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

[leclerc]

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

I regularly get ones to do with a new message on LinkedIn(never click on direct link)

Or it's a voicemail that comes via Whatsapp(yes I have it but NEVER use it).


Not sure if you have heard about James Veitch but he is very very funny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QdPW8JrYzQ

And his follow up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Uc-cztsJo

[fightbackninja]

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

Gee I'm so lucky - Facebook want to give me US$950,000. Cannot wait to get it.
Here's the proof.

From the Desk of the President
International Promotions Prize Award
Batch Number: FB-0281/544
Ticket Number: FB-172-60

The entire Facebook team are very happy to inform you that your name appears on the Facebook Online International Lottery and we are giving out US$950,000 which is what you have just won.

Your name was selected in a raffle so we need your fast response so that we can proceed with the claim process of your winnings.

Your name was selected by Mr. Mark Zuckerberg the CEO of Facebook through a random select award.

Kindly contact Mr. Thomas Charlse the General Secretary of the Facebook Team and appointed as your claims officer with the following information.
Full Name
Residential Address
Private mobile phone number
Marital status
Sex
City
State
Country
Zip/Post Code

As soon as he gets your information, he will tell you what to do next regards claiming and receiving your winnings of US$950,000

FBI Scam Protected.
For security reasons, we ask you to keep this notification strictly private until your claim had s been processed.

So, you can see I have a truckload of cash coming my day any day now (oops I was supposed to keep that quiet)
I wonder why they need so much private information from me. Couldn't possibly be scammers could they - after all it is Facebook?

[MIKE770]

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

My wife and I won the Euro Millions Lottery of £53 Million British Pounds and we have voluntarily decided to donate €1,000,000.00 (One Million EURO) to 5 individuals randomly as part of our own charity project.

To verify our lottery winnings,please see our interview by visiting the web page below:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...oMillions.html

After a computer spinball,your email address was among the 5 random emails which were submitted to us by the Google, Inc as a web user; if you have received our email, kindly send us the below details so that we can transfer your €1,000,000.00 (One Million EURO) in your name or direct our offshore paying bank to effect the transfer of the funds to your designated bank account in your own country.

Full Names:
Mobile No:
Age:
Address:
Occupation:

Send your response to: xxxxxxxxxxqq.com

Best Regards,
Richard & Angela Maxwell

qq.com = chinese company

要闻


=clue

[MIKE770]

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

My wife and I won the Euro Millions Lottery of £53 Million British Pounds and we have voluntarily decided to donate €1,000,000.00 (One Million EURO) to 5 individuals randomly as part of our own charity project.

To verify our lottery winnings,please see our interview by visiting the web page below:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...oMillions.html

After a computer spinball,your email address was among the 5 random emails which were submitted to us by the Google, Inc as a web user; if you have received our email, kindly send us the below details so that we can transfer your €1,000,000.00 (One Million EURO) in your name or direct our offshore paying bank to effect the transfer of the funds to your designated bank account in your own country.

Full Names:
Mobile No:
Age:
Address:
Occupation:

Send your response to: xxxxxxxxxxqq.com

Best Regards,
Richard & Angela Maxwell

[Joanna C]

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

The Handheld Device Email Phishing Scam

This one has been sent out by the millions from a range of email addresses.

The title is 'Do you use a handheld device'
Then a picture of a credit/debit card scanner.

The big sales point for this device is that it works by linking to your mobile phone so can be used anywhere not just in restaurants and coffee shops etc. with wi-fi or landlines.

But its just a phishing scam designed to get your details.

The scammers don't care that you can see they are sending from email addresses such as healthy-breakfast.org which is obviously nothing to do with payment devices.

The links that supposedly go to information pages about the machine in fact go to phishing pages.

I guess they probably rely on people not being savvy enough to check the email address !

[fightbackninja]

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

The Handheld Device Email Phishing Scam

This one has been sent out by the millions from a range of email addresses.

The title is 'Do you use a handheld device'
Then a picture of a credit/debit card scanner.

The big sales point for this device is that it works by linking to your mobile phone so can be used anywhere not just in restaurants and coffee shops etc. with wi-fi or landlines.

But its just a phishing scam designed to get your details.

The scammers don't care that you can see they are sending from email addresses such as healthy-breakfast.org which is obviously nothing to do with payment devices.

The links that supposedly go to information pages about the machine in fact go to phishing pages.

[MIKE770]

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

TESCO

DEAR Autumn is upon us and to celebrate there is a "Gift" in Tesco for you

We have 10 Tesco Gift Cards available Each of the cards below contains a chance to WIN a prize of 500 pounds at Tesco.*Act today to get into this week’s draw. CHOOSE YOUR GIFT CARD NOW Gift Card #1: HGJ37445400-OH Gift Card #2: JHG22424510-ED Gift Card #3: AHG42242394-IR Gift Card #4: OGD17655498-KJ Gift Card #5: DFH54522384-RF Gift Card #6: OGD8397490-GB Gift Card #7: GRA12N27994-UR Gift Card #8: GDR47448411-OF Gift Card #9: FSI94356645-DD Gift Card #10: WFE685S1894-RF Have a cheerful autumn and enjoy shopping at Tesco.

[fightbackninja]

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

An email from lucia [MENTION=65150]Metro[/MENTION]tvnews.com

Dear Sir,

Nice speaking with you.
Please be advised that we confirm having remitted today the amount today, with regards to your proforma invoice.
Enclosed is the proof of payment
Please kindly check the attached confirm safe receipt of the funds.

Thank you in advance for your co-operation.
I awaits your sonest reply.

Arnesco BV
GFG Corporation

The attached file may or may not contain a virus or other malware or may simply be to get you to contact the sender so they can start to determine your full details for scam purposes.

This example includes poor grammar which may be because of a low level of literacy or that English is not the scammers first language but is more probably a way to weed out intelligent recipients and ensure that only the most gullible reply to the phishing message.

[fightbackninja]

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

A recent one supposedly from APPLE

Dear APPLE user,

you recently added ghost [MENTION=80908]anonymous[/MENTION].com as a new rescue email address for your APPLE account.
VERIFY NOW

Apple requests verification whenever an email address is added to an APPLE ID.

If you did not make this change - you need to inform us by clicking the link below

VERIFY NOW

Sincerely

APPLE Support

[nemesis45]

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

I wonder if anyone has ever bothered to follow one of these up (just to see where it would go :lol

I did follow up one last year concerning a legacy I could inherit from a person the " lawyer " was representing it was guaranteed to pay $1,000,000 + for claim to be a relative of the deceased who had the same surname as mine.

I got into a " conversation " with the " lady lawyer played it a along for a few days until she thought I was hooked then " All You need to do is transfer £3000. into the lawyers account so she put my claim forward " played it a bit more got the bank details etc. had a relative who is a bank manager to check the codes for the account and guess what it was in Nigeria where as the lawyer was in Wisconsin where her deceased client allegedly live.

When I e-mailed to tell her she had been sussed I got a rant to end all rants accused of lying to her she was jabbering what a presume was Nigerian abuse.

Even then a couple of days later she/he/it tried to persuade me she was genuine.

Details passed to AF.

nem

[Amethyst]

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

There's 'societies' of peeps dedicated to doing that kind of thing - 419'ers (or something like that)

[Kati]

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

I wonder if anyone has ever bothered to follow one of these up (just to see where it would go :lol

[nemesis45]

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

If I remember correctly she 3 months to live this time last year:duh:

[enaid]

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

Hello


People

• Shirley Underwood <alefedsaiz@infovia.com.ar>
• Today at 10:50

Message body

Good day,

Please accept my greetings and i hope this messages meets you well today.

My name is Shirley Underwood a 57 years old widow. I'm a real estate consultant & developer in Ireland, that is what I did for a living until I developed a terminal illness that is making me not practically fit to run my business that led me into winding up my business 3 years ago and moved my capital and profit to a storage firm in USA due to the fact that my late husband was from Buffalo New York with the perception of distributing the funds to the less privilege as I'm an orphan myself or support businesses that require funding especially in real estate though other businesses would also be welcomed.

The purpose of this email is to propose an investment plan to you using my funds with the security company in USA. Regardless of where you are, in or outside the US, I will be willing to support your business on the basis that 30% of your turnover from my capital given to you would be used for charity donations. This is absolutely risk free and requires no payment to acquire. I am doing this because I have less than 3 months to live .I therefore need a reliable fellow to champion my course by receiving this funds, investing it in private business and donating 30% of profit generated to the less privilege or if you are not into any business, you can receive the funds as my next of kin and assist me in distributing it to the less privilege but you must be honest ,do not bother responding if you are not honest or sincere but if you are Reply me to this email if you are interested for further details.

With my best regards,
Shirley Underwood

[Kati]

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

and they think I'm downloading the attachment?? Nope :lol: