Saturday, 26 February 2011

Email Scams: That’s A New One

And I’m not kidding, either … !

I’ve got to admit, I was just poking around my gmail account’s Spam folder, earlier.

Which sounds strange.

But it’s something I do with both it and my private account.

Just to make sure that emails that I’m expecting, haven’t been misdirected.

Thankfully, there’s was nothing that had gone astray, like that.

But there was the usual amount of bumf, junk and plain old pooh.

And something novel.

Or novel, for an attempted scam email, any way.

Here, just in case you can’t make out the text in the photo …
SCAM VICTIM COMPENSATION PAYMENT VIA ATM CARD.
BANK OF AFRICA/UNITED NATIONS 2011
COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS DIRECTIVE.
ATTN:Sir/Madam.
SCAMMED VICTIM/.REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 1.5 MILLION USD.
This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United
Nations and Union Bank Of Africa to pay 100 Benin Republic 419 scam victims $1.5 Million each, you are listed and approved for this payments as one of the
scammed victims,get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate
payments of your $1.5 Million compensations funds. On this faith full
recommendations,
I want you to know that during the last UN meetings held
at Port Novo,Capital Of Benin Republic,it was alarmed so much by the rest
of the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to
the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today,in
other to retain the good image of the country,the president of the country
is now paying 100 victims of this operators $1.5Million USD each,Due to the
corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Benin Republic,the payments are
to be paid by UNION BANK OF AFRICA as corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by the National Westminster bank London.
According to the number of applicants at hand,84 beneficiaries has been paid ,half of the victims are from the United States and Asia,we still have more 16 left to be paid the compensations of $1Million each. Your particulars was
mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Cotonou as one of
their victims of the operations,you are hereby warned not to communicate
or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever,the US secret
service is already on trace of the criminal,You can receive your
compensations payments via ATM CARD PAYMENT.
Furthermore you are advice toreconfirm you billing address include your full name and direct contact telephone number to the Managing Director Swift Card Consultant Payment Center for the certified ATM Card, the contact information is as follows:

MANAGING DIRECTOR SWIFT CARD
CONSULTANT PAYMENT CENTER.
Email:(ubabank13@accountant.com)
TEL PHONE: +229-97 09 7 82
NAME: Dr Linda maxwel.
Call her immediately you get this mail to enable her speed up for your ATM
payment Card,NB Please do not reply to this E-mail,contact the Managing
Director Swift Card Consultant Payment Center immediately with the
necessary information required from you so that they will commence on
processing.
Yours faithfully,
Gad Amata
But I’ve got to admit, that was new.

A scam email telling me I was due compensation …

For being scammed … !

Dear me, what will they come up with, next … ?

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Now, just as a last thing … ?

Bless, you can tell how revered Nicholas Courtney was, can’t you … ?

I managed to pick the poster — that second photo — from Life, Dr Who & Combom: and can find the relevant link to the original, here

And Toby, over at Inner Toob … ?

Had this …




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