Tag: Scams

(from the here we go again dept.) Another one of these got past the spam filters… Subject: Re..TRUST From: shliochamber <barr_lawoffice @yahoo.co.uk> ANDREW SHLIO ASSOCIATE & SOLICITOR 9TH FLOOR WISMA D 993 JALAN AMPAN 3737 KULALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA Dear Partner, Not so fast, buddy l am Andrew shlio, Hi Andrew, did you know, on modern … Continue reading “Trust”

Another one of these scams got past my spam filters… Subject: Re: Your Perusal. From: “Peter Chan” <peterchan607@yahoo.com.hk> reply -To: peterchan607@yahoo.com.hk Dear Friend, Do I know you? Top of the day to you, I hope this correspondence reach you in good health. I’m fine, thank you very much. I must first crave your indulgence as … Continue reading “I’m Rich!!!”

Here’s one that got by gmail’s spam filter: MR. KEVIN JONES ANTLANTIC PROMOTIONS REF NUMBER: LTH/9129/7769/006 BATCH NUMBER: ALI-FR983-06 Dear Winner, We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our recent lottery draw held on the 24th of April 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 00742086-84 with serial number 7759-1882 … Continue reading “Here we go again…”

Another one of these scams made it past my spam filter: Subject: AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION From: luckystar03@ny.com Reply-To: luckystar03@ny.com FROM:LUCKYSTAR E-GAMES WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY “A” WINNER RE:AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION Dear Lucky Winner, We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of LUCKYSTAR E-GAMES PROMOTION held here … Continue reading “AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION”

(from the oh wait, nevermind dept.) It’s been a while since I’ve gotten one of these. I found this in the spam folder of one of my gmail accounts. From: coordinator@freelott.com Date: Oct 31, 2005 11:44 AM Subject: Award Payment MR. ANDREW GRANT. FREE LOTTO PROMOTIONS REF NUMBER: SLI/421/960/05 BATCH NUMBER: ST-688-SN13-05 Dear Winner, We … Continue reading “I may already be a winner!”

Here’s an actual email sent to my Yahoo email account: Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 13:53:17 +0000 From: “Yahoo!” To: foistboinder Subject: Your Yahoo! ID – foistboinder@yahoo. com D‮ae‬r Y‮oha‬o! Mem‮eb‬r, We mu‮ts‬ ch‮ce‬k t‮ah‬t yo‮ru‬ Ya‮oh‬o! ID was re‮ig‬stered by r‮ae‬l pe‮po‬le. So, to he‮pl‬ Y‮ha‬oo! p‮er‬vent auto‮etam‬d regis‮art‬tions, plea‮es‬ c‮il‬ck on t‮sih‬ l‮ni‬k … Continue reading “Another “Winner””

Here’s an email that slipped by my spam filter (spelling and formatting preserved). Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:35:20 -0400 (EDT) From: “Dede Donovan” To: webmaster@xxxx-xxx.com Subject: Are search engines include you website? Potencial customers don’t visit your website bcause can’t find it in Major Search Engines? Get your website be included to search indexes … Continue reading “Are search engines include you website?”

Here’s an actual email sent to my Yahoo email account: Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 15:01:31 -0500 From: “YAH0O!” To: “Foistboinder” Subject: Your_ _Yahoo`_ user ID (foistboinder@yahoo.com)    Dear* Y@HOO Cleints,    _This_ Emai| !nform Y0U that _your_ Yahoo account` (foistboinder@yahoo.com) will be BL0CKED after` 13 _days_ (@S @FTER autoomateed reegisttration) _if_ you will_ not … Continue reading “Do people actually fall for this?”