New email rip off (very convincing beware)

stelly

Had to share the best scam email I ever received.

Still makes me smile :rotfl:


Good day

We saw your email ( in the Central Computer among the list of unpaid LOTTERY DRAW that was originated from Africa, Europe, Asia Plus Middle east, Americans ) among the list of individuals and companies that your unpaid fund has been located to the COMMONWEALTH BANK,UNITED KINGDOM. Your email appeared among the WINNERS OF THE LOTTERY SPLASH sum and has been approved already for months. You are requested to get back to us for more direction and instruction on how to receive your fund.

However, we received an email from SOMEONE who told us that he is your next of kin and that you died in a car accident last t week. He has also submitted his account for us to transfer the fund to him including his International passport; we want to hear from you before we can make the transfer to confirm if you are dead or not.

Once again, We apologize to you on behalf Of IMF (International Monetary Fund) for failure to pay your funds in time, which according to records in the system had been long overdue.

Yours Sincerely,

Allstate Vault Deposit Logistic Inc

marleyboy

The only convincing part of thje post was "Western Money Union Transfer", anything or (pretty much EVERYTHING after that I did not find even nearly convincing - Nigeria is a little bit of a clue, but then the rest of the email is pretty obvious

adg1

ben500 wrote: »

I don't understand how it is so blatant to you, can you explain please?

Please tell me you are joking? Anything that includes the following phrases should send alarm bells ringing:

Western Union
Africa
Lottery Winner

They seem pretty constant through the emails like this one and pretty much every other I've seen and are notorious for scams. Indeed, western Union has to be one of the most commonly used companies to scam people in the world!

cajef

ben500 wrote: »

REGARDS
MR PHILIP WRIGHT
OPERATION MANAGER
WESTERN UNION LAGOS NIGERIA

How dare you accuse this honest hard working man with many wives and children to feed of operating a rip off, I have it on high authority in an email from Prince E Ebogo from Nigeria that he is a man of the highest integrity and highly regarded as a most trustworthy businessman in the city of Lagos.:D

Lip_Stick

pendulum wrote: »

I'm afraid that if the discrepancy between the two figures is the only thing that stopped you from being taken in then your a blazin' !!!!!!. I could tell from the SUBJECT LINE that this was a scam. The line "FROM OFFICE OF THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER." may as well read as a flashing neon scam alert.

And yes, I know you're joking about nearly being taken in... I hope! But there are thick people out there who do fall for these scams, somehow, and the above applies to them!

As obvious as it is that the email is a scam. It's also damn obvious the OP was joking.

DarkConvict

The word Nigeria, Email & convincing, never ever go together. I had been getting these at hotmail since i was 8 and i could tell they were a scam.

ben500

stelly wrote: »

Had to share the best scam email I ever received.

Still makes me smile :rotfl:


Good day

We saw your email ( in the Central Computer among the list of unpaid LOTTERY DRAW that was originated from Africa, Europe, Asia Plus Middle east, Americans ) among the list of individuals and companies that your unpaid fund has been located to the COMMONWEALTH BANK,UNITED KINGDOM. Your email appeared among the WINNERS OF THE LOTTERY SPLASH sum and has been approved already for months. You are requested to get back to us for more direction and instruction on how to receive your fund.

However, we received an email from SOMEONE who told us that he is your next of kin and that you died in a car accident last t week. He has also submitted his account for us to transfer the fund to him including his International passport; we want to hear from you before we can make the transfer to confirm if you are dead or not.

Once again, We apologize to you on behalf Of IMF (International Monetary Fund) for failure to pay your funds in time, which according to records in the system had been long overdue.

Yours Sincerely,

Allstate Vault Deposit Logistic Inc

You should have replied advising you were in fact dead and enclosing a signed affidavit to that effect. Maybe even a photograph of you signing it too.

GemJar_2

this is my fave this week

"Hi.
I would like to meet you.
I am 30 years old.
I have never been married, have no children.
I'll give you my contact email to which you can write to me.
[EMAIL="berginkavinka@yahoo.de"]berginkavinka@yahoo.de[/EMAIL]
By email we can get acquainted with you better.
I hope you write to me ...
I'll wait."
and a pic of a girl holding a rose... bless

trisontana

I received this one the other day. Of course it's utterly convincing:-

BBC INTERNATIONAL OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT/2010
Ref No.17/324/113
Batch No.448/1803734
Draw Number.1464 Ticket/Series No.RJ975489
Lotto Lucky Number: 26/29/30/42/43/47- Bonus (18)
Amount Won: £750,000.00 GBP

Attn: Email Bearer,

The Board of Directors, members of staff of BBC INTERNATIONAL ONLINE AWARD LOTTERY wish to formally inform and congratulate you on the result of the BBC UK INTERNATIONAL AWARD LOTTERY 2010,which was conducted on Saturday 2nd January 2010 from an exclusive list of 1,000.000 email addresses of individual and corporate bodies selected by an advanced automated random computer ballot system from the internet. Your e-mail address emerged as a winner in the category "A" with the following information enclosed.


You are therefore to receive a cash prize of £750,000.00. (Seven Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds) To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to contact our Certified and Accredited claims agent for category "A" winners with the information below:

*************************************
MR NICK KNOWLES
Tel:+44-XXXXXXXXX
http://www.bbc.co.uk/lottery/
*************************************

You are advice to provide him with the following information and a copy of your international passport or driver's license via email attachment or by fax for vetting process which is a standard practice just to ensure that we are dealing with the right individual.

Names:...........................................
Telephone/Fax number:............................
Nationality:......................................
Age:.............................................
Occupation:......................................
Winning Email:....................................
Identification I ...............................

NOTE: Ensure to quote your Reference Numbers in all your communication with your claims agent. All winnings must be Claimed not later than seven working days, thereafter unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.

Sincerely Yours,

Mrs. Jodie Prenger,
Lottery Presenter/ Coordinator.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/lottery/



Note the contact name "NICK KNOWLES".

peter_the_piper

All posters, it might be an idea to edit the links on this thread. I don't know where they lead but could be iffy. I don't trust any of the scalliwags.