, that's what I am:)

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        This line is my favourite. Its just genius. The fact that the sender has managed to wangled 'email' and 'top secret' into the same sentence without joking. Fabulous.

        Its not as though email messages travel unencrypted through any number of different servers between sender and recipient, and such unencrypted messages never pass through servers in countries with lax data security rules, and of course, as we all know, the recipient always keeps their machine in a locked vault under armed guard and CCTV. You'd almost think that just anybody could use email, and a user doesn't even have to submit to comprehensive background checks and regular security audits.
         
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