Penn State Stolen Laptop Contains Alumni Social Security Numbers

As posted on Penn State's website

Stolen laptop contains sensitive information
Friday, January 25, 2008
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A University laptop recently reported stolen contained archive files from 1999-2004 that included personally identifying information, including Social Security numbers, for 677 individuals who attended Penn State during that time period. The laptop was stolen from a faculty member while traveling. All indications are that this is a random theft of the hardware.

"We're in the process of notifying those who may be affected," said David Lindstrom, chief privacy officer for Penn State. "At this time we have no knowledge that this information was accessed by unauthorized individuals. Since this appears to be a random hardware theft, the thief likely does not know what the laptop contains. Our goal is to alert anyone who may be affected and arm them with information and steps to take to lessen their risk of identity theft -- even if it is only a remote possibility."

For more detailed information about identity theft risks and prevention, visit http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft// online.

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Hackers Steal OmniAmerican Account Data

By BARRY SHLACHTER
Star-Telegram

An international gang of cyber criminals hacked into OmniAmerican Bank's records, the bank's president disclosed Wednesday.

They stole scores of account numbers, created new PINs, fabricated debit cards, then withdrew cash from ATMs in Eastern Europe, including Russia and Ukraine, as well as in Britain, Canada and New York.

"It was a pretty sophisticated scheme," said Tim Carter, president of the Fort Worth-based bank.

The amount stolen is not yet known, he said, describing it only as "minimal." No depositors will lose money, he said.

Fewer than 100 accounts, some of them dormant, were compromised, all with a daily withdrawal limit of less than $1,000, he said.

After discovering the fraudulent activity Friday afternoon, OmniAmerican placed temporary limits on some ATM and debit-card transactions and suspended some electronic banking services, which were restored Sunday, Carter said. At no time were customer deposits at risk, he stressed. "We reduced by half the dollar amount that could be withdrawn and limited [access] to Texas. We cut out anything outside Texas," Carter said.

The unauthorized withdrawals were stopped Friday, and bank employees worked over the weekend to deal with the damage, he said.

The bank learned of the breach from customers inquiring about unusual activity in their accounts, from internal monitoring and from a law-enforcement agency, which Carter declined to name.

Letters alerting check-card holders of the fraudulent activity were mailed Wednesday, the bank said.

OmniAmerican is also issuing approximately 40,000 new debit cards as a safeguard against future fraudulent activity, Carter said. Each needs a revised personal identification number.

Martin Carmichael, the Plano-based chief security officer at McAfee, a computer-security firm, said this type of cyber-attack has become "a commonplace occurrence," although some banks are reluctant to admit that their security has been breached.

Carmichael said OmniAmerican apparently fell victim to one of the more skilled gangs of criminal hackers.

"If you look at the sophistication of it -- going in, modifying PINs, issuing cards -- this is not a kid out there," he said. "This appears to be something set up. Time was involved in executing it."

Carmichael said the group could have originated in Russia, although similar skilled hackers are now being found in Asia, particularly China.

Whoever they are, he said, "they're elite, more elegant, and it's difficult for banks and many enterprises to keep pace with their activities.

"Banks are under a great amount of pressure to balance risk and shareholder value," said Carmichael, speaking from Las Vegas, where he is attending a conference. "They could do more, [but they] have a hard time justifying the cost until an incident occurs."

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T. Rowe Price Warns of Theft of 35,000 Social Security Numbers

January 28, 2008:

T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services alerted 35,000 current and former participants in “several hundred” plans that their names and Social Security numbers were contained in files on computers that were stolen, said Brian Lewbart, spokesman.

The machines were taken from the office of CBIZ Benefits and Insurance Services Inc., which prepares the 5500s for T. Rowe Price, he said.

T. Rowe Price is record keeper for the plans.

The data were kept on the computers to help complete filing of Form 5500. Other personal information, such as addresses, and birth dates, was not on the computers.

The company offered those affected a free one-year subscription to an online credit monitoring service and up to $25,000 of identity theft insurance, as well as tips on protection from identity theft.

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Fallon Community Health Plan Data Security Incident

Fallon Community Health Plan responds to data security incident involving Medicare beneficiary member information

News Release as posted at http://www.fchp.org/Extranet/_News/Recent/

Laptop stolen from vendor offices; FCHP offers free credit monitoring service to affected members

Worcester, Mass., January 24, 2008—Fallon Community Health Plan (FCHP) announced today that it has alerted regulatory authorities about a data security incident involving members of its Fallon Senior Plan and its Summit ElderCare program. Letters to all affected members have been mailed notifying them of the situation and offering free credit monitoring for 12 months. The incident is related to a vendor’s laptop computer believed to contain Fallon Senior Plan and Summit ElderCare members’ personal information that was stolen from the offices of a third-party vendor FCHP had contracted with to assist with medical claims management.

“I deeply regret that this incident occurred. I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and trouble this theft may cause our members,” said Eric H. Schultz, President and CEO, FCHP. Schultz also said FCHP is working closely with law enforcement officials and the company’s legal counsel, Epstein, Becker and Green, to recover the laptop and the data it contained. “At this time, we have no reason to believe the data on the laptop was the target of this incident, but we are taking all of these steps out of an abundance of caution on behalf of our members,” Schultz added.

FCHP is offering free credit monitoring through Equifax to affected Fallon Senior Plan and Summit ElderCare members and has set up a dedicated, toll-free number for members to call with questions or for assistance with registration. Credit monitoring will alert members to any unusual activity in their financial accounts. Fallon Senior Plan and Summit ElderCare members or family members acting on their behalf can call FCHP at 1-866-757-2061 (TDD/TTY: 1-877-608-7677), Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.to 6 p.m.

The laptop computer in question is believed to contain personal information derived from claims data for approximately 29,800 Fallon Senior Plan and Summit ElderCare members, which represents 15% of FCHP’s total membership. The laptop did not contain personal information for any other Fallon Community Health Plan members.

For more information contact:

Bob Nolan
Senior Director
508-368-9430
robert.nolan@fchp.org

Christine Cassidy
Director
508-368-9502
christine.cassidy@fchp.org

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Helen Edward Email Fraud

Have you received an email asking you to help a total stranger distribute millions of dollars?

If so you unfortunately are not being befriended by widow needs help investing $15 Million, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:

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From: Helen Edward [mailto:joyandkab2007@yahoo.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:55 PM
To: joyandkab2007@yahoo.ca
Subject: IN TRUST FROM HELEN.

from: Helen Edward
Tel:00225 07 59 8653
Introduction.
Dearest,

I know that this mail may come to you as surprise ,I am Mrs Helen Edward the wife to Dr Joe Edward the former director general of Sierra-leone Gold and diamond corporation who was assasinated by the rebels loyal to Foday Sankoh the (R U F)leader.

I managed to escape my country with my son Mack. It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my Son (Mack)intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in succeed sometimes in life.

There is this huge amount of Fifteen million U.S dollars($15,000,000.00) which my late Husband kept for us with a Fiduciary Fund Holder in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire before he was assasinated by the Rebels in a one Metallic Trunk Box.

Now I and my Son have decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons.

We want you to help us claim and retrieve this box from the Fiduciary Fund Holders and transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes on these areas:

1). Telecommunication
2). The Transport Industry
3). Five Star Hotel
4). Real Estate

Now i want to ask you something;
1)Can i trust you?
2)Can you take me as your sister?

If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 10% Of the total fund.

I await your soonest response.
Respectfully yours,
Mrs Helen Edward

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Any contact with the sender of this email could result in financial and identity loses. If you received an email like this, just delete it. If you have made contact with this person you may be at risk. You should immediately contact your local law enforcement agency and or financial institution for assistance if you provided ANY personal or financial information.

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National Lotto Programme Email Fraud Scam

Did you receive the email below? If so you unfortunately did not win a National Lotto, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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**This email contained a number of email addresses that I left in the email posted below. This list is a great example of one way email scammers like this get email accounts. Notice that all the emails are 'administrative' emails. For instance feedback@securepcnews.com, info@orgoo.com, mail@designboom.com, etc. These email addresses were obviously collected simply by finding them on websites and 'harvesting' them.

One way to reduce your chances of receiving these types of emails is to limit how often you display your email on public websites. You may even consider a 'throw-away' email address that you use just for public sites.

Following is the text of the scam email:

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From: Dr. Hans van Kampen [mailto:nationallotteryhans@libero.it]
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 8:34 PM
Subject: YOU WON!

Your E-Address was selected for category B in this weeks National Lotto programme. These are your details.

Ref Number: EUM DN 0508-9T6 Batch Number: EUM QY-3LJ4
Ticket Number: 3510-EM 47 Serial Number: NPU-34
Lucky Number: 05 13 27 33 42 (02-04)

Please contact the program coordinator. Complete the information’s below and forward same and above stated details strictly to the program coordinator. Your draw has a total value of Two Million Euros.

Full Names: Country of Residence:
Address: Occupation:
Date of Birth: Telephone:

PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Name: Mrs. Carla Daal
E-mail: CdaalEU@aim.com
Tel: +31 650 948 862
Fax: +31 847 253 036
Location: Goes, Netherlands


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Any contact with the sender of this email could result in financial and identity loses. If you received an email like this, just delete it. If you have made contact with this person you may be at risk. You should immediately contact your local law enforcement agency and or financial institution for assistance if you provided ANY personal or financial information.

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Ghana Commercial Bank Email Scam

Did you receive the email below? If so you unfortunately are not being befriended by the father of two kids and Branch Manager who needs help $50.8 Million USD, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

For more information about what to do if you think you may be the victim of identity theft visit SecurePCNews at where you can find specific information about dealing with Identity Theft.

**This email contained a number of email addresses that I left in the email posted below. This list is a great example of one way email scammers like this get email accounts. Notice that all the emails are 'administrative' emails. For instance feedback@securepcnews.com, info@orgoo.com, mail@designboom.com, etc. These email addresses were obviously collected simply by finding them on websites and 'harvesting' them.

One way to reduce your chances of receiving these types of emails is to limit how often you display your email on public websites. You may even consider a 'throw-away' email address that you use just for public sites.

Following is the text of the scam email:

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From: robert Mensah [mailto:robert_mensah1000@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 11:30 AM
To: info@orgoo.com; jobs@orgoo.com; badi@yambi.com; continuum-users-help@maven.apache.org; mark_toure8@hotmail.fr; g.savvides@merseymail.com; feedback@securepcnews.com; mail@designboom.com; ydoistayhiii@yahoo.com; postmaster@soapyfrog.com; monemail@gmail.com; meinemail@gmail.com; randy@boxbe.com; boxbe@consortpartners.com; service@boxbe.com; lala_malik@myway.com; micorreo@gmail.com; alochona-owner@egroups.com; alochona-digest@yahoogroups.com; alochona-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
Subject: FROM ROBERT SEEKING FOR HELP

GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK LTD
ACCRA GHANA
GCB HEADQUARTER CIRCLE ACCRA GHANA

ATTN: Sir,

I got your contact during my search for a reliable, honest and a trust worth person to entrust this huge transfer project with.

My name is Mr. ROBERT MENSAH Branch manager of a financial institution here in ghana, I am a Ghanaian married with two kids. I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of $ 50.8 Million United States dollars only.

This fund is the excess of what my branch in which am the manager made as profit during the 2006 financial year. I have already submitted annual report for that year to my head office here in Accra as I have watched with keen interest as they will never know of this
excess.

I have since, placed this amount of $50.8 Million United States dollars only to an Escrow Coded account without a beneficiary (anonymous) to avoid trace.

As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account on my behalf. I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while 70% shall be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this. It's going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund so that the fund can be transferred to your account. If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response to my private number;+233-246-363829

With Regards,

Mr. ROBERT MENSAH

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Any contact with the sender of this email could result in financial and identity loses. If you received an email like this, just delete it. If you have made contact with this person you may be at risk. You should immediately contact your local law enforcement agency and or financial institution for assistance if you provided ANY personal or financial information.

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Steven Garrison Email Fraud

Did you receive the email below? If so you unfortunately are not being befriended by an attorney needs help distributing 8.7 Million Pounds, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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**One thing you should note about this email scam that is different than most. The sender actually took the time to use my name rather than 'dear friend.' While doing this obviously takes more time for the scammer, it is likely more effective because of the personalization. Beware that it is VERY easy for scammers to associate names with email addresses so don't be fooled into thinking they actually know you.

Following is the text of the scam email:

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From: Steven Garrison [mailto:info.stevengarrison_esq745@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 8:44 AM
To: ajones@riverbankconsulting.com
Subject: Attn: Aubrey Jones.

Good Day Aubrey Jones,

I crave your indulgence to kindly attend to this in good faith. I do not mean any disrespect approaching you through this medium. It is due to the time constrain of this matter.

My name is Steven Garrison,a legal practitioner and the personal Attorney to
Mr.Quan Jones,a national of your country here in after referred to as my client. My client Mr.Quan and his family was involved in an unfortunate 21st April 2002 fatal auto crash along loftus road london in which people were burnt to death. he lost his life alone with his family.

My late client was an oil magnet working with Chevron Oil Plc United Kingdom and had left behind a deposit of Eight Million seven hundred thousand poundsonly (£8.7million) with a finance company.After the death of my client, the finance company contacted me, as his Attorney to provide his next of kin who should inherit his fortune. This according to them is their policy in sure circumstances. But Since his death I have made several Enquiries through your Embassy to locate any of my client's extended relative but this exercise has proved unsuccessful.I had to inform the finance company about my fruitless effort in locating my late client close relative or his next of kin. The board of directors of the company just adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money within the next 15 official working days or forfeit the money as an abandoned fund.

The company had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to confiscate the funds after theexpiration of the period given to me.But after an investigation in the finance company, I found out that some membersof the company wants to divert this fund into their private accounts for their own interest and only want, to use the excuse that since I am not able to look for some one to make the claim, the money should be made unserviceable and that means submitting the fund to the federal government of this country and some to the company management which is not their main intentions.

I have reasoned very professionally and I feel it will be legally proper to present you as the next of kin of my deceased client.This is legally possible and would be done in accordance with the laws of the land. I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin to the Deceased since you are at an advantage, bearing thesame surname and equally from the same country, so that the proceeds of This Bank Account valued at £8.7 Million pounds can be paid to you, before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable to the bank where this huge deposit were lodged.note that this is legal, and100% risk free since I have all vital documents that would be requested by them and that would confer you the legal right to make this claim.

I do sincerely sympathize the death of my client, but had thought it unprofitable for his funds to be summated to the federal government of this country. My aim now is to retrieve this fund, and for this I seek your assistance. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name,sothat the proceeds of this account valued at £8.7 Million pounds can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money, 60%to me and 40% to you.I know there might be other persons out there with the same last name as my late client. but after a little check my instinct tells me to contact you,can I trust you on this?will you be willing to assist me make this claim.I shall assemble all the necessary Legal Documentsthat will be used to back up your claim.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by alternative email stevengarrison_esq@hotmail.com for better confidentiality and send to me your telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further about this transaction. My phone number is :+44-70-3192-8458 if this proposal is acceptable by you; do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you,I await your urgent response.

Best regards,
Steven Garrison(Esq)
Reply To:stevengarrison_esq@hotmail.com
Tel:+44-70-3192-8458
PLEASE TREAT AS ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENTIAL.
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Any contact with the sender of this email could result in financial and identity loses. If you received an email like this, just delete it. If you have made contact with this person you may be at risk. You should immediately contact your local law enforcement agency and or financial institution for assistance if you provided ANY personal or financial information.

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It looks like we have more lucky winners of the United Kingdom National Lottery.

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately did not win the United Kingdom National Lottery, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

For more information about what to do if you think you may be the victim of identity theft visit SecurePCNews at where you can find specific information about dealing with Identity Theft.

Following is the text of the scam email:
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-----Original Message-----


-----Original Message-----
From: The United Kingdom National Lottery [mailto:seahag37@adelphia.net]
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: REF:UKL/74A0802742006

FINAL NOTIFICATION

The United Kingdom National Lottery wishes to inform you that the
results of the E-mail address
ballot lotteryinternational program by Great Britain held on 26th of
Jenuary.2008. Your email
account have been picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight
hundred and ninty-one
thousand, nine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds
(£891,934.00 pounds sterlings) in
cash credited to With the feed Verification/Fund Release Form Below
1.Full Name
2.Full Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
MR.BrainJohnson.
Tell:+44-70457-13755
Tell:+44-70240-94597
Tell::+44-70240-94349
Official Email: info_camlotgroup0@yahoo.de

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Any contact with the sender of this email could result in financial and identity loses. If you received an email like this, just delete it. If you have made contact with this person you may be at risk. You should immediately contact your local law enforcement agency and or financial institution for assistance if you provided ANY personal or financial information.

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Spencer Chambers and Solicitors Email Fraud

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately are not about to receive a portion of $12.8 Million USD, rather you are the target of a scam often refereed to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:
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-----Original Message-----
-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Spencer Esq. [mailto:matthewspencer@lawoffice.com]
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 12:18 AM
Subject: My Dear Friend, Reply Urgently.

From The Desk of MATTHEW SPENCER Esq.
SPENCER'S CHAMBERS & SOLICITORS
Address: 14a Edric Road, New Cross,London SE14 5EL, UK.
TELEPHONE: +447024091098.


My Dear Friend,

I am Matthew Spencer Esq a personal attorney to my late client who is a nationality of your country unfortunately died on Terrorist Bomb blast attack in Liverpool London on the 7th July 2005. Since the death of my late client, I as his personal attorney have made several enquiries to locate his relations for the inheritance claim without any success. I came across your name and contact on the course of my personal search for my late client relations/next of kin. so I decided to contact you for assisting in securing the wealth left behind in a fixed deposit account by my late client before it get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where my late client operates an account since the board of Directors of the bank has issued me a notice that after 2 months from now and no relation shown up for the claiming of the said funds, the funds will be confiscated and declared unserviceable.

Since the board of Directors of the bank have been unsuccessful in locating my client relatives for some time now, it's on this note that I seek your consent to present you as the relation to my late client, so that the process of this deposit to be released into your account. The amount deposited is $12.8 Million Dollars also I believe with your assistance to get the release of the ($12,800,000.00) I will agree to give you 50% of the fund while 50% will be for me. I guarantee you that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement which will protect you from any breach of the law.

I will be looking forward to your indication of interest so that we can proceed with the process of claiming the funds with the below information I will like you send to me:-

1, YOUR FULL NAME.
2, YOUR CONTACT MOBILE TELEPHONE AND HOME NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION.
3, YOUR FULL CONTACT HOME ADDRESSES.
4, YOUR AGE.
5, YOUR OCCUPATION.

As soon as I receive all these information from you I will start the process of all the legal approval documents with the above information you will send to me and present you to the bank Directors that I have locate the relation/next of kin to my late client since they asked that I should provide the relation/next of kin for them to release the inheritance fund to the person. Please let me hear from you as you acknowledge the receipt of my mail.

NOTE UPON YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS LETTER, PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY SO THAT CAN START THE TRANSACTION IMMEDIATELY.


Yours sincerely,

Matthew Spencer Esq.

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Any contact with the sender of this email could result in financial and identity loses. If you received an email like this, just delete it. If you have made contact with this person you may be at risk. You should immediately contact your local law enforcement agency and or financial institution for assistance if you provided ANY personal or financial information.

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Martins Kakanza Email Fraud

Woudn't it be great to assist an unfortunate soul invest $10.5M? Unfortunately you're really being sought to help with an investment, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:

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From: POST DIPLOMAT J.MARINS [mailto:dipcorps190@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 12:08 PM
Subject: URGENT ASISTANCE FROM MARTINS KAKANZA

FROM MR. Martins Kakanza.
stjmartins@yahoo.com.hk
TEL: +66800711017.

DEAR FRIEND,

Before you proceed reading my mail pls do go through this webpage for more details http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html .
You may be surprised to receive this message from me since you don't know me in person, but for the purpose of introduction, I am MR MARTINS KAKANZA, a citizen of Zimbabwe, the son of late MR.MALELE KAKANZA (A Farmer ) who was murdered in a land dispute in ZIMBABWE.

I got your contact through the Thailand Information Exchange Online, and then I decided to write you. My late father was among the few black Zimbabwean rich farmers murdered in cold blood by the agent of the ruling government of President ROBERT MUGABE for his alleged support and sympathy for Zimbabwean opposition party.

Before the death of my father, he deposited the sum of Ten Million five hundred thousand United States Dollars ($10.5M) with a security company when he went to Thailand to purchase his farm machinery equipment, as if he foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe. The money was deposited as a gem / precious stone to avoid seize and much demurrage from the security organization.

This money was earmarked for the purchase of new machinery and chemicals for the farms and the establishment of new farms in Lesotho and Swaziland. This land problem arose when President R. MUGABE introduced a new land Act, which wholly affects the white rich farmers and some few blacks vehemently condemned the 'MODUS OPERANDI' adopted by the government.

This resulted to rampant killing and mob actions. I and my family who are currently staying in Bangkok Thailand as a refugee asylum seeker, have decided to transfer this money to a foreign country where we can invest it. You will read more stories about President Mugabe's brutal acts by visiting. This website:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html

I am faced with the dilemma of investing this amount of money in Thailand but the financial law and Regulations of the Republic of Thailand do not permit us financial rights to such huge sum of mone y. In view of this, I cannot invest the fund in Bangkok, Thailand. Moreover, the Thailand monetary policy/law does not allow such investment by an asylum seeker or refugee.

I must let you know that this transaction is 100% risk free and the nature of your business does not necessarily matter. So if you are willing to assist us, I and my family have agreed to give you 20% of the total money, 40% will be for a joint business venture I will be doing with you and another 40% will be for the family, which we shall also invest in your country. Therefore, if you are willing and interested to render the needed assistance, endeavor to contact me through the above telephone or email address. I also need your private telephone and fax numbers for quick communication. Remember that this transaction is highly confidential. i would be expecting your urgent reply .

Best regards.

Mr Martins Kakanza.
For the family

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Mastercard Bonanza International Program Email Scam

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Following is the text of the scam email:

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-----Original Message-----
From: Lilita Skarbniece [mailto:info@lilitaskarniece.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 4:19 AM
To: feedback@securepcnews.com
Subject: CONTACT YOUR PAYING BANK

MASTERCARD BONANZA INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
MASTERCARD GROUP
22 rue lanne,
93200,Saint Denis
France.
Draw Code Number is 11 12 13 17 21 27 33
Reference & Batch Number is MBIP-L/02CTG/3103/14FR.
You are one of the lucky winners in the Mastercard Bonanza
International Program(MBIP) held on the 21st january 2008
in FRANCE.
This Promotional Program is the 3rd time in its series which we intend
to hold annually in comformity with our corporate policy and sense of
civic responsibilities.
You have therefore been approved to receive the Sum of 800,000 Euro
Contact your Paying Bank CREDIT DU NORD BANK OF FRANCE below with the required
information
below.
{Operational director}
Name:Clerk Lepen
TEL:+33-609-562-906(all calls only during the European working hours)
Email:credit.du-nord@laposte.net
PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM
1. FULL NAMES:
2. NATIONALITY:
3. DATE OF BIRTH:
4. SEX:
5. MARITAL STATUS:
6. CONTACT ADDRESS:
7. TELEPHONE NUMBER:
8. OCCUPATION:
9. WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:
10. TOTAL AMOUNT WON:
Fill the above details and send to them via email.
Regards
Mrs.Lilita Skarbniece.
Head of Public Relations
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Danladi Usman Nigerian Email Scam

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Following is the text of the scam email:

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FROM THE DESK OF DR DANLADI USMAN,
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANEGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO. (READ CAREFULLY AND KEEP TOP SECRET)

DEAR FRIEND,

I KNEW THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE. I AM THE BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER IN BANK OF AFRICA (BOA), OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO. I HOPED THAT YOU WILL NOT EXPOSE OR BETRAY THIS TRUST AND CONFIDENT THAT I AM ABOUT TO IMPOSE ON YOU FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF OUR FAMILIES.
I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFERRING THE SUM OF (USD$10) MILLION TO YOUR ACCOUNT WITHIN 10 TO 17 BANKING DAYS. THIS MONEY HAS BEEN DORMANT FOR YEARS IN OUR BANK WITHOUT ANY BODY CLAIMING THE FUND.

I WANT THE BANK TO RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEAREST PERSON TO OUR DECEASED CUSTOMER (THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT) BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMER (MR. RICHARD BURSON FROM FLORIDA, U.S.A) WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY ON NOVEMBER 1999 IN A PLANE CRASH.FOR MORE INFORMATIONS ABOUT THE CRASH YOU CAN VISIT THIS SITE:
HTTP://NEWS.BBC.CO.UK/2/HI/AMERICAS/502503.STM

I DON'T WANT THE MONEY TO GO INTO OUR BANK TREASURER ACCOUNT AS AN ABANDONED FUND. SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY I CONTACTED YOU SO THAT THE BANK CAN RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED CUSTOMER. PLEASE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KEEP THIS PROPOSAL AS A TOP SECRET AND DELETE IT IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED.
UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL GIVE YOU FULL DETAILS ON HOW THE BUSINESS WILL BE EXECUTED AND ALSO NOTE THAT YOU WILL HAVE 30% OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED SUM IF YOU AGREE TO HANDLE THIS BUSINESS WITH ME.
AND 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT ARISES ON THE PROCESS BEFORE THE FUND GET INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT SUCH AS TELEPHONE CALLS BILLS (ETC).
I LOOKING FORWARD RECEIVING YOUR RETURN MAIL THANKS AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
1. NAME IN FULL:................................
2. ADDRESS:.......................................
3. NATIONALITY:...................................
4. AGE:.............................................
5. Sex..............................................
6. OCCUPATION:......................................
7. MARITAL STATUS:..................................
8. PHONE............................................
9. FAX:.............................................


NAME: DANLADI USMAN
EMAIL ADDRESS :( danladi_usman124@yahoo.fr)

BEST REGAD
DR DANLADI USMAN,


La carrera hacia la Casa Blanca, a un click de distancia http://www.starmedia.com/noticias/especiales/gobiernousa.html
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Mark Toure Inheritance eMail Fraud

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Following is the text of the scam email:

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From: mark toure [mailto:mark_toure8@hotmail.fr]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 10:20 AM
Subject: AWAITING FOR YOUR RESPONSE SOONEST.

FROM. MR MARK TOURE.
ACCOUNTANT OFFICER IN FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
BANK OF AFRICAN OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.

I WISHING YOU AND YOUR FAMIMY LONG LIFE,HEALTHY,PEROSPEROUS? SUCCESSFULLY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008.

THIS IS MY PERSONAL PROFILE.
I AM MR MARK TOURE, FROM BURKINA FASO HERE IN WEST AFRICA, I AM MARRIED WITH CHILDREN 1 BOYS AND 2 GIRLS AND MY WIFE NAME IS MRS ZENABOU TOURE, CURRENTLY I AM WORKING WITH BANK OF AFRICA HERE IN OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.

PROFESSION; - ACCOUNTANT.
WORKING POSITION; - MANAGER IN CHARGE OF AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING.
MARITAL STATUS; - MARRIED AND BLESSED WITH 3 KIDS,
AGE;-45
RESIDENT ADDRESS; - 542 AVENUE YENENGA
01 BP OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.

DEAR FRIEND,
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WRITE THIS LETTER TO YOU IN ORDER TO REQUEST YOUR PARTNERSHIP FOR THE REALIZATION OF THIS MONEY TO BE TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WHICH YOU WILL PROVIDE TO THE BANK MANAGEMENT IF YOU ACCEPT MY PROPOSAL.

THE DECEASE CUSTOMER IS MR MARTIN JOHN, A FOREIGNER WHO USED TO WORK WITH GADOUGOU GOLD MINERS COMPANY HERE IN BURKINA FASO OUAGADOUGOU WEST AFRICA.

MR MARTIN JOHN HIS BEEN OUR CUSTOMER FOR PASS 13 YEARS ON THE 19TH OF JULY 2004, MR MARTIN AND HIS WIFE WITH THEIR TWO CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT ALONG KAYA EXPRESS ROAD WHEN COME FROM DORI HERE IN OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.

UNFORTUNATELY MR MARTIN JOHN AND HIS WIFE WITH THEIR TWO CHILDREN LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE ACCIDENT.

SINCE THEN AS OFFICE IN OF ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ENQUIRIES TO MANY EMBASSIES TO LOCATE ANY OF HIS RELATIVES AND THIS ALSO PROVED ABORTIVE AFTER THESE SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS.

I DECIDED TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONTACT YOU TO ASSIST ME IN CLAIM THIS MONEY BECAUSE NOW THE BANK MANAGEMENT HAS ISSUED ME A NOTICE TO PROVIDE THE NEXT OF KIN OF THE DECEASE CUSTOMER MR MARTIN JOHN OR HAVE THE FUND TRANSFER TO THE BANK TREASURE WITHIN THE NEXT 21 BANKING WORKING DAYS.

NOW I NEED YOUR HOPE SINCE ALL MY SEVERAL ENQUIRIES IN LOCATING HIS RELATIVES FOR THE PASS 3YEARS PROVED ABORTIVE I SEEK YOUR CONSENT AS TO PRESENT YOU TO THE BANK OF AFRICA AS THE LEGITIMATE NEXT OF KIN TO THERE LATE CUSTOMER AND ALSO FOR THE BANK TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS THE BENEFICIAL OF THE MONEY 27,920 MILLION EUROS.THAT WILL BE PAID TO YOUR ACCOUNT WHICH YOU WILL PROVED TO THE BANK MANAGEMENT.

IF MY PROPOSAL IS ACCEPTED BY YOU THEN YOU WILL HAVE 45% SHARE OF THE MONEY WHILE 50% WILL BE FOR ME 5% SHOULD BE FOR EXPENSES OF TAX AS YOUR GOVERNMENT MAY REQUIRE AND FOR ALL NECESSARY LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT CAN BE USED TO BACK UP THIS CLAIM.

I NEED THIS FROM YOU THEN I WILL TELL YOU THE NEXT STEP
1. FULL NAME?
2. ADDRESS?
3. OCCUPATION?
4. PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER.
5. MARITAL STATUS?
6. YOUR NATIONALITY?

ALL I REQUIRE IS YOUR HONEST COOPERATION TO ENABLE US SEE THIS TRANSACTION THROUGH. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH ME BY MY SECURED AND CONFIDENTIAL.

AWAITING FOR YOUR RESPONSE SOONEST.
BEST REGARDS.
MR MARK TOURE.
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George Savvides Email Fraud

Did you receive the email below? If so you unfortunately are not being sought to receive part of a total strangers inheritance, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:

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-----Original Message-----
From: George Savvides [mailto:g.savvides@merseymail.com]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 9:12 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: From George L. Savvides & Co



George L. Savvides & Co,
Omega Court,
1st, 2nd and 4th Floors,
4 Rigas Fereos Street,
Limassol 3720.

Dear Partner,

This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it be treated as
such.

Greeting to you, the inspiration to contact you is simply divine providence, I
Am making this proposition because I have to seek the partnership of a
resourceful person to help me realize this project.

I am George L. Savvides, attorney/sole executor to the late Mr. Jacob Smith
Johnson
, hereinafter referred to as my client' who worked as an independent oil
magnate in my country and who died in a car crash with his immediate family on
the 4th
of Oct, 2003.

Since the death of my client in 4th of Oct, 2003, I have tried to
locate any of
his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned
personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail.

More so, I have received official letters in the last few weeks suggesting a
likely proceeding for confiscation of his abandoned personal assets in line
with existing laws by the bank in which my client deposited the sum of $12.2
million (USD).

My client was a successful and an accomplished family man, who made enough
fortune before his untimely death. He left behind a large deposit in his
investment account in financial institution here upon his death the financial
institution contacted me as his attorney to provide them with a next of kin,
Extended family member or Foreign partner since the families he provided as
next of kin for the claim died with him in the crash leaving a vacuum to be
filled.

I propose that 35% of the net sum will accrue to me at the conclusion of this
deal in so far as I do not incur further expenses.

Therefore, to facilitate the immediate reprofiling of this fund, you need,
first to contact me via this email signifying your interest and as soon as I
obtain your confidence, I will immediately appraise you with the complete
details as well as fax you the documents, with which you are to proceed and I
shall direct on how to put up an application to the bank.

However, you will have to accent to an express agreement which I will forward
to you in order to bind us in this transaction.

Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send you by fax or E-mail the next step
to take. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this proposal is hitch-
free and that you should not entertain any fears as the required arrangements
have been made for the completion of this transfer.

Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this.

Best regards,
George Savvides,
Partner Corporate & Fiduciary Group


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Nationwide Bank Security Team eMail Fraud

You may have received the following email. If so you are the target of an eMail Scam, commonly called a "Phishing" scam. Following the link included in the email could result in financial and identity loses. The link takes you to a 'spoofed' of fake copy of the real Nationwide Bank login page. Any information you type on this screen will go directly to the fraudsters, not Nationwide Bank.

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Following is the text of the Scam email message:

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From: Regions Bank [mailto:accounts@email-regions.com]
From: Nationwide Bank Security Team [mailto:Alert@nationwide.co.uk]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 2:50 AM
Subject: Important Security Message ! From Nationwide Online Banking Security Team

Dear Valued Customer,
Financial institutions around the world have always been subject to attempts
by criminals to try and defraud money from them and their customers. These
attempts can occur in a number of ways (e.g. credit card fraud,
telephone banking or Internet scams).

As a part of our ongoing commitment to provide the "Best Possible" service
and Protection to all our Members in year "2007", we are now requiring each
member to validate their accounts using our new secure and safe SSL servers.
To validate your online banking account click on? Log In To Online Banking .
*This Email has being sent to all Nationwide Bank customers, and it is compulsory
to follow as failure to verify account details will lead to account suspension.*

Thank you.
Online Banking Security Team
Nationwide Bank Online
? 2006 All Rights Reserved Nationwide Bank United Kingdom

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Jutland House London Investment eMail Scam

Did you receive the email below? If so you unfortunately are not being sought to take part in an GBP 18.5 Million transfer, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:

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From: Mr Anderson [mailto:vitambulo@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 11:38 PM
To: feras@buffalo.com
Subject: Investment

Dear,

Thanks for finding time to read this proposal.After thinking
about this transaction and the need to make contact with someone to
assist me do it,I found it interesting and decided to contact you for this business transaction.

Be so kind to contact me at your earliest
convenience for a possible business deal involving money transfer
of about GBP 18.5 Million.

I am presently in London working as an
investment consultant with the below bank at their offshore department.
With your sincere assistant and co-operation,I am determined to work
this deal out if we can do business.

As at this moment,I am constrained
to issue more details about this business until your response is
received.

If you are not familiar with the above information which I
beleive is scanty for security purposes,please contact me for further
details.

This deal is worth taking and highly profitable.
Thank you for
your time and attention.

Warmest regards,
Mr.Anderson Willson
........................ ..........................................
Chief investment Consultant,
Dept.Of Offshore Mortgage Services,
Jutland House
10-12 Alie Street London
E1 8DE


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African Development Bank Business Proposal eMail Scam

Did you receive the email below? If so you unfortunately are not being sought for a business proposal, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:

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-----Original Message-----
From: Dr. Alfuhard Mohammed [mailto:alfuhard_mohammed@e-poczta.pl]
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 7:12 AM
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

From Dr Alfuhard Mohammed
Director, Audit and Accounting Unit,
Foreign Remittance Dept.
African Development Bank (ADB)
West Afrique,
Paine Gravie Maison,
Akpakpa Cotonou,
Rйpublique du Bйnin
Tel + 22993149241
Dear Friend,
Greetings to you,
This letter must come to you as a big surprise, but I believe it is only a day that people meet and become great friends and business partners. My name is DR AL-FUHARD MOHAMMED , the present Director, Audit and AccountingUnit Foreign Remittance Dept , Bank of Africa here in Benin Republic West Africa.
I got your contact details through your country directory data and I am write you this proposal in good faith, believing that I can trust you with the information I am about to reveal to you. Like I said, I have transaction that will benefit both of us, as your assistance is required as a foreigner.I use to head the Accou nts department in my bank head office, but last December I was asked to take position of a Manager of our branch in Cotonou who passed on, so that was how I became the present Manager and discovered a fortune.As I resumed duty, I discovered an account with total sum of 4.6 million USD that has not been operated on for the past 8 years. From my investigation,
I found out that this account belongs to one Late Mr. Ziya Bazhayev a Russian big time Oil dealer, who unfortunately lost his life in the Yak-40jetliner on March 9, 2000.You will read more news about the crash on visiting these site;http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/03/09/russia.crash.04/
I have kept a close monitoring of the account since then and nobody has come forward to claim the money as next of kin to the late Mr. Ziya Bazhayev meaning that no one is aware of the account. I cannot irectly take out this money without the help of a foreigner and that is why I am contacting you for an s istance to claim the funds and share it with me.
As the Auditing Manager of my bank branch, I have the power to influence the release of the funds to any oreigner that comes up as the next of kin to the account, with the correct information concerning the account, which I shall give you. I am seeking your operation to present you as the next of kin to the account.There is practically no risk involved, the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. If you accept to work with me, I want you to state how you wish us to share the funds in percentage, so that both parties will be Satisfied.Contact me as soon as you receive this message if you feel we can work together,so as to give you more details. Thanking you in advance and may Almigthy Allah bless you. Please, treat with utmost confidentiality.
I Wait your urgent response.
EMAIL ( fuhard111@yahoo.com )
Tel: +22993149241
Regards,
Dr Alfuhard Mohammed

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Rose Kablan Nigerian eMail Scam

Did you receive the email below? If so you unfortunately are not being sought to collect 10% of a large inheritance, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:

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From: rose_kw8@yahoo.co.jp [mailto:rose_kw8@yahoo.co.jp]
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 10:05 AM
To: rose_kw8@yahoo.co.jp
Subject: from rose

Dear one,
I am Miss Rose Kablan. the only child of Mr & Mrs. Faye Kablan, from the republic of Liberia in West Africa.
My father was a business merchant who dellt on Cocoa, Gold and Diamond but unfortunately died in an attack in Monrovia. Before his final breath in the hospital, he disclosed to me in confidence of the sum of $3.5Million (Three million five hundred thousand U.S.Dollars) he deposited in a security company here in Cote D'Ivoire.

Presently, this fund is being secured in the custody of the security company, I am contacting you for your sincere assistance to retrieve this fund on my behalf and invest it properly in your country while I then come over to be with you and continue my education.

For your sincere efforts in helping me to safe-keep the fund till when I will come over to your country to meet with you, I have resolved to give you 10%. You will also benefit in any investment established with my own part if you will be capable of investing this fund on my behalf as I will continue my education as soon as I relocate to meet with you and are promissing to love you with all my heart as long as you are honest and kind

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you further information vital forthis transaction such as the contact of the security company. Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another person for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.Hoping to receive your reply.
Remain blessed in the Lord.

Your's faithfully,

Rose Kablan


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Regions Bank Upgrade Phishing eMail Scam

Regions Bank clients continue to be the target of email scams.

You may have received the following email. If so you are the target of an eMail Scam, commonly called a "Phishing" scam. Following the link included in the email could result in financial and identity loses. The link takes you to a 'spoofed' of fake copy of the real Regions login page. Any information you type on this screen will go directly to the fraudsters, not Regions bank.

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Following is the text of the Scam email message:

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From: Regions Bank [mailto:accounts@email-regions.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 12:00 AM
Subject: Protect your RegionsNet® against phishing scams by activate Anti-Theft Program

MEMBER NOTICE:
Currently we are trying to upgrade RegionsNet Online Accounts for security measures. Anti-Theft Program will allow us to verify your identity from your computer, at home, at work, anywhere. When you access your account we'll know it's you. With our new Anti-Theft Program you are helping not only yourself but also Regions bank. We apreciate your support and understanding our banking method authentications.

Businesses are continually concerned about the ever increasing sophistication in the types of frauds that are being committed today. Many of these frauds begin with the theft of private information. Business Authentication allows us to provide additional protection and enables you to have further control over the type of information or transactions accessed by your employees.

Please Note: Regions Bank will never ask for your Personal Identification Number via e-mail or phone.
Activate Anti-Theft Program and confirm the authentication procedure by following the link below.

http://www.urlremovedforsafety.com/

2008 Regions Bank - RegionsNet Online Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender .



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If you provided any information such as your online banking login information or any other personal inforation you may be at risk for fraudulent financial transactions. You should immediately contact your financial institution for assistance. For information about Reporting a Fraud at Regions visit their website at http://www.regions.com/about_regions/report_fraud.rf

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National Assembly Federal Republic of Nigera eMail Scam

Did you receive the email below? If so you unfortunately are not being sought to collet a large inheritance, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:

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From: SENATOR DAVID MARK [mailto:senatedavidmarkxx2@hotmail.com]

Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 6:06 PM

Subject: ATTENTION BENEFICIARY:

OFFICE OF THE HEAD OF SENATE COMMITTEE ON DEBT RECONCILIATION

SCAM VICTIM COMPENSATION COMMITTEEE HEADED BY SENATE PRESIDENT DAVID MARK

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY:

THIS IS TO OFFICIALY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FUFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT / INHERITANCE PAYMENT.SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE OFFICIALS IN THE BANK ALL YOUR ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU. WE WISH TO ADVIVE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILEGAL ACT LIKE THIS HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISHES TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION BY THE PRESIDENT ALAHAJI UMARU MUSA YA'RADUA (GCFR)FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY,SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECIEVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE CARD PAYMENT CENTER AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1.YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER,
3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD TO(P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE)
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5. A COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY


CONTACT PERSON:

SENATOR DAVID MARK
INTEGRATED PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
TEL: +234-1-4757432


THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT $8,300,000.00 AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2007. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s). THIS IS TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN FINALIZING YOUR PAYMENT.EMAIL ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION IN THIS REGARDS AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED OFFICE.

NOTE: THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (111) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER.




















SENATOR DAVID MARK
SENATE PRESIDENT

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

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Malware Quietly Reaching 'Epidemic' Levels

New reports say malware increased by a factor of five to 10 in 2007

By Tim Wilson
Site Editor, Dark Reading

Everybody knew it was bad, but few knew it was this bad.

In separate studies released yesterday, two research firms now say that malware increased between 500 percent and 1,000 percent in 2007, and it shows no signs of slowing down.

** SecurePCNews.com Note: 'Malware' is short for Malicious Software. This is software designed specifically to damage or disrupt a computer system, such as a virus or a Trojan Horse. Most studies say that almost all home PCs are infected with some type of malware. You can learn more about Malware and how to find and remove if from your computer at SecurePCNews.com. **

"The number of new strains of malware that appeared in 2007 increased tenfold with respect to the previous year," said PandaLabs, Panda Security's research arm, in a report issued yesterday. "Over the last year, PandaLabs has received an average of more than 3,000 new strains of malware every day. This represents a malware epidemic which -- although silent, with little media coverage and no widespread alerts -- is nevertheless dangerous."
...

Experts at AV-Test, an independent testing organization, also reported skyrocketing incidence of malware yesterday. After a detailed count, the organization said it identified nearly 5.5 million different malware files in 2007 -- more than five times as many as in 2006.
...

In 2007, AV-Test found almost 5.5 million such files, up from about 973,000 in 2006 and 333,000 in 2005, the report said. And the trend is accelerating: The group already has identified more than 118,000 different malware files in the first two weeks of January.
...

Several security companies are leading the effort to help you protect your computer form malware. McAfee, PCSecurityShield, and Symantec

To read the full story visit the Dark Reading website.

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Bank of Africa Nigerian Scam

Did you receive the email below? If so you unfortunately are not being sought to collet a large inheritance, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:

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From: Mr ahmed [mailto:ahmedba27@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 1:45 AM
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF AHMED BELLO ABU.

FROM THE DESK OF AHMED BELLO ABU.
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
BANK OF AFRICA
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.
Tel. 00226 78 05 47 54.

Dear Friend,

I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department of BANK OF AFRICA.I am writting to seek your coperation over this business deal.In my department, I discovered an abandoned sum of $14million USD (Fourtheen Million United States Dollars) only, in an acount that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in a plane crash that took place in Kenya,East Africa,the Late DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY,a citizen of Atlanta,United States of America but naturalised in Burkinafaso,West Africa and contractor with ECOWAS,(ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES) .

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because it cannot be releasedunless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased asindicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately , all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crashleaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that Inow decided to make this businness proposal to you and release the money to you via your foreign bank account as the next of kin or relation to thedeceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and this money Could go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.

The Banking law and guideline here stipulate that if such money remained unclaimed after 6 years, the money will be transfered into the Bank's treasury as unclaimed fund.The request for your assistance and maximumco-operation as a foreign citizen to stand as the next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the deceased customer was aforeigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.40 % of this money will be for you as my foreign partner,in respect tothe provision of a foreign account. 5 % will be set aside for expencesincured during the business and 55 % would be for me.There after I will comeover to your country for disbursement accoding the percentages indicated.

Therefore to enable the immediate trnansfer of this fund to you as arranged,you must apply first to the bank as the relation or next of kin to the deceased, indicating your claims and wherein the money will be remitted.Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of application which you will fill and forward to the office of the foreign remittance director of the bank of africa. I will not fail to bring toyour notice that this transaction is strictly confidential and i will use my position in this Bank to effect a hitch free transfer of the fund. You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter on phone number: 00226 78 05 47 54. Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Please , visit the website below for more informations about the Plane Crash and the tragic death of the deceased and his entire family, Late DR. GEORGE BRUMLE http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

Yours Faithfully,
Alhaji Ahmed Bello Abu.
________________________________________
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Usman Aruna Nigerian Scam eMail

Did you receive the email below? If so you unfortunately are not being sought to collet a large inheritance, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

For more information about what to do if you think you may be the victim of identity theft visit SecurePCNews at where you can find specific information about dealing with Identity Theft.

Following is the text of the scam email:

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-----Original Message-----
From: usmanaruna1@zipmail.com.br [mailto:usmanaruna1@zipmail.com.br]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 5:21 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: URGENT REPLY

Dear Friend,

I am Mr Usman Aruna, the Manager in charge of auditing and accounting section
of Bank Of Africa,Ouagadougou Burkina faso West Africa with due respect
and regard.I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that
will be very beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction.
During our investigation and auditing in this bank , my department came
across a very hugesum of money belonging to a person who died on July 2003
in a plane crash and the fund has been dormant in his account with this
Bank with out any claim of the fund in our custody either from his family
or relation before our discovery to this developement.

The said amount was EIGHTHEEN MILLION united states dollars.($18.000.000)Meanwhile
all the whole arrangement to put the claim over this fund as the bonafide
next of kin to the deceased;get the required approval and transfer
this money to a foriegn account has been put in place and directives and
needed information will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your interest
and willingness to assist us and also benefit your self to this great business
pportunity.

Infact i could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this
country as a civiassist(A Banker),we are not allowed to operate a foriegn
account and wouldeventually
raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer becuase i work
it may be after due verification and assist by the correspondent branch
of the bank where the money will be remitted from to your own designation
bank account.

I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free.On
smooth conclusion of this transaction,you will be entitled to 40%of the
total sum as gratification, while 5% will be set aside to take care of expenses
that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone bills; while
55% will be for me.
Please;you have been adviced to keep top secret as i am still in service
and intend to retire from service after we
conclude this deal with you.
I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm
the money in your account and ask me to come down to your country for subsequent
sharing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further
investment,either in your country or any country you advice us
to invest.All other necessary vital information will be sent to

you when i hear from you email me at ( usmanaruna@myway.com
Yours faithfully
Usman Aruna.

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Any contact with the sender of this email could result in financial and identity loses. If you received an email like this, just delete it. If you have made contact with this person you may be at risk. You should immediately contact your local law enforcement agency and or financial institution for assistance if you provided ANY personal or financial information.

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ATM Card Payment Center eMail Scam

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately are not the beneficiary of a large inheritance, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. You can Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

Following is the text of the scam email:

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-----Original Message-----

From: MR DAVID MARK. [mailto:info@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:09 PM
To:
Subject: ATM CARD

OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA


Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB
Your Ref.

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE OFFICIALS IN THE BANK YOUR ENTIRE ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU. WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT LIKE THESE HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD
PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM MR.PRESIDENT, UMARU YAR'ADUA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND FBI.

THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS DEPARTMENT CARD PAYMENT CENTER Mrs Linda Garcia ON THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: info.fundsdept@yahoo.co.uk

AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT USD 6.8MILLION AS ART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2006. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION,YOU HAVE TO
STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) TO AVOIDANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.

FOR ORAL DISCUSSION, EMAIL ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE OR FURTHER DIRECTION AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THEABOVE-MENTIONED OFFICE. NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OURCODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-822) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

KINDEST REGARDS,

MR DAVID MARK.
SENATE PRESIDENT.
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Any contact with the sender of this email could result in financial and identity loses. If you received an email like this, just delete it. If you have made contact with this person you may be at risk. You should immediately contact your local law enforcement agency and or financial institution for assistance if you provided ANY personal or financial information.Every 3 seconds an identity is stolen.

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Yahoo Reponds to Report of New form of Phishing

SecurePCNews.com recently posted an alert about a new Phishing email targeting Yahoo! Search Marketing users. As part of our normal practice we also reported it directly to Yahoo!'s security contact.

In response to our report to them, Yahoo! responded confirming that the website was fake. Unlike the responses we've received in the past from Financial Institutions Yahoo! did not offer any advice on how to deal with this type of threat.

We do provide tips on dealing with phishing and other internet scams at SecurePCNews.

Following is PayPal's response:
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-----Original Message-----
From: Yahoo! Customer Care [mailto:phishing@cc.yahoo-inc.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:07 AM
To: RiverbankConsulting.com
Subject: Re: (KMM63623634V9579L0KM)

Dear Aubrey,

Thank you for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care.

Thank you for contacting us about your concerns regarding this
possible abuse of Yahoo! services.

Since the apparent instance of abuse is not hosted by Yahoo!, we are
not able to take direct action on this complaint. However we intend to
notify the hosting provider and request them to take appropriate action,
and you may also wish to contact directly any company which provides
services that may be the subject of abuse.

We appreciate your understanding.

Please continue to notify us of any content you believe violates the
Yahoo! Terms of Service, located at:

http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/tos/tos.php

Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care.

Regards,



Yahoo! Customer Care


For assistance with all Yahoo! services please visit:

http://help.yahoo.com/

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Yahoo Search Marketing SMS eMail Scam

SecurePCNews.com first alerted you to a new type of email scam back on December 17, 2007.

We've now come across our first copy of the new scam 'in the wild.' This is a new take on Phishing that attempts to steal your Yahoo! credentials. If you responded to the email, presumably the hacker could steal your credentials and then run Pay Per Click ads for his/her links at your expense.

We'd advise you to be on the look out for similar spoofs of Google AdWords and MSN AdCenter.

Here is the text of the original message. The link (excluded here) takes you to a 'spoofed' or fake Yahoo! Search Marketing webpage.

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From: Yahoo! Search Marketing [mailto:customersolutions@yahoo-inc.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 8:51 AM
Subject: Urgent Notice - Activate your new service now

Renew Your Account Now !
Dear Member,

This is your official notification from Yahoo Sponsored Search Yahoo! Inc. We recently added a new security option named "INSTANT SMS ALERT" .
Question : What does "INSTANT SMS ALERT" ?

Reply : "INSTANT SMS ALERT" is a new option that alert a yahoo marketing customer when the daily traffic is not normal (this is happened normally when your marketing link is attacked by a third-party) , in that moment your campaign is stopped and the sms is sent to your cell phone

As the Primary Contact, you must immediately activate this option.

Click here to activate "instant sms alert". [LINK OMITTED]

Thank you for using Yahoo Inc service.
We appreciate your business and the opportunity to serve you.

Yahoo Inc. Sponsored Search Service
Copyright ©2007 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
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For more information about Yahoo!'s security practices and to report emails like this visit http://security.yahoo.com/

As always you can visit SecurePCNews.com to learn more about identity theft, phishing and other email scams.

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PayPal Responds to Account Notification eMail Scam

SecurePCNews.com recently posted an alert about a new Phishing email targeting PayPal users. As part of our normal practice we also reported it directly to PayPal's security contact.

In response to our report to them, PayPal promptly responded confirming that the email was fake and providing advice on dealing with this email. The email also includes a link to great information about detecting protecting against fraud.

For more information about phishing visit SecurePCNews.

Following is PayPal's response:
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-----Original Message-----
From: spoof@paypal.com [mailto:spoof@paypal.com]
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 10:41 AM
To: AJones@RiverbankConsulting.com
Subject: RE: Q510 - Thank you for your email to PayPal (KMM94360930V25213L0KM) :kf1

Thanks for taking an active role by reporting suspicious-looking emails.
The email you forwarded to us is a phishing email, and our security team
is working to disable it.

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What is a phishing email?
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Phishing emails attempt to steal your identity and will often ask you to
reveal your password or other personal or financial information. PayPal
will never ask for your password over the phone or in an email and will
always address you by your first and last name.

Take our Fight Phishing Challenge at
https://www.paypal.com/fightphishing to learn 5 things you should know
about phishing. You'll also see what we're doing to help fight fraud
every day.

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You've made a difference.
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Every email counts. By forwarding a suspicious-looking email to
spoof@paypal.com, you've helped keep yourself and others safe from
identity theft.

Thanks,

The PayPal Team
_______________________________________________________________________
This email is sent to you by the contracting entity to your User
Agreement, either PayPal Inc, PayPal Pte. Ltd or PayPal (Europe) S.à
r.l. & Cie, S.C.A. Société en Commandite par Actions, Registered Office:
5th Floor 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg RCS Luxembourg B 118
349.
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John Smith and Associates eMail Scam

Did you receive the email below? If so you unfortunately are not being sought to stand in as next of kin for a large inheritance, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

For more information about what to do if you think you may be the victim of identity theft visit SecurePCNews at where you can find specific information about dealing with Identity Theft.

Following is the text of the scam email:

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-----Original Message-----
From: JOHN SMITH [mailto:bljohnsmith1@yahoo.es]
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 10:02 AM
To: articles@riverbankconsulting.com
Subject: STAND AS NEXT OF KIN

Message-Id:<1140150615.28818@paypal.com>
Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit


JOHNSMITH AND ASSOCIATES
SOLICITORS AND ADVOCATES
22 ROAD FEDERAL GRA IKEJA
LAGOS,NIGERIA.
POST CODE 23401
PHONE# 234-7031568024

Dear Friend,
How are you today? And how are your family? Hope you are all doing
fine?, if so glory be to God.

I am Barrister John Smith, an attorney at law based here in Lagos
Nigeria, A deceased client of mine, by name MR ANDREW and who here in
after shall be referred to as my client, died as the result of a
heart-related illness but before his death ,his entire family was
involved in the last bomb explosion in Ikeja Lagos part of Nigeria, so this means that after the death of his children and wife when he returned from a
business trip and was told about the bomb incident, he went straight
into sickness and developed a heart related illness until he finally died
at the Saint Nicolas Hospital here in Lagos Nigeria .

I am contacting you to assist in transferring the money left behind by
my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
SECURITY COMPANY where this deposit valued at $10,000,000.00 million
dollars was lodged. This SECURITY COMPANY has issued me a notice to
contact the next of kin, or the account will be confiscated.

I have tried all my possible best to locate any of my late client
extended family or relation in your country through your embassy here
in Nigeria, but all my efforts was abortive since the embassy was not
able to provide valuable information?s to this, again i received another
letter from the security company which states that i should present to
them the next of kin of my late client , so that they can pay the $10,000,
000.00 to him as the beneficiary of the funds or the money will be
converted into their company treasury and will be regarded as
unclaimed bills ,which after then the funds can not be paid to any body and they
also make this clear to me in the letter .

The reason i am contacting you is that i want us to do this business
together , i will guarantee your security since i am also a lawyer and
i want to also assure you that this transaction will not take more than
7 working days and so it is possible for you to use your own share to
finance your present business over there in your country .
My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the
next-of-kin and beneficiary of my named client, since MY CLIENT DIED
WITHOUT ANY NEXT OF KIN OR CHILDREN, so that the proceeds of this
account can be paid to you AS THE NEXT OF KIN . Then we can share the amount
on a mutually agreed-upon percentage. 50% TO YOU AND 50% TO ME AS PARTNERS.

All legal documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin
will be provided. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable
transfer of the funds into your account over there in your country,
and understand that the late man is a foreigner and since you are also a
foreigner, the security company will transfer to you the funds as the
next of kin ,and then i will meet with you in your country to take my share
of 50% ,i will prepare the legal backups , and understand that
everything will be done legally and as soon as the whole funds are
transferred to your account in your country, I will fly in to meet with you for
sharing which i have indicated to you already in this proposal that we
will share the money 50% to you and 50% to me.

This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect
you from any breach of the law of my country or your country and
understand that this transaction will not take your time ,will be
complete in estimated time of 7 working days upon your acceptance and co-operation
with this proposal.

My late client was not a Nigerian and in this a Nigerian can not stand
as his next of kin ,this is the reason i am contacting you since you
are also not a Nigerian it will be acceptable by the security company
to pay to your account the funds as beneficiary and next of kin to my
late client .

If this business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my
apology, but i must indicate that this transaction has nothing to do
with crime or risk , it is completely risk free , do not be afraid .

Please contact me at once to indicate your interest.

Send to me your

MOBILE NUMBER _________________

FAX NUMBER _____________________

ADDRESS ______________________

i am expecting your mail immediately.

Best regards,
Barrister John Smith
PHONE# 234-7031568024
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PayPal Warning Notification eMail Scam

You may have received the following email that appears to be from PayPal. If so you are the target of an eMail Scam, commonly called a "Phishing" scam. Following the link included in the email could result in financial and identity loses. The link embeded in the email takes you to a 'spoofed' or fake copy of an a PayPal related website. Any information you type on this screen will go directly to the fraudsters, not to any legitimate PayPal representatives.

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Following is the text of the Scam email message:

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From: PayPal [mailto:service@email-paypal.com]
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 12:00 AM
Subject: PayPal Warning Notification

Warning Notification


Dear Customer,
It has come to our attention that your PayPal® account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.

However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension. Please update your records before January 16, 2008.

Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal® account activity will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.

Click here to update your PayPal account information


Copyright © 1999-2008 PayPal. All rights reserved.
Information about FDIC pass-through insurance

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Oceanic Bank ATM Funds eMail Scam

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately your ATM card is not going to be funded by Oceanic Bank, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:

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From: atmcardofficex21@peoplepc.com [mailto:atmcardofficex21@peoplepc.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 6:32 AM
To: atmcardofficex21@peoplepc.com
Subject: Compliment of the Season,Your ATM CARD Fund Update..

Attn: Sir/Madam,

This Is To Officially Inform You about our recent agreement with the Federal Government of Nigeria to handle all their foriegn contract payments. Based on this development We Have Verified Your Contract/Inheritance File And Discovered Reasons Why You Are Yet To Receive Your Payment. It Is Because Of Irregularities And Complications Discovered On Your Payment File By Our Technical Experts In Respect To Your Contract /Inheritance Payment Requirements Which Have Just Been
Duly Rectified.

However, We Have Been Informed by our intelligent monitory unit to stop any further dealings With Impostors And Non Recommended Officials In The Bank. Such
Acts Must Stop For Security Reasons . If You Wish To receive Your Payment in time and accordingly,Since We Have Decided To Bring A Solution To Your Problem, Right Now We Have Arranged Your Payment Through Our ATM Swift Card Payment Center Of OCEANIC BANK OF NIGERIA P L C. That Is The Latest Instruction By Our President Alhaji Musa Umar Yar-Adua (GCFR) Federal Republic Of Nigeria through the Minister of Finance Shamsuddeen Usman. Below Is The Arrangements ;...

The Swift card Center Will Send You An Atm Card Which You Will Use To
Withdrew Your Money From Any ATM Machine In Any Part Of The World, But
The Maximum Is (Sixty Thousand Dollars $60.000.00) Per Day, So If You Like To Receive Your Fund This Way Please Do Let Us Know By Contacting The ATM Card
Payment Center Of OCEANIC BANK OF NIGERIA P L C

1) Address Where You Want Them To Send The Card Through Diplomatic Courier
Service (P.O box Not Accepted)
2) Your Full Name And Total Amount You Are Expecting.
Instead Of Losing Your Fund .
3) Your direct telephone and fax number for easy communication

Please Indicate To The Card Center The Total Sum You Are Expecting And
For Your Information You Have To Stop Any Further Communication With
Any Institution Or Office Until You Receive The Atm Card.

Note: Because of Impostors, We Hereby Issue You Our Code of Conduct Tag
Number Which Is (212) So You Must Have To Indicate This Code When
Contacting The Card Center.

We Await Your Urgent Response.

Best Regards
Rev,Dan Willimas Eke
Director Atm Card Deptarment,
OCEANIC BANK Of Nigeria P L C.
Tel: 234-8025662415
________________________________________
PeoplePC Online
A better way to Internet
http://www.peoplepc.com

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Lala Malik eMail Scam

Did you receive the email below? If so you unfortunately are not being befriended by a 25 year old Kenyan who wants to share $11.9 US with you, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:

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-----Original Message-----
From: lala.malik [mailto:lala.malik@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 9:05 PM
Subject: urgent attention needed

please reply me via this email lala20malik@rediff.com

Good day and Compliments Dear,


Firstly I must say,How is life over there in your country? I hope that you are in atmosphere of peace and love? I am very happy that you will read my mail today in a perfect state of mind, please do not be surprised or get offended for receiving this message from me, It just that I have been obliged to lay a mere trust on you due to my situation here in senegal dakar. Having searched through the internet from where I got you, I strongly believe in my heart that you must be honest and sincere person for me to disclose my life secrets so that you will render your full help and assistance towards me.


I am writing this letter in confidence believing that if it is the wish of God for you to help me and my brother with a great motion to sincerely establish a mutual relationship/business with your company. Please, kindly permit me to share my problems with you. I got your contact through my search for a truthful person/company in Abroad that will assist me mostly to invest into a secured investment abroad as I can't do it alone. God almighty will bless and reward you aboundantly and you would never regret this. I am 25years old a female student from University of Kenya. I'd like any person who can be caring, loving and home oriented. I will love to have a long-term elationship with you and to know more about you. I would like to build up a solid foundation with you in time coming if you can be able to help me in this transaction.


My name is lala Malik. I am a citizen of Kenya,I lost my father recently in the war crisis (political problems) that turned my country into shambles,He was a king, which our town citizens titled him over sixteen years before his death. based on this am trusting you to help me develop my future as the only surviving child of late Alhaji David Malik who is a miner and a big farmer in my country before his death on his arrival at the airport from Paris. The rebels short him of which he died after 2days in the hospital.


After his death my uncle had decided to take all our landed properties including fiscal cash and other house properties, but before my father died, he told me that he made some deposit of USD$11.9million United States dollars as he was hoping to use the money in purchasing mining equipment through his partners in Europe .This money was annually paid into my late fathers account from Shell petroleum development company (SPDC) and chevron oil company operating in our locality for the compensation of youth and community development in our jurisdiction.


But I had tried to search if I can get in touch with any of his Europe partner, but could not get through. this is my aim of contacting you to help me receive the money from the security firm in Senegal, as my fathers partner because I have tried to consult the firm over the claim, but they told me that my father intend to transfer the box to his partner in Abroad. This is why I had contacted you to help me out of this. I am only 25years and do not have any idea on this matter.I don't know how and what I will do to invest this money somewhere in abroad, so that my father's kindred will not take over what belongs to my father and our family, which they were planning to do without my present because I am a female as stated by our culture in the town.


Please I need your assistance to talk with the safe security firm in Senegal . So that they can move the box to your country while I come over to your country to continue my education, I will give you the contact so that you can apply for the claim immediately for the retrieval because the security firm does not know that the true content of the box is money.Now,i urgently need your humble assistance to move this money from the financial house to your country, That is why I felt happy when I saw you because I strongly believe that by the grace of God, you will help me invest this money wisely. I am ready to pay 30% of the total amount to you if you help us in this transaction and another 15% interest of Annual After Income to you, for handling this transaction for us, which you will strongly have absolute control over.


If you can handle this project sincerely and also willing to assist me in lifting this fund, kindly reach me with this email. Please, note that this transaction is 100% risk free and I hope to commence the transaction as quick as possible with you, Please this is my email reply me so i can furnish you the full details of this transaction

.
Hope to hear from you soon.


Yours sincerely,
lala Malik

please reply me via this email lala20malik@rediff.com
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Royal Spanish Sweepstake Lottery eMail Scam

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately did not win the Royal Spanish Sweepstake Lottery, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:

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-----Original Message-----
From: royal_spanish@comcast.net [mailto:royal_spanish@comcast.net]
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:43 AM
Subject: EMAIL AWARD NOTIFICATION!!!

ROYAL SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF: RSSL/61-ILGI0509/45
BATCH:RSSL/15/096/WRCS
DATE:10/01/2008

WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

Dear Winner, This is to inform you of the release of the Royal Spanish Sweepstakes Lottery Email Promotional Program held on the 4th
November 2007, this result was initially delayed due to mix up of email addresses, the results were finally released on the 31st December 2008, and your email attached to Ticket number: 212005600545188 with Serial number: 4888/02, which drew the Luckynumbers: 41-6-76-13-45-8,which consequently won the lottery in the Second category of the year 2007.You are therefore approved for a lump sum payout of €1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION EUROS ONLY) in cash accredited to file reference number:KPC/9080333308/03 this is from a total cash prize of €19, 000,000.00(NINTEEN MILLION EUROSONLY) Shared among the nineteen international winners in this category.Your fund is now deposited in a security company with your prize money insured in your email.
Due to mix up of some email addresses, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and money
remitted to your account as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted abuse of this program by participants as it has happened in the past.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
companies,this promotion takes place annually.We hope your lucky email address will draw a bigger cash prize in the next high stake promotion agenda of €30,000,000.00 (THIRTY MILLION EUROS).

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr Jeff Carlos World Royal Consultancy And Securities Madrid Spain.
Tel: +34-693-253-661
Email: worldroyalconsultan@yahoo.es

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.Remember,You are to contact our agents by email and within a week of receiving this notice.After this date, all funds will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.For further processing and remittance of your winning funds you are fill and forward to our claim agent the completed processing verification form below.

(1)NAME OF BENEFICIARY (2)ADDRESS (3)TELEPHONE (4)DATE OF BIRTH (5)OCCUPATION (6)NATIONALITY (7)COUNTRY (8)TICKET NO (9)SCAN COPY OF IDENTITY(International passport or drivers licence or any otheridentity).

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us as your assigned claim agent.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Yours Sincerely,
Wilfred Alberto
Lottery Director.

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Credit Union National Association (CUNA) Responds to eMail Scam

SecurePCNews.com recently posted an alert about a new Phishing email targeting credit union customers and the Credit Union Nation Association (CUNA). We also reported it directly to the CUNA's abuse contact.

In response to our report to them, a representative of CUNA promptly responded confirming that the email was fake and providing advice on dealing with this email.

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Following is CUNA's response:
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From: Kevin Knope
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 9:02 AM
To: RiverbankConsulting.com
Subject: Automatic response to your abuse report (was: FW: Inportant Messeges-America`s Credit Union)

This is an automatic response. Your message will be read, and if you have a specific question that is not answered below you will be contacted in a separate message.

Thank you for notifying us of this instance of abuse. The Credit Union National Association is a trade association for credit unions, not a financial institution. We do not offer accounts.

If you are writing about an email you received asking you to update your account, it is not from the Credit Union National Association (CUNA), but rather a 'phishing' scam. Do not click on the link in the email. Do not provide any information. CUNA will never solicit e-mails requesting your credit union username, password, pin number, or other personal identity information. If you did provide any of the above information to the phishing site, please notify your financial institution(s) immediately.

We are pursuing this matter with the appropriate authorities. Once again, thank you for your notification. Please see our consumer information site for more on phishing:

http://www.creditunion.coop/index.html

Kevin Knope
Director, Web Services
Credit Union National Association

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America's Credit Union eMail Scam

You may have received the following email. If so you are the target of an eMail Scam, commonly called a "Phishing" scam. Following the link included in the email could result in financial and identity loses. The link embeded in the email takes you to a 'spoofed' or fake copy of an apparently real Credit Union related website. Any information you type on this screen will go directly to the fraudsters, not to any legitimate Credit Union representatives.

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Following is the text of the Scam email message:

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From: servive@ncua.org [mailto:servive@ncua.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 8:38 AM
Subject: Inportant Messeges-America`s Credit Union
Importance: High


Dear FCU/CU account holder

this notice informs you that your CREDIT UNION bank has joined our AMERICA'S CREDIT UNION ( NCU/FCU/CU ) network .For both, ours and your security, we are asking you to activate an online account on our database

fill the form to activate your online account by clicking on the link bellow.
https://cuna.org/update_profile/index.asp
In accordance with AMERICA'S CREDIT UNION User Agreement, you can use your online account in 24 hours after activation. We thank you for your prompt attention this matter.
Sincerely AMERICA'S CREDIT UNION review Department

In accordance with AMERICA'S CREDIT UNION User Agreement, you can use your online account in 24 hours after activation. We thank you for your prompt attenttionto this matter.
Sincerly AMERICA'S CREDIT UNION review Department

This site is directed at or made available to persons in the United States and Credit Union customers only. Persons outside the United States may visit Credit Unions on line. Products and services described, as well as associated fees, charges, interest rates, and balance requirements may differ among geographic locations. Not all products and services are offered at all locations.
Copyright © 2005 - Credit Union National Association, Inc.

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If you provided any information such as your online banking login information or any other personal inforation you may be at risk for fraudulent financial transactions. You should immediately contact your financial institution for assistance. For information about Security and Privacy at the real CUNA website visit http://www.cuna.org/initiatives/internet_fraud.html

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Euromillones lotería international eMail Scam

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately did not win the Euromillions International Lottery, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:
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-----Original Message-----
From: Euromillones [mailto:euromillones0000@hotmail.fr]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 11:08 PM
To: feedback@securepcnews.com
Subject: Euromillones lotería international

Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on localhost
X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS
autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2
X-Spam-Level:


Euromillones lotería international
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPT.
C/ nuevo madrid 21,
28003 Madrid, España.
www.loteria.es
REF Nº: LI/0706ES
BATCH Nº: 02/ES

We are pleased to inform you of the released result of the EUROMILLONES INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM. This prize is awarded solely to the person whose reference is written above.
Among the participating finalist playing in this series, from a pool of E10,989,720,00 (Ten Million Nine Hundred & Eighty nine Thousand Seven Hundred & Twenty euros), your email address drew the lucky number that consequently won the lottery prize in this category. We happily welcome you as one of our new customers and beneficiaries.

You have therefore been approved for a payout of E1,000,000.00 (One Million EUROS ONLY) in cash credited to file REF No: REF Nº: LI/0706ES.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now deposited with a Trustee company insured to you, and they are responsible for handling and remittance of won prizes until the funds are accurately disbursed. We advise that you keep your reference number confidential until your claim has been processed and your fund remitted to your nominated account or cheque delivered at your designated address via diplomatic courier service as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants or non participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 25,000 email addresses from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and North America as part of our international promotions program, which we conduct twice yearly. We hope that with a part of your prize, you will take part in our next HIGHSTAKE E50 Million International Lottery.
Since we don’t deal directly with the public, to begin your claim, this notice will be forwarded to our licensed European Trustee Company, please contact
ALBERTO FERNANDEZ with your full name, house address, telephone / fax numbers, age, occupation, and nationality VIA FAX ONLY THROUGH THIS FAX NUMBER:
ALBERTO FERNANDEZ,
FAX: +34940460683.
Note that you should not reply to this email; contact MR ALBERTO FERNANDEZ VIA FAX AND WORK ACCORDING TO HIS INSTRUCTIONS.
Non-compliance within the official time period of sixty (60) working days may result in disqualification and insured prize returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference numbers in every correspondence.
Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thanks for being a part of our promotions program.
Yours faithfully,
SENORA GARCIA THERESA.

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Bank of Africa eMail Scam

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately are not being contacted to retrieve funds from Bank of Africa, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:
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From: momodu ali [mailto:momoduali576@hotmail.fr]
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 6:08 PM
Subject: YOUR URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED FROM MR ALI MOMODU

04/01/2008.

ATTN:Madam/ Mister,

I received encouraging information about you and how trust worhty you are. I am delighted with such a useful information.I am the manager of Auditing and Accounting department of BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) Ouagadougou Burkina faso. I Hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that i am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families. I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($20.5)million to your account within 10 or 14 banking days.This money has been dormant for years in our Bank without claim.I want the bank to release the money to you as the nearest person to our deceased customer(the owner of the account)died along with his supposed next of kin in an air crash since July 2000.For more information about the crash you can visit this site:(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm) I don't want the money to go into our Bank treasurer as an abandoned fund.So this is the reason why i contacted you so that the bank can release the money to you as the next of kin to the deceased customer.(MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany) Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are not interested.Upon receipt of your reply i will give you full details on how the business will be executed and also, note that you will have 40% of the above mentioned sum if you agree to handle this business with me.Waiting to hear from you.
Thanks
Yours truly,
ALI MOMODU (B.O.A)

NB: The fund is free from drug and laundering related offences.

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United Kingdom National Lottery eMail Scam

It looks like the scammers are back in force with the ringing of the new year. Here's the latest lottery winner scam.

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately did not win the United Kingdom National Lottery, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:
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-----Original Message-----
From: The United Kingdom National Lottery [mailto:jnewnham@ntlworld.com]
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 12:47 PM
To: info@lottery.net
Subject: ***Confirmed Reciept Lucky Winner***

The Camelot Group,:
operators of The National Lottery.
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD

WINNING NOTIFICATION

The United Kingdom National Lottery wishes to inform you that the
results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by
Great Britain held on the of 4th febuary 2007. Your mail account have
been picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and ninty-one
thousand,nine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds £891,934.00

pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file REF
NO.REF:UKL/74-A0802742006. This is from total prize money of GBP
4,459,670.00 shared among the FIVE (5) international winners in this
category.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web through computer balloting system drawn from over
100,000 names database, union associations and corporate bodies that are listed
online.This promotion is this year\'s United Kingdom National Lottery
New Year bonanza. All winning must be claimed not later than 14 working

days from this notification. After this time all unclaimed funds will
be returned to European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in
order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to
quote your reference number in all correspondence.

Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your
claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part
of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse
of this program.Contact details below

MR.Brain Johnson.
Customer Care
Tell:+44-70457-13755
Tell:+44-70240-94597
Tell::+44-70240-94349
Official Email: uk_lotteryclaimoffice070@yahoo.de

He will brief you on steps to be taken for due processing and
remittance of your prize money.

Note below your winning details:
Ticket Nº: 22-1356-4096-988
Serial Nº: A069-07
Lucky Nº: 12-13-21-26-32-39 Bonus-17
File REF Nº.: UKL/74-A0802742006
BATCH Nº.: 2006UKL-01

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM

1.FULL

NAMES:____________2.ADDRESS:______City_________State_______Email______Address_______Postcode_____
__Country__________3.SEX:_______________4.AGE:________5.OCCUPATION:__________________

6.TELEPHONE NUMBER:__________

Final Notification/REF Nº.: UKL/74-A0802742006


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Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email
Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam

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Yahoo Lottery eMail Scam

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately did not win the Yahoo Lottery, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:
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From: yahoo customers award [mailto:yah_customers3@live.fr]
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 7:05 AM
Subject: !!!!!!!YOUR PRIZE!!!!!!

[YAHOO! Mail LOGO here]

Yahoo Lottery Inc.
Customers care winning dept
701 First Avenue , sunnyville
Ca 94089

!!!!!!!YOUR PRIZE!!!!!!

Dear yahoo lucky email balloting winner,

This is to inform you that you have won an internet email lotto cash prize of Six hundred and twenty thousand euro(€620,000.00) in YAHOO BETA FREE LOTTERY ORGANISATION!!.

CONGRATULATION!!
This program is held to promote our new YAHOO BETA MICROSOFT WINDOW.

Your email address was selected through Electronic Balloting Shoot (E.B16&369) out of 78million email raffle draw with the co-operation of GOOGLE MAIL, HOTMAIL, O2.PL, AND AOL.FR.
Congratulations for being selected.

Your email address raffle ticket is 45663ab4599; conduct this raffle ticket to the customer payment department at confirmation_centre@yahoo.fr
All the remedy of your cash prize will be explained further, once again congratulations.


Yours,
Yahoo Lottery Inc.

[YAHOO! LOGO here]
______________________________________
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Toyota International Lotto eMail Scam

With the New Year come new email scams like the Toyota International Lotto scam.

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately did not win the 600K GB or the 2008 Toyota Highlander, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the full text of the scam email:
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From: TOYOTA INTERNATIONAL LOTTO (HEADQUATER) [mailto:info@toyota.org]
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 7:45 AM
Cc: recipient list not shown:
Subject: TOYOTA PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION

TOYOTA INTERNATIONAL LOTTO (HEADQUATER)
UK Lotto Customer Service Depart . Affiliate of Toyota
Japan .
#28 Kanashiwa road Tokyo JP

TOYOTA PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION

This is to inform you that have been selected for a Cash prize of
600,000.00.GB POUNDS (Six Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds)and a
brand new toyota car (TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2008 MODEL) International
programs held this JANUARY 2008 in London Uk. To begin
the processing of your prize you are to contact your claims officer
through our accredited Prize Transfer agents as stated
below:

Name: Mr.Barry Peterson
Email:________________ agentbarrypetterson@yahoo.com.hk
PHONE: +447011141288
+447045705714

You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information
as soon as possible:

CLAIMS REQURIEMENTS:
==================================
=============
Your Full Names:
Your full Contact Address:
Your Country of Residence:
Your Date and Place of Birth:
Your Occupation:
Your contact Telephone Numbers:
Your contact Fax Number:
Your secret pin code:
Your Amount Won:
Your e-mail Address:
==================================
===============

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over
250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.
This Toyota car Lottery is approved by the
British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International
Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This
promotional car lottery is the tenth of its kind and we intend to
sensitize the public.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Regards
MRS. NANCY CLARK
Lottery COORDINATOR.

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Adak Textiles Limited eMail Scam

You may have received the following email. If so you unfortunately are not being offered a career opportunity with Adak Textiles Limited, rather you are the target of a form of identity theft related scams. Learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Wood [mailto:woodsmens@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:27 PM
To: articles@riverbankconsulting.com
Subject: EPLOYMENT OFFER(PART-TIME JOB)GET PAID WEEKLY

Dear Sir/Madam,
Adak Textiles Limited, is a UK textile company.We produce and distribute clothing materials such as batiks,assorted fabrics and traditional costume worldwide.We have reached big sales volume of textile materials in the Europe and now are trying to penetrate the United State and Canada market. Quite soon we will open representative offices or authorized sales centers in the United State,Canada and some other countries, therefore we are currently looking for people who will assist us in establishing a new distribution network there (specifically U.S.A,AUSTRALIA,CANADA AND EUROPE). The fact is that despite the US market is new for us we already have regular clients that speaks for itself. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO FOR US? The international money transfer tax for legal entities (companies) in UK is 25%, whereas for the individual it is only 7%.There is no sense for us to work this way, while tax for international money transfer made by a private individual is7% .That's why we need you! We need agents to receive payment for our textiles( in money orders,check or bank wire transfers) and to resend the money to us via Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer. This way we will save money because of tax decrease.
JOB DESCRIPTION?
1. Recieve payment from Clients
2. Cash Payments at your Bank
3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the officesyou will be contacted to send payment to(Payment is to be forwarded either by Money Gram orWestern Union Money Transfer or by bank transfer).
HOW MUCH WILL YOU EARN?
10% from each operation! For instance: you receive7000 USD via checks or money orders on our behalf. You will cash the money and keep $700 (10%from $7000) for yourself! At the beginning your commission will equal 10%, though later it will increase up to 12%!
ADVANTAGES
You do not have to go out as you will work as an independentcontractor right from your home office. Your job is absolutely legal. You can earn up to$3000-4000 monthly depending on time you will spend for this job. You do not need any capital to start.You can do the Work easily withoutleaving or affecting yourpresent Job.The employees who make efforts and work hard have a strongpossibility to become managers. Anyway our employees never leave us due to our excellent workcondition.
MAIN REQUIREMENTS:
18 years or older Legally capable responsible ready towork 3-4 hoursper week PC knowledge e-mail and internet experience (minimal) And pleaseknow that Everything is absolutely legal, If you are interested in our offer, please replyimmediately HERE IS A COPY OF THE EMPLOYMENT FORM FOR YOU
Refrence No:- LSLCA/2031/ 8161/05
Batch No:- R4/A313/2-60
EMPLOYMENT FORM
First Name:..............
Middle Name:..............
Last Name:...............
Addrress Line 1..............
Addrress Line 2..............
City..........
State.........
Zip...........
Home Phone........
Cell.........
Gender........
Marital Status.......
Age.........
Nationality..............
previous or present employment statue................................
Position:......................................
Thanks for your anticipated action. And we hope to hear back from you.
Yours Sincerely, Mark Wood
(Co-ordinator Desk)
ADAX TEXTILES LIMITED.
Surcon House Copson Street
Manchester M20 3HE
United Kingdom.
Phone +44 70457 36551
Email Address...woodsmens@gmail.com

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Contract Award Committee eMail Scam

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately are not being contacted to retrieve a $15 Million award, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:
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From: Michael Kosa [mailto:michaelkosa1@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:51 PM
To:
Subject: Thank You.

ATTENTION:

Mutual Business Proposal.

I am directed to urge your consent on the above mentioned issue. My name is Dr. Michael Kosa, Chairman of Contract Award Committee from the Federal Housing Authority Abuja.

A contract to the tune of US$ 15 M was awarded to Engineer Nelson Scott a national of your country here in Nigeria for the Re-Construction of Pipeline project from Bonny to Ndonni in River State by the past administration. Which has been completed, part payment was made before the work as mobilization. While payment has been effected, as well as an over payment draft was involved.

Nelson Scott died in an auto crash alongside three of his staff and the wife on there way to Port Harcourt last year.

It is my duty to confirm the receipt of the payment made and submit to the committee for proper cross checking before the investigation ends.

You are to receive a payment as a foreign contractor involved in the construction if you indicate interest and all the documents for the payment will be forwarded to pursue the payment. All arrangement has been put in place to ensure free transfer of the said amount.

More detail will come as I get your response, please. Sharing formalities is 50 / 50 for your account and receiving of the payment.

This is highly confidential,

Dr. Michael Kosa.
Chairman Contract Award Committee
Abuja.

________________________________________
Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.

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2008 Lucky Winner eMail Scam

You may have seen the December 3rd posting on SecurPCNews.com about a scam using the UK National Lottery as bait. Well, the UK Lottery Scam is back, this time updated for the New Year.

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately did not win the UK National Lottery, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:
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From: ECronkwright@twcny.rr.com [mailto:ECronkwright@twcny.rr.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 8:06 AM
Subject: 2008 Lucky Winner

Uk National Lottery
REF NO: UK/776090X2/23
Draw Dat: 02-01-2008
Dear Winner,

We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 6 lucky consolation prize winners. Your email ID identified with Ticket Number:8603775966738 with Serial number5368/02 drew the Winning Numbers:13,15,25,31,37,39(bonusno.41). with entries from the 25,000,000 different email addresses enrolled for the E-game.Your email ID was extracted from over 100,000unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. No tickets weresold.You have won a sum of £ 1,500,000(One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling ),payout in Us dollars;2,776,646.55,You are to contact the claims agent with the following details for the release of your winning.

Claims Requirements:
1.Name in full:,
2.Home Address:,
3.Age:,
4.Occupation:,
5.Phone Number:
6.Nationality:
7.Sex:
8.Marital Status:
9.MODE OF PAYMENT PREFFERED (1.COME IN PERSON,2.COURIER DELIVERY):

Contact Person;
Mr. Jakes Anthony
E-mail: contact.jakesanthony10@yahoo.co.uk
Tel No: +44 703 189 1068
+44 703 189 1093
+44 703 189 1185
+44 703 184 1143
+44 703 184 0906

Regards,
Amanda Collins
( Online Co-ordinator )

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Tyron Savimbi eMail Scam

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately are not being contacted to retrieve funds from a Security Company, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:
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-----Original Message-----
From: From: Tyron Savimbi [mailto:mohamed@conlared.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:17 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: From: Tyron Savimbi

From: Tyron Savimbi
ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS.

Dearest One,

This letter may come to you as a surprise based on the fact that I have not
had any previous contact with you. Briefly, I am Tyron Savimbi the only
Surviving son of late Jonas Savimbi the former UNITA rebel leader in Angola.
It was known to everybody, my late father was betrayed and got killed by an
unknown assailants. My father was the richest man in Angola during his live
time, He acquired his wealth from selling of Gold and Diamonds. You may read
more about my father on the link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/264094.stm

The enemy also executed everyone bearing Savimbi, thus making sure that we
were completely wiped out, but glory be to God who brought an aid loyal to my
father met with me and my sister and sneaked us to Congo, a neighboring
country from where arrangements was made for me to come to Holland where I
decided to seek for asylum.

Shortly before this unfortunate incident, my father had informed me about a
deposit he made with a SECURITY COMPANY here in Spain.

He handed to me some lodgment documents with which he had deposited some money
encased in a trunk box with the SECURITY COMPANY. He told me in confidence
that Security Company does not know the exact contents of the box; rather, he
told them that it contained African art work that he had assembled for his
overseas partner who would soon be coming to claim them for exportation.

As a result of this explanation, the box was accepted for safe-keeping by the
security company without inspection. Prior to my arrival I have since
contacted the security company, identified myself properly based on the
documents i possessed and informed them about the sad fate my father had
suffered.
So I informed them that I intend initiating contacts with my father’s oversea
partner who owns the consignment so that he can come and take delivery of it.
My decision to retrieve this box, transfer the money and start new life forms
the basis of this enquiry from you.

My only hope now is in this fund our father deposited with this Security
company to this effect, I humbly solicit your assistance in the followings
ways, to assist me claim this fund from the Security Company as my father's
business partner abroad and co-beneficiary, to retrieve this money from the
Security Company in your name and transfer it to your country, to make a good
arrangement for a joint business investment on our behalf in your country and
you as the caretaker, to secure a college for me in your country to further my
education and to make arrangement for me and my sister back in Africa to
travel with you to your country after you have transferred this fund.

If you can assist me on these points above, I shall give you 35% of the total
money while setting aside 10% for all incidental expenses that may arise in
the course of actualizing the transaction (such expenses as phone calls fax
messages) Please i need to inform you that this matter is confidential, I want
you to treat it as such please for the safety of my life. Kindly respond to my
private email:tysavimbijr@yahoo.de
Sincerely,

Savimbi Tyron M.
tysavimbijr@yahoo.de

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Felix Lamine eMail Scam

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately are not being contacted to act as Trustee for an inheritance, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:
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From: Felix Lamine [mailto:f30lamine@yahoo.fr]
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 4:56 PM
To: f30lamine@yahoo.fr
Subject: FROM FELIX LAMINE.

FROM FELIX LAMINE.
PLOT 107 RUE 08 REVIERRA 11.
ABIDJAN COTE D' IVOIRE.
TELEPHONE: +225-0854-2295

Dear,

My name is Felix Lamine, from Sierra Leone. I am writing you to request you to be my Trustee and Manage my fund which I inherited from my late father.

My father was poisoned by his business associates while on a business trip and my plan is to continue and complete my education in your country which was disrupted as a result of their death.

Please let me know your opinion regarding this offer so that I can detail you accordingly to enable you have access to the fund and receive it in your account for investment while I continue my education under your care with hope that you will not disappoint me.

I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as your commission for helping me to receive the fund in a safe account.

I am waiting to hear from you.

Best regard.
Felix Lamine

________________________________________
Yahoo! Mail : Stockage illimité et Messenger intégré. Changez aujourd'hui de mail !

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Duke Cole Textiles and Fabrics Company eMail Scam

You may have received the following email. If so you unfortunately are not being offered a career opportunity with Duke Cole Textiles and Fabrics Company, rather you are the target of a form of identity theft related scams. Learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:

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-----Original Message-----
From: KELVIN JOOP [mailto:joopkelvin@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 8:39 AM
Subject: Greetings from Dubai,
Importance: High

Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is KELVIN JOOP .I am the sale maneger of DUKE COLE TEXTILES AND FABRICS COMPANY

IN THE (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)DUBAI Presently,our company is looking for a trustworthy bookkeeper,representative in Canada/USA.
An excellent opportunity to work at home part time and still keep your full time job.DUKE

COLE Textile is a company that produces and sells Chinese and African textile and fabric
material in (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) DUBAI. our company produces various clothing materials,
batisks, assorted fabrics and traditional costumes. We have clients that we supply weekly
in the states. My clients make payments for our supplies every week by check which are not
readily cashable outside of the US or Canada,so we need are presentative to assist us in
processing the payments.
This will enable our cash to flow
more quickly and therefore would not tie down our capital. I would be
willing to employ you on contract basis to be my payment representative
back in the states. I am involved in alot of travel and this way I could
give my clients the authority to make the cheque, money orders, etc out
to you. You could then easily cash at your bank, then withdraw 10%
of the total amount as your commission and send the rest back to the
company through Western Union/Money gram wire transfer.

IF YOU AT ALL INTERESTED IN THIS PROPOSAL FOR EMPLOYMENT PLEASE
REPLY TO THIS MAIL,THEN I WILL SEND U AN APPLICATION FORM,
LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT. I NEED TO FILL THIS POSITION AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU SOON.
DUKE:COLE

JOB DESCRIPTION?
1. RECEIVE PAYMENT FROM CLIENTS (delivered by FedEx or UPS you would
need to be at your address to sign)
2. CASH PAYMENTS AT YOUR BANK (PAYMENT WILL BE MAKE IN YOUR NAME TO BE
CASHED AT YOUR BANK) CLIENTS WILL CONTACT YOU FIRST AND SEND PAYMENT VIA COURIER OR MAIL.
3. DEDUCT 10% WHICH WILL BE YOUR PERCENTAGE/PAY ON PAYMENT PROCESSED
(Example $5000.00 you would deduct $500.00 pay the Western Union fee out of the $4500.00

left and send remainder to my company.
4. FORWARD BALANCE AFTER DEDUCTION OF PERCENTAGE/PAY TO MY COMPANY
(WESTERN UNION/MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER)

*Please make sure your telephone # is correct -- I will need to call you
when everything is in place.
ATTESTATION
You will with the rules as advised earlier in this e-mail and by
Job Description.
You will notify the company one week ahead if eventually you want to
discontinue these funds from coming to your address in order to avoid conflict.

DUKE COLE TEXTILES LIMITED
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