Post up and share your examples of spam phishing emails messages #scamaware

[Crazy council]

Re: Post up and share your examples of spam phishing emails messages #scamaware

Again, Just a warning.

Be vefry very carfull with these emails, some of the newer ones have very good hacks built in. Never, never, visit the web pages unless you 100% know what your doing. never click on the links.

As a hobby, i have a machine set up to test these things, with the latest av and anti mailware on, i keep updated on Zero day vulnerabilitys, over the past few weeks, 4 times we have found mails with hacks that bypass the security completely. NO NORMAL SYSTEM WOULD HAVE HAD A CHANCE. Apart from the test pc and lappy, everything else on my network uses linux or android. If, not, these would have spread across my network, hidden.

The best advise at the moment, if you use windows, back everything up to a seportae device, without compressing it, be very carfull how you handle PDF files and flash files. Do these back ups regularly, so if you have a problem, you can re-install from scratch. alternatively, play about with linux and know its secure. Even apple has been seriously breached recently. ( great pictures btw )

Actually, learn how to run linux just from a usb, and to boot your pc from the usb, whenever you do banking, paypal or amazon type things, simply pop in your usb and reboot. Mint is a good starter one for windows users. Its also a good idea to set your email system to display plain text only ( no html ), as this stops them bypassing some of the internal security measurements.

Just my rambelings

[Kati]

Re: Post up and share your examples of spam phishing emails messages #scamaware

How exciting !!!!


Hello,
I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious. We want to transfer to overseas account($30,000.000.00
USD) Thirty million United States Dollars) from a prime Bank here in London. I want to ask you, If you are not capable to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either
an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as
long as you will remain honest to me till the end for this important business trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me
down either now or in the future.

I am Mr. Daniel smith, presently promoted to Auditor General in one of the banks here in London. During the course of our auditing last week, I
discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 2000 and since 2004 nobody has operated on this account again, after going through
some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating and if I do not
remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.The owner of this account is an American and a great industrialist and a resident of
Alaska State, who unfortunately lost his life in the plane, crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2003, including his
wife and only daughter leaving nobody to claim the money . No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no
other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that the account is a secret account. The total amount involved is Thirty million United States Dollars
only[$30,000.000.00] and we wish to transfer this money into a safe foreigners account abroad. But I don't know any foreigner; I am only
contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local person here, but to a foreigner who has information about the
account, which I shall give to you upon yourpositive response.

I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business, you are the first and the only person that I am
contacting for this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take urgently. I need your strong assurance
that you will never let us down, me and a key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this business. I guarantee you that this transaction
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law The bank official will destroy all documents of the
transaction immediately you receive this money leaving no trace to any place. I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals
for onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total
amount,70% will be for us.

PLEASE,TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET.

I look forward to your earliest reply .

Best Regards
Daniel smith
+44-7597575730

http://www.419scam.org/emails/2014-0...025363.108.htm

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.
Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

How come I don't get emails like this .... I'm starting to feel left out now :lol:

[Amethyst]

Re: Post up and share your examples of spam phishing emails messages #scamaware

How exciting !!!!


Hello,
I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious. We want to transfer to overseas account($30,000.000.00
USD) Thirty million United States Dollars) from a prime Bank here in London. I want to ask you, If you are not capable to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either
an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as
long as you will remain honest to me till the end for this important business trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me
down either now or in the future.

I am Mr. Daniel smith, presently promoted to Auditor General in one of the banks here in London. During the course of our auditing last week, I
discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 2000 and since 2004 nobody has operated on this account again, after going through
some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating and if I do not
remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.The owner of this account is an American and a great industrialist and a resident of
Alaska State, who unfortunately lost his life in the plane, crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2003, including his
wife and only daughter leaving nobody to claim the money . No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no
other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that the account is a secret account. The total amount involved is Thirty million United States Dollars
only[$30,000.000.00] and we wish to transfer this money into a safe foreigners account abroad. But I don't know any foreigner; I am only
contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local person here, but to a foreigner who has information about the
account, which I shall give to you upon yourpositive response.

I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business, you are the first and the only person that I am
contacting for this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take urgently. I need your strong assurance
that you will never let us down, me and a key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this business. I guarantee you that this transaction
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law The bank official will destroy all documents of the
transaction immediately you receive this money leaving no trace to any place. I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals
for onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total
amount,70% will be for us.

PLEASE,TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET.

I look forward to your earliest reply .

Best Regards
Daniel smith
+44-7597575730

[Nibbler]

Re: Post up and share your examples of spam phishing emails messages #scamaware

Reports on that particular email this morning.

http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/m-m-ki...d-doc-malware/

Looks like another widespread one, so not a big coincidence.

[Nibbler]

Re: Post up and share your examples of spam phishing emails messages #scamaware

M&M Kitchens with a lovely zip file attached

SNAP!

Had the exact same email this morning word for word. Even the same fake invoice number.

[Amethyst]

Re: Post up and share your examples of spam phishing emails messages #scamaware

M&M Kitchens with a lovely zip file attached

Thank you for your recent purchase (REF: INV211457).

Please find a copy of your invoice attached to this email.

Kind regards


Nuala

---------------
M&M KITCHEN APPLIANCES
Kilrea
T. 028 2954 2308
E. sales@mandmkitchens.co.uk




and I still haven't got a Peter Pan email

[Amethyst]

Re: Post up and share your examples of spam phishing emails messages #scamaware

Spam email allegedly from webmaster @ justice gov uk

Worker's Compensation Appeal Tribunal
Decision # 069
Board Direction To Rehear Decision #753
Claim No.: 7873=2520
Date of Original Notice of Appeal: June 10, 2014
Date Received at The Tribunal: June 18, 2014
Date of Board Direction to Rehear: August 12, 2014
Received: August 21, 2014
Date of Documentary Review by Appeal Committee: August 28, 2014
Date of Decision: September 7, 2014
To Whom It May Concern,

Your Company (named Respondent)
Is found to be in default because of its failure to follow with the Administrative Law Judge's Prehearing Order without sufficient cause, and such default by Respondent constitutes an admission of all facts alleged in the Complaint and a waiver of Respondent's right to contest such factual allegations. Respondent violated the section 9(6), paragraph B13(1) of the Jobseekers Act 1995.
We advise you to view a scanned document of original Complaint at Tribunal in attachment below.
Commitee Chair: E. Bauer
Member Representative of Employers: C. Compton
Member Representative of Workers: W.C. Buchanan
West London County Court
West London Courthouse
181 Talgarth Road
Hammersmith
London
W6 8DN

[dogtired]

Re: Post up and share your examples of spam phishing emails messages #scamaware

I had something similar but do not have a pay pal account!

[Nibbler]

Re: Post up and share your examples of spam phishing emails messages #scamaware

A really pish poor attempt at a paypal phishing email.

[Kati]

Re: Post up and share your examples of spam phishing emails messages #scamaware

Bit weird.... http://www.westlothian.gov.uk

They know about it tho' :tinysmile_twink_t2: http://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/5305/Scam-emails

"We are aware of emails being sent to customers this morning (Wednesday 3 September 2014) which claim to have been sent from West Lothian Council's Ebilling Department.Please be advised that these emails have NOT been sent out by West Lothian Council and we are currently investigating this. Customers who have received these emails should delete them immediately without opening them."

[Amethyst]

Re: Post up and share your examples of spam phishing emails messages #scamaware

Bit weird....



Please find attached your Non Domestic Rates bill.
If your account is in credit you are due a refund unless you have any other debt due to the Council.
To allow your credit to be processed please confirm:
- If you want the credit transferred to another account you have with us. Please confirm the account details.
- If you want the credit refunded by cheque, please confirm who it should be sent to and the address.
Links to Non Domestic Rates information are detailed below.
Important Note:
If you access these links using a mobile phone the network provider may charge for this service.
Yours sincerely
Scott Reid
Revenues Manager


* PDF Viewer required.

This message, together with any attachments, is sent subject to the
following statements:

1. It is sent in confidence for the addressee only. It may
contain legally privileged information. The contents are
not to be disclosed to anyone other than the addressee.
Unauthorised recipients are requested to preserve this
confidentiality and to advise the sender immediately.
2. It does not constitute a representation which is legally
binding on the Council or which is capable of constituting
a contract and may not be founded upon in any proceedings
following hereon unless specifically indicated otherwise.

http://www.westlothian.gov.uk

[ODC]

Re: Post up and share your examples of spam phishing emails messages #scamaware

I got this variation

[FlamingParrot]

Re: Post up and share your examples of spam phishing emails messages #scamaware

The links both send you to here: http://www.kravmagagraz.at - company based in Grav, Austria

My email was identical but they wanted me to go to a golf academy in America instead!

[Kati]

Re: Post up and share your examples of spam phishing emails messages #scamaware

I received the same message allegedly from K&L Gates, which is ironic since they are supposed to be foremost against spear phishing.

The links both send you to here: http://www.kravmagagraz.at - company based in Grav, Austria

"Krav Maga ist eines der effizientesten und effektivsten Systeme zur Selbstverteidigung und wird weltweit von Millionen von Menschen aus dem Zivilbereich, als auch von verschiedensten Militär- und Polizeieinheiten trainiert.
Das Krav Maga Selbstverteidigungssystem ist ein progressives Kampfsystem für die Verteidigung auf der Straße. Es ist ein absolut radikales, direktes, zweckgebundenes und äußerst effektives Verteidigungsprogramm mit ultimativen, einfachen, in kurzer Zeit zu erlernenden Straßenverteidigungstech****n. Neben diesen Tech****n wird größter Wert auf die Verinnerlichung und Umsetzung der Kampfprinzipien gelegt. Dazu gehört auch eine besondere psychische Situationsschulung."

(Krav Maga is one of the most efficient and most actual systems to the self-defense and is coached worldwide from millions of people from the civil area, as well as from the most different military unities and sheriff's departments.
The Krav Maga selfdefensive system is a progressive fight system of the defense on the street. It is an absolutely radical, direct, purpose-engaged and extremely actual defensive program with ultimative, easy, streets defense technologies to be learned in short time. Beside these technologies the biggest value is laid on the internalization and conversion of the fight principles. A special psychic situation training also belongs to it.)

[rowena]

Re: Post up and share your examples of spam phishing emails messages #scamaware

I received the same message allegedly from K&L Gates, which is ironic since they are supposed to be foremost against spear phishing.