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Some scammers are so disorganized they can’t even get their scam messages straight. In this example, “Rev. Franklin Moore” has an ATM card for you that is worth (ready?) four dollars and fifty cents! That’s quite an inducement! Actually, the scammer probably meant to type $4.5 Million, but just didn’t get it right. A lesson to scammers everywhere: always proofread your scams!
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015
From: Franklin Moore thomas23@cantv.net
Reply-To: dhldelcompany@usa.com
Subject: welcome to DHL Dlivery company
welcome to DHL Dlivery company.
I have registered Your ATM CARD worth of $4.5.usd with Fedex Express Courier Company with registration code of (Shipment Code awb 33xzs). please Contact with your delivery information such as, Your Name, Your Address and Your Telephone Number:
Office:E-mail: (dhldelcompany@usa.com)
Name of REV.Franklin Moore
I have paid for the Insurance & Delivery fee. The only fee you have to pay is their Security fee $150 Please indicate the registration Number and ask Him how to pay their Security fee of $150 so that you can pay it immediately.
Best Regards,
REV.Franklin Moore
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This is a classic example of a password phishing scam. (Read more about how phishing scams work.) The message claims to be from a real bank, but in fact it comes from a scammer trying to steal your bank account information. The attachment (deleted and deactivated here) asks you to enter your private account information, which would then be sent automatically not to the bank, but to the scammer.
We detected irregular activity on your account on the date 12/3/2015.
For your protection, we have temporary limited your account.
In order to regain full access to your account, you must verify this activity before you can continue using your account.
We have sent you an attachment , open it and follow the steps to verify your account.
Once completed, please allow up to 24h to update.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.
Good Day,
Bank of America
IrregularActivityFile.html
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The name of the money transfer company Western Union is often used by scammers to make their scam messages sound legitimate. Everyone knows that Western Union is a real company that people use to legitimately send money. So the scammers figure that if they tell you that you have money on the way from Western Union, maybe you’ll believe them. Don’t fall into the trap!
Subject: Pick Up Your First $5,000 Payment
From: “Western Union” unitedandecowas@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2015
Reply-To: wu.westernunion@cash4u.com
This is to inform you that we have already sent you $5,000.00 USD through Western union as we have been mandated by United Nations and ECOWAS which are supporting individual due to the worldwide economy meltdown, to transfer to you the full compensation sum payment of $1,150,000.00 via western union by this government.
In this regards, We decided to email the relevant details for you to be able to pick up this $5,000.00 USD to enable us send another $5,000.00 USD by tomorrow as you know we will be sending you only $5,000.00 USD per day. You can track at https://wumt.westernunion.com/asp/orderstatus.asp?country=global before going to pick it up.
Mr. Adekunle Francis
Tel: +234 8053688316
Call or email the above details once you picked up this $5,000.00 USD
Here is the western union information to pick up the compensation
Sender’s name: CHIKELUO OKECHUKWU
Amount Sent $5,000
Mtcn# 2819352870
Text Question: When
Text Answer: Now
For re-confirmation of your details fill in the form below,
(1)Your Full Name=============
(2)Mobile Phone Number======
(3)Current Home Address========
(4)Country====================
(5)City======================
Regards
Mrs Emily Zendro
Western Union Agent Announcer
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You don’t have to be able to read French to recognize this as a standard scam message involving desperate widows, rich orphans, political murders, and all sorts of other mysteries. Scams come in all languages, and they are as old as the human race.
Bonjour a vous mon cher ami,je m’appel Madame Zenab Keita Usman je suis de L’Afrique centrale,je suis une mère de trois enfants veuve et depuis certain temp maintenant je suis à la recherche d’asile dehors mon pays acause de notre problem.je vous écris aujourd’hui pour vous demander votre aide et de l’assistance à investir dans votre pays.mon défunt marie était chef de l’exportation de cacao et il était dans la politique et c’était ce que conduire à sa mort et j’ai dû quitter le pays pour chercher de l’aide.mon mari est décédé en laissant derrière 12,5 millions d’euro et c’est ce que je veux utiliser pour cet investissement.si vous semblez en mesure et capable pour m’aider à investir et installer ma famille dans votre pays s’il vous plaît répondez moi avec les détails des besoins ci-dessous
Nom complet,
profession,
âge,
adresse,
directe mobile / tél,
Je veux que vous compreniez qu’il est impossible pour moi d’investir dans votre pays sans votre aide en tant que citoyen est pour ca je vous avez contacte.Si vraiment vous êtes prêt à m’aider,réponse à l’information nécessaire pour que je puisse être en mesure de vous contacter et si je trouve confiance en vous,nous le ferons procéder.
merci,
Madame Zenab Keita Usman
Here is Google’s automated translation of the message, which shows it for what it is:
Hello to you dear friend, I call myself Mrs Zenab Keita Usman I am from Central Africa, I am a mother three children and a widow since some now I Temp am seeking asylum outside my country acause problem.je our writing today to ask you your help and assistance to invest in your pays. my deceased was married chief export cocoa and he was in politics and that was what lead to his death and I had to leave the country seek aide. my husband died leaving behind 12.5 million euro and this is what I want use for that you seem able investissement.si and able to help me invest and settle my family in your country please answer me with details of the requirements below
Full Name,
profession,
age,
address,
Direct Mobile / Phone,
I want you to understand that it is impossible for me to invest in your country without your help as Citizen’s why I you you really contacte.Si are willing to help me, response to information necessary for me to be able to contact and if I find confidence in you, we will do proceed.
Thank you,
Ms Usman Zenab Keita
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Please be aware that scammers often use the names of real people and legitimate businesses in their fraudulent messages. Why? To lend an air of legitimacy to their criminal enterprise. Just because the name of a real person or a real bank or a real government agency appears in a scam message that doesn't mean the person or organization in question is involved in the scam in any way. The scammers are just stealing these names in order to make themselves look legitimate.