Cant Keep Quiet!

This is the latest phishing scam I’ve received. It’s from someone claiming to be eBay. Here’s what the e-mail said:

Beacouse some of the our coustemers reportad theat you fail the some offers ,we need you to cheack if this is your credit card number xxxx xxxx xxxx 4107 to complete the business . If this is not your credit card number ,please login and restore your account info .To complete eBay registration, you must click the button below.

It’s just full of spelling and grammar errors. Sad, sad, little phish.

I received another phishing e-mail today. Oh, I get them all the time from people pretending to be Paypal, Ebay, and Washington Mutual. The Washington Mutual ones are a laugh because I don’t have a Washington Mutual account.

The one I got today would fall under the category of a Nigerian Scam. This is basically a scam where an e-mail claims to be from a foreign person/bank/business offering you a chance to get millions of dollars if you help them out.

The one I got today was supposedly from the African Development Bank. Supposedly, I would be able to get 20% of 22.3 million dollars if I helped them out. This would amount to about 4.46 million dollars. All I’d have to give them is my bank name and bank account number.

If it’s too good to be true, it’s a fraud. Especially if all you have to do is give up personal information.

I don’t want to take up a lot of space posting a copy of the e-mail I got. Instead, you can click on this link and see the e-mail.

To the morons who keep sending me e-mails telling me that

• My PayPal account has been tagged for security reasons.
• There has been unauthorized activity on my PayPal account.
• A new e-mail address has been added to my PayPal account.
• My Ebay account has been tagged for security reasons.
• There has been unauthorized activity on my Washington Mutual account.

I’m not biting. At all. Ever. First off, I can’t have any unauthorized activity on a non-existant Washington Mutual account. Secondly, I’m one of the most suspicious people I know when it comes to e-mails. If someone sends something to me about a virus, missing child, etc. and asks me to forward it I check it out first. If someone sends me an e-mail telling me any of the above, I contact PayPal or ebay first.

I’ve been sending these stupid things to Paypal (spoof@paypal.com) on practically a daily basis for nearly 2 months now. Every 3 to 4 weeks you idiots try a new tactic. When will you realize that I’m not falling for it?

Sorry to all the non-morons/idiots out there who don’t send such crap to me on a daily basis. I just had to get that off my chest.

I did what I should have done in the first place and checked this out. I am now certain that it is a fraud. I’m posting the entire letter here for everyone else to see. If you get this, delete immediately. You’ll see that we have the same winning numbers. Everyone who gets it does.

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Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 17:01:51 +0100
From: “suskcoordinator@tiscali.fr”
Reply-To: “suskcoordinator@tiscali.fr”
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! YOU HAVE WON
To: suskcoordinator

SPINLOTTO

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT.

REF Number: OKL/231-ILGI0431/04
BATCH No: EAPA/15/096/BSKL
TICKET No: 20511465897-6291
SERIAL No: 472-971103
LUCKY No: 8-66-97-22-71-64

RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

Sir, Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International
programs held on the 12TH of NOVEMBER 2004 Your E-mail address attached to
Ticket number 20511465897-6291 with Serial number 472-971103 drew the lucky
numbers 8-66-97-22-71-64, which consequently won in the 1st category, you have
therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of US$ 1,000,000.00 (One Million
United States Dollars). This is from a total cash prize of USD$10,000,000.00
Million shared amongst Ten International Lucky Winners in the Category A +
(Plus).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This lottery is a promotional program by SPINLOTTO, (Biggest lottery
Organisation in the Netherlands) to advertise to the world its existence. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over
50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the
world, as part of our international promotions program, which we conduct
several times a year.
Be informed that your documents have to pass our authority to obtain a
clearance, which shall be attached to your document in readiness of the
subsequent onward transfer into your nominated bank account with 24 hours of
completion of the authentication.
Due to the possibility of unscrupulous individuals filing a double claim, we
suggest that you keep this award strictly confidential until your claim has
been processed and notarized and your certificate of award obtained. This is in
conformity with the lottery claim regulations by our Organization & the
Netherlands Gaming Control Board.
This is part of our security protocol measures to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants/non participants.

All winnings must be claimed not later than 26TH of NOVEMBER 2004. After this
date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Anybody under the
age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

To file for your claim, please contact our /your processing agent
Mr. PAUL KRUM

Email: agentpkrum@netscape.net

NOTE: All winnings must be notarized and a certificate of award must be
obtained from the Netherlands Gaming Control Board to complete the claim
process, this certificate can only be obtained through legal representation so
winners will be referred to a lawyer to assist in this process. Winners are to
cover the legal charges for the notarization of the claim form and the
acquisition of the certificate of award not SPINLOTTO.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please do forward your
Tel/Fax number to your processing agent. So you are to act fast in the claiming
of your funds, for delays will compel us to disperse your funds, in other words,
we shall divert your funds as stated above. Kindly remember to quote your
reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our/your agent as
soon as possible.
Finally, we call on you to make sure that you note every letter clearly as
stated for we will not be held responsible should there be any complications in
this transaction due to laxity on your part.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part
of our promotional program

Yours truly
Mrs. Susan Kingsley

Lottery Coordinator

FOR ENQUIRIES/SUPPORT CONTACT MR PAUL KRUM AT agentpkrum@netscape.net

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