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Monday, August 24, 2009

Ikobo

 

Fraud. There used to be a company called Ikobo, but they ceased trading some time ago.

One out of five!

Our Ref: IKB/NGN/M2F01
Your Ref:

iKobo is a company that specializes in money transfers. With them, you can send money to any country with your Visa or MasterCard. The recipient gets the transfer put onto a secured Visa debit card which can be used worldwide at ATM locations for cash withdrawals. This debit card, which is reusable, is shipped to the recipient.

As part of our expansion and promotional package for the fiscal year 2009, we are pleased to inform you that your parcel containing the sum of $2.8 Million US dollars which has been made available to you through an iKobo Visa card.
We have concluded plans to deliver this card to you as soon as possible.
You are to send us the following details:

FULL NAME:
DELIVERY ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER
COUNTRY:
OCCUPATION:
MARITAL STATUS:
SEX:
AGE:

You are also to immediately pay the delivery charges of US$120 immediately so as to ensure prompt delivery.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Copyright©2001-2009 iKobo, Inc.
https://www.ikobo.com

Important Notes :-

1. Whatever you do, do not respond to any e-mail like this. If you have given bank details to any fraudster like this, then inform your bank immediately and also make sure that you close the account.

2. If the e-mail mentions a well known e-mail address such as from gmail.com, live.com, yahoo.com etc., then why not forward the offending e-mail to abuse@gmail.com, abuse@live.com etc. Hopefully, they'll remove the e-mail address, which will stop people being sucked in.

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Friday, August 21, 2009

Obama Foundation

 

Fraud. I wondered how long this one would take to arrive.

One out of five!

Greetings to you,

On behalf of the Obama's Foundation, we wish to notify you as a beneficiary of $99,000.00 USD in compensation of scam victims.Do contact HSBC INTERNATIONAL BANK, United Kingdom Branch for verification and release of your $99,000.00 USD that we have deposited with the HSBC BANK,UK.

The account log on will be presented to you by the bank in order to access the funds before releasing into your nominated bank account. You will transfer the funds into your nominated account on-line as the HSBC BANK,UK will provide the necessary information to you. We have taken care of the cost of transfer
(C.O.T) and the VAT.Please if you are willing to accept the funds, do contact the Managing Director of the HSBC BANK,UK with the following details: You are to fill the appropriate form and submit to the bank.

[1] Full Names:________________
[2] Contact address______________________________
[3] Direct Telephone No: ___________________
|4| Occupation : ____________________________
[5] Age :_______________
{6} Marital Status:_______________

Managing Director of the HSBC BANK,UK
Name: Mrs. Roseline Wood
Private Email: mrsroselinewood@aim.com

Yours Faithfully,
Dr.Caravan Marvis
Co-ordinator.
OBAMA'S FOUNDATION

Important Notes :-

1. Whatever you do, do not respond to any e-mail like this. If you have given bank details to any fraudster like this, then inform your bank immediately and also make sure that you close the account.

2. If the e-mail mentions a well known e-mail address such as from gmail.com, live.com, yahoo.com etc., then why not forward the offending e-mail to abuse@gmail.com, abuse@live.com etc. Hopefully, they'll remove the e-mail address, which will stop people being sucked in.

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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Yahoo/MSN Lottery

 

Fraud. Do you really think that Yahoo and Microsoft would cooperate?

One out of five!

Yahoo/Msn Lottery
Incorporation
Baley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London SM1 4te
United Kingdom.
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Five hundred thousand, Great Britain Pound Sterlings(500,000.00GBP) for this month
2009 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.
YAHOO/MSN & MICROSOFT WINDOWS,
collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to the internet,we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
You are to contact the events manager on or before your date of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre.
Yahoo/Msn Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 20 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
These are your identification numbers:
Batch number....................YM 09102XN Reff number.......................YM35447XN
Winning number...................YM09788
These numbers fall within your Location file, you are requested to contact the events manager, send your winning identification numbers to him,to enable him verify your claims.How ever you will have to fill and submit this form to the events manager for verification & direction on how you can claim your winning fund.
1. Full name..............
2. Contact Address........
3. Age...................
4. Telephone Number.......
5. Marital Status.........
6. Sex....................
7. Zip Code..............
8. Occupation.............
9. Company...............
11.State:.................
12.Country...............
13.Nationality............
14. Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this mail:
(CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER)
Name: Mr.John Wilson
E-mail:mr.johnwilsonevent01@yahoo.fr
Thank you and Accept my hearty
congratulations once again!
Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Lillian Hunt
(Yahoo/Msn Lottery Games/Lottery Coordinator).

Important Notes :-

1. Whatever you do, do not respond to any e-mail like this. If you have given bank details to any fraudster like this, then inform your bank immediately and also make sure that you close the account.

2. If the e-mail mentions a well known e-mail address such as from gmail.com, live.com, yahoo.com etc., then why not forward the offending e-mail to abuse@gmail.com, abuse@live.com etc. Hopefully, they'll remove the e-mail address, which will stop people being sucked in.

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Citigroup Grant Aid

 

Fraud. You'll spend a lot of money getting nothing.

One out of five!

Citigroup (Switzerland)
16, Quai G?n?ral-Guisan
P.O. Box 3946
CH-1211 Geneva 3
Switzerland.
http://www.citigroup.com/citi/foundation/index.htm

Dear Beneficiary,

Citigroup Grant Aid

This is to notify you that you have been chosen By the Board of trustees, Citigroup International charity grant organization based in Switzerland as one of the final recipients of a Cash Grant/Donation for your own personal, education and business development.

Citigroup International a Multi-Million groups which is one of the top 10 richest company in the world was conceived with the objective of Human Growth, Educational and Community development.
In line with the 30th year anniversary program this year which was also used as a medium to expose Citigroup Africa to the world.

Citigroup International is giving out a yearly donation of Two Million United States Dollars through it's Africa unit as specific Donations/Grants to 100 lucky international recipients worldwide in different categories for their personal Business development and uplift of their environment.
These funds are freely given to you to be used for your business, educational and personal development, and at least 30% to be used by you to develop a part of your environment, as this is a yearly program, which is a measure of universal development strategy, and eradication of poverty.

With the random selection exercise of internet websites and millions of Super market cash invoices worldwide, you were selected among the lucky recipients to receive the award sum of US$2,000,000.00 (Two Million United States Dollars) as charity Grant/aid from Citigroup International.
(Note that your email was selected from either the internet, after absolute viewing of your profile or a Shop's cash invoice around your area in which you might have purchased something from).

You are required to expeditiously Contact the Grant Redemption Unit below for qualification documentation and also fill in the Claims Verification Form for your payment processing, between the hours of 8.00am - 7.30pm on Monday to Sunday.
In contact with this officer, you'll be given your donation pin number which you will use in collecting the funds. You are to contact back this email when you have collected your $2,000,000.00

Please endeavor to quote your Qualification numbers (CITI-773-3747,
E-900-56) in all discussions.

Executive Officer,
Grant Redemption Unit
Citigroup International
Mr. Stéphane Sandro
Email: claimsprocessing@citigroupsfoundation.com

Furthermore, copied to this email is a Citigroup Grant documentation form, requesting your required particulars.
You are to immediately fill the form and return as soon as possible, to the Grant Redemption Unit Mr. Stéphane Sandro via email E-mail:
claimsprocessing@citigroupsfoundation.com

CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM

*** FULL NAMES:.................
*** ADDRESS:....................
*** SEX:........................
*** AGE:........................
*** MARITAL STATUS:.............
*** OCCUPATION:.................
*** E-MAIL ADDRESS:.............
*** TELEPHONE NUMBER:...........
*** CITY:.......................
*** STATE:......................
*** COUNTRY:....................
*** How do you feel as a beneficiary:.........

For Security Reasons you are advised to keep this Grant information confidential until you have claimed the grant funds, as there have been many cases of double and unqualified claim, due to beneficiaries informing third parties about his/her donation funds with valued information for claims.

Finally, all funds should be claimed by their respective beneficiaries, not later that 30 days after notification, as failure to do so will be to that particular beneficiary cancelled and its donation reserved for next years recipients.

On behalf of the Board kindly accept our warmest congratulations

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Guillaume Matteo
(Citigroup International Public Announcer)

Important Notes :-

1. Whatever you do, do not respond to any e-mail like this. If you have given bank details to any fraudster like this, then inform your bank immediately and also make sure that you close the account.

2. If the e-mail mentions a well known e-mail address such as from gmail.com, live.com, yahoo.com etc., then why not forward the offending e-mail to abuse@gmail.com, abuse@live.com etc. Hopefully, they'll remove the e-mail address, which will stop people being sucked in.

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Exec Arts Company

 

Fraud. Usual stuff, but this pair of criminals have got God too!

One out of five!

FROM:MRS SUSAN PATRICK
Dear Beloved,

My name is Susan Patrick I am an artist with my Husband Danny Patrick.We own the EXECS ARTS COMPANY in the USA, AFRICA AND CANADA.Our company deals in sales of Arts and Crafts work and just recently in the exportation of African Arts and Fashion.We have been recieving orders from EUROPE AND UNITED KINGDOM, which we have not been able to process competently since we do not have a payment recieving personel in these Areas.We have decided to recruit payment officers online hence we will be needing a representative to process our payments in these areas - due to delays in processing payments from these areas in the UK AND EUROPE.EXECS ARTS needs a book-keeper in the UNITED KINGDOM AND EUROPE so we want to know if you will like to work online from home, getting paid weekly without leaving orit affecting your present job?

What we offer:
FLEXIBLE PROGRAM: two hours/day at your choice, daytime or evening time WORK AT HOME: checking e-mail and going to the bank Part time or full time Professional contact team with very good support and communication skills OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:no selling involved, no kit to buy,we won't charge you anything MONTHLY SALARY:minimum of 450POUNDS/EURO every two weeks to a total of 900POUNDS/EURO per month

COMMISSION: 10% of every CHEQUE that is cashed "cash in hand" or "cash on counter" is what you get from the total cashed amount.EXAMPLE If you receive a cheQUE of 1,000.00PDS/EURO your net income is 100.00PDS/EURO,You will process at least 2-3 orders per day and you will earn more than 200.00POUNDS/EURO cash in hand each day.

REMEMBER: THE MORE ORDERS YOU PROCESS- AT A FASTER RATE THE HIGHER YOU STAND TO EARN DAILY.
WHAT WE ASK:Two free hours daily not including weekends, Internet access for sending and receiving e-mails,available means of cashing CHEQUE at your bank using your existing bank account.

IMPORTANT:
You must be over 21 years of age.
If you meet these conditions please contact us by replying to our private e-mail address (execsconsumer2009@gmail.com) to receive a Representative Contract agreement.Please add your full NAME,CONTACT or MAILING ADDRESS and phone/fax numbers for quick delivery of payments.
We will never ask you for anything more then that, No bank names, No bank account number, routing number, credit card, passwords, SSN# etc.If anyone asks for those on our behalf please do not give out this info.This is to ensure your security and non involvement in cases of Identity theft.
Thanks And Stay Blessed.
SUSAN PATRICK.
Sales Director

Important Notes :-

1. Whatever you do, do not respond to any e-mail like this. If you have given bank details to any fraudster like this, then inform your bank immediately and also make sure that you close the account.

2. If the e-mail mentions a well known e-mail address such as from gmail.com, live.com, yahoo.com etc., then why not forward the offending e-mail to abuse@gmail.com, abuse@live.com etc. Hopefully, they'll remove the e-mail address, which will stop people being sucked in.

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Carrington Wire and Mesh

 

Fraud. Usual rubbish.

One out of five!

Carrington Wire Mesh is one of the leading manufacturers and exporters of all kinds of wire & wire mesh in Europe.

We have been receiving orders from United States and Canada,which we have not been able to process competently and completely since we do not have a payment receiving personnel in these locations. We have decided to recruit payment officers whose major responsibility will be to receive and process payments on behalf of the company.

If you are interested in this job opening, please forward us your below details to jobs.carringtonwires@live.com and jobs.carrington@sify.com ASAP .

Full Name:
Complete Address:
Sex:
Current Occupation:
Phone Number:
Your Yahoo ID:

Thank you,
Stephen Ireland.
jobs.carrington@sify.com.
jobs.carringtonwires@live.com.

Important Notes :-

1. Whatever you do, do not respond to any e-mail like this. If you have given bank details to any fraudster like this, then inform your bank immediately and also make sure that you close the account.

2. If the e-mail mentions a well known e-mail address such as from gmail.com, live.com, yahoo.com etc., then why not forward the offending e-mail to abuse@gmail.com, abuse@live.com etc. Hopefully, they'll remove the e-mail address, which will stop people being sucked in.

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Sunday, August 02, 2009

ST Microelectronics

 

Fraud. Another one!

One out of five!

Dear Friend,

This email is from the desk of Mr CARLO BOZOTTI,President and Chief Executive Officer of STMicroelectronics,who has it worldwide headquater s in GENEVA SWITZERLAND.

STMicroelectronics was created in 1987 by the merger of SGS Microelettronica of Italy and Thomson Semiconducteurs of France with the aim of becoming a world leader in the sub-micron era.Since its formation, ST has grown faster than the semiconductor industry as a whole and it has been one of the world`s Top Ten semiconductor suppliers since 1999. ST offers one of the world`s broadest product ranges, with over 3,000 main types of products. The carefully balanced portfolio includes both application-specific products containing a large proprietary IP content and multi-segment products that range from discrete devices to high- performance microcontrollers.

Due to the balancement between the industry`s five major high-growth sectors:
Communications, Consumer, Computer, Automotive and Industria, we have reached big sales volume in the european market and now are trying to penetrate the American and Asia market, and Quite soon we will open representative offices and authorized sales centers all around the globe and therefore we are currently looking for people who will assist us in establishing a new distribution network there. The fact that despite the market is new for us we already have regular clients also speaks for itself. This idea of REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES AND DISTRIBUTION CENTRES is making us to contact you today to know if you would be able to perform the duties below

DUTIES

1 Supervising all activities that would be carried out in the OFFICE

2 Receiving payments on behalf of the company for goods sold and from our customers in time past, in any payment method they feel is comfortable with them as at the time of their contact with you or vice versa.

Be informed that you do not need to have any form of eductaion because we will be having an ORIENTATION EXERCISE for all of our staff. If you deem capable of performing these duties,we will want you to send us your resume as soon as possible,or the following information

1 Your Full Name
2 Contact Address
3 Telephone Number.Endeavour to include your MOBILE number.
4 Present Occupation And Position Held

Note that you would be placed on a monthly salary of $3,000USD monthly and a commission of 5% for any payment you receive on behalf of the company. Thank you so very much for having the patient and time to read this email.We look forward to hearing from you.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr C.Ferro
STMicroelectronics


Important Notes :-

1. Whatever you do, do not respond to any e-mail like this. If you have given bank details to any fraudster like this, then inform your bank immediately and also make sure that you close the account.

2. If the e-mail mentions a well known e-mail address such as from gmail.com, live.com, yahoo.com etc., then why not forward the offending e-mail to abuse@gmail.com, abuse@live.com etc. Hopefully, they'll remove the e-mail address, which will stop people being sucked in.

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