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A Tumor Isn’t Humor – Cancer Fraud

July 13th, 2008. Published under Fraud, Scams. No Comments.

Cancer A highly emotive subject. I would imagine most people nowadays have a family member, or know of someone, who has suffered from cancer. Though there may one day be a cure for cancer (a topic I will express my feelings about soon), that is of little comfort to those who have already lost a loved one or who know someone who is currently suffering from this hideous disease. Many people who contract cancer subsequently die. Death leads to fear, and fear opens the door to fraudsters . DONATING TO A BAD CAUSE There is, as of yet, no cure for cancer. Allegedly. There is, however, extensive research going on all around the world as scientists attempt to find that miracle cure. Quite obviously, such extensive research doesn’t come cheap and several organisations rely upon charitable donations in order to continue their work into finding a cure for cancer . It is also obvious that people who have been affected by cancer, either themselves or through someone they know, are likely to make the most generous donators. Unsurprisingly, callous and greedy scam artists have found ways to divert these funds into their own pockets by – Impersonating genuine charity workers taking donations in the street Spoofing well-known cancer charity websites that accept online donations Sending emails with fake headers that make them look like reputable charities If you are not careful you may unwittingly make a donation to such fraudsters and may never realise it. THE ILLUSIONARY CURE FOR CANCER Whether a cure for cancer has been found, may be found or will be found is, perhaps, debatable. However, the fact that many people want to believe it will happen is quite significant to the scam artists. Such cancerous fraudsters take full advantage of their victim’s insecurities, inviting them to believe in just about anything that may offer them a reprieve from their fate. A prognosis of cancer is so shocking to some people that they do not realise that many forms are actually treatable, or at least controllable. Scammers will always be lurking, waiting to paint a dark picture black and then offer their solution. At a cost. One of their most profitable ventures is to persuade cancer sufferers to embark on ineffective courses of medication in preference to the treatment their doctor may have prescribed. As already mentioned, there is, as far as we are led to believe, no wonder cure for cancer . If someone offers you one then surely that should be a seriously big red flag shouldn’t it? If an email, website or stranger offers you the cure that the world’s greatest scientists have failed to find then why would you trust a word they say? Likewise, if they were to try to debunk treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation then shouldn’t you be asking why? Understandably, when someone has terminal cancer they will likely be prepared to try anything but then that’s exactly what these con artists are banking upon. HOW TO AVOID CANCER SCAMS Simply being aware is the the main defence against cancer fraud. Whether you are a donator or a cancer sufferer, it is extremely important to consider where exactly your money is going. It is also advisable to be aware of what the standard treatments are so that you can assess whether any alternatives you or your loved ones are being offered are likely to be viable or not. Lastly, if you are making a donation then choose a nationally recognised organisation and visit their website directly, or make a donation via their publicised phone numbers – never click on links in emails or trust the contact details contained within them. A Tumor Isn’t Humor – Cancer Fraud is a post from: Scam Types dot Com Check out The Best Internet Security Programs Of 2009

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600 Million People Haven’t Updated Their Browser

July 8th, 2008. Published under Fraud, Scams. No Comments.

A study conducted by the Swiss Institute of Technology, Google and IBM has discovered that around 600 million users have not updated their browsers to the latest available versions. This figure accounts for around half the entire online population. Missing Patches As everyone should know, failing to apply patches and other updates immediately is like opening the door for cyber criminals to walk in. It is common practice for browsers to be ‘patched’ on a regular basis in order to block flaws as they are discovered, or to block security holes that criminals have learned to exploit. The authors of the report have recommended that browsers should carry some sort of ‘best before’ date, such as seen on food products, in order to encourage users to update their browsers on a timely basis. Firefox Best Updated Browser The study determined that clever people, like me, who use Firefox tend to use the newest versions of their browser. Less savvy user, including those who still surf the net with Internet Explorer, are the least likely group to run updates and patches. Specifically, the most recent browser versions were being used by – 83% of Firefox users 65% of Safari users 56% of Opera users 47% of Internet Explorer users Not having the latest patches or browser version was only part of the problem however. Plug-In Vulnerability Plug-ins are small programs that users can download in order to extend the features and functionality of some browsers. Out of date, or otherwise vulnerable plugins, were also a cause for concern as hackers and other criminals quickly learn how to exploit many of them. Again, the study concluded that many users were not updating to the latest versions for their plug-ins quickly enough. Firefox was mentioned as being the browser with the most efficient updating features, both for it’s core options and also for the available plug-ins. 600 Million People Haven’t Updated Their Browser is a post from: Scam Types dot Com Check out The Best Internet Security Programs Of 2009

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Mr. Patrick Mayor Tells Me I’ve Won £1.9m

July 2nd, 2008. Published under Fraud, Scams. No Comments.

It’s been a long, long time coming but I have finally had another lottery win to add to the billions I already have. This notification arrived just a few minutes ago – CONGRATULATIONS!!! Dear Winner, The management of the United Kingdom National Online Free Lottery,formaly wishes to inform you that your email address won you 1,900,000.00GBP from the Month of July 2008 Multi-Email Draws. Hence, we have given your winning cheque to a relaible security company here in UK for personal remittance to you. Your security code are- NWSC-662721 Furthermore you are hereby advised to make contact with the processing officer Mr. Patrick Mayor to the security company to enable her continue with the process of delivery of your prize. Find below is their contact details: Mr. Patrick Mayor (Director Of Operations) Tele: +44 70457 81738 E-mail Contact: patrickmayor@live.com When contatinmg the Mr. Patrick Mayor, you are required to state your security codes and also fill the form herein: ::::::FILL AND RETURN:::::: 1.Name in full———- 2.Address————— 3.Nationality———– 4.Age——————- 5.Occupation———— 6.Sex —————— 7.Phone/Fax————- 8.Present Country——- Upon the receipt of the above listed details the security company will immediately deliver your prize to you. Yours Sincerely, Uk. Lottery Management Strange, though, that U.K. Lottery Management’s email address in the sender’s field is hank_pam@charter.net!! Obviously, it goes without saying that I haven’t really won the lottery and that this is a typical email scam that would require me to pay money before never actually receiving my winnings. The fact that the sender’s English and grammar are poor are another indication that this email is not quite genuine. Mr. Patrick Mayor Tells Me I’ve Won £1.9m is a post from: Scam Types dot Com Check out The Best Internet Security Programs Of 2009

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Anyone Had A Call From 091148?

June 26th, 2008. Published under Scams. No Comments.

I just received a telephone call from a strange phone number. Dialling 1471 afterwards, in order to find out who it was from, I discovered that the number was 091148. Six digits isn’t anything like a standard British phone number. Anyways, the caller told me that my email address had been selected from a list of UK landlines and that I was set to receive a £99 free holiday pass. Having written about scams for so long I was wise to what this could be and refused to play along. The caller, who sounded Indian, was quite insistent about wanting to know my postal address. After asking him half a dozen times what the call was about, he hung up. Has anyone else received a call from this number? Can anyone confirm whether it is a scam or not? Anyone Had A Call From 091148? is a post from: Scam Types dot Com Check out The Best Internet Security Programs Of 2009

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Never Mind The Modalities

June 16th, 2008. Published under Fraud. No Comments.

I remember that a Major Fadi Basem left me a huge amount of money last year after being killed in Iraq. Having spent it all, I was delighted to hear from Hang Seng Bank again, through this email that says I have another inheritance to collect – Good Day, Let me start by introducing myself. I am Mr. Patrick K.W. Chan (Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer) of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd. I have an obscured business suggestion for you. Before the U.S and Iraqi war our client Gen. Abbas Radhi Ismail who was with the Iraqi forces and also businessman made a numbered fixed deposit for 18 calendar months, with a value of (Twenty Four million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only) in my branch. Upon maturity several notices was sent to him, even during the war which began in 2003. Again after the war has subsided, another notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later find out that the General along with his wife and only daughter had been killed during the war in a bomb blast that hit their home. After further investigation it was also discovered that Gen. Abbas Radhi Ismail did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, Twenty Four million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration of 5 years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the funds. Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Gen. Abbas Radhi Ismail so that you will be able to receive his funds. MODALITIES: I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we shall come out successful. I have an attorney that will prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the next of kin to Gen. Abbas Radhi Ismail, all that is required from you at this stage is for you to provide me with your Full Names and Address so that the attorney can commence his job. After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney will also file in for claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval and letter of probate in your favor for the move of the funds to an account that will be provided by you.There is no risk involved at all in this matter, as we are going adopt a legalized method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue.Once the funds have been transferred to a nominated bank account we shall then share in the ratio of 70% for me, 30% for you. Should you be interested please send me the following: 1. Full names 2. Private phone/fax 3. Current residential address And I will prefer you reach me on my private email address below and finally after that I shall provide you with more details of this operation. Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated. Kind Regards Mr. Patrick Chan. E-mail: hchan_88@yahoo.com.hk – I only hope that the unexpected fees this time do not exceed the size of the inheritance as they did last year… Never Mind The Modalities is a post from: Scam Types dot Com Check out The Best Internet Security Programs Of 2009

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Where’s Peggy?

June 7th, 2008. Published under Scams. No Comments.

It must be getting on for a year since I last posted one of the scam emails I received so maybe now is about time for another. Unfortunately, it’s not from my all time favourite psuedonym, the legendary Peggy Morrison but the drivel is just the same as ever…. BARCLAYS BANK LONDON-ENGLAND. WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER DEPT. Locke King House, 2 Balfour Road Weybridge, Manchester KT 13 8HE England, UK Tel: +44 704-579-3682 Email: transferdepts@barclaysfinancialplc.com Attn Dear Customer, It’s our pleasure to inform you that we have been directed by the management of this Western Union Money Transfer Branch Outlet here in London-England to contact you via your email address regarding a payment duly deposited in your favour as the beneficiary before we commence further processing on how to transfer the said fund to you through the Legal Service of our affiliate bank here in Europe. Prior, to this notification payment circular development, there is an issue with the Western Union Money Transfer in the amount of $10,000,000.00 USD deposited in our care to release it to you upon your anticipated willingly corporation of processing it legally as a new beneficiary. Otherwise you are to receive your payment through the legal assistance of our affiliate paying bank via a normal Online Bank to Bank Telegraphic Wire Transfer method of which a New (Savings/Checking Online Bank Account) will be open for you personally with your payment file allocation details at the owner of this email address as follows (KTU/9023118308/03) as the owner of this money with our affiliate paying bank in other for you to have a direct legitimate access whenever you want to withdraw or transfer any amount out from your said payment from the new online savings/checking account they will be opening for you immediately you comply willingly to their terms of service which will cost you nothing than the ALLOCATION REGISTRATION PROCESSING FEES OF (392.00) Pounds only which you have to pay officially as the true owner of this money. Sequel to this little complication on this money was cause as a result of your in complete identity/ information provided, We were just contacted by the United Kingdom International Monetary Fund Rectification Head Unit concerning your compensation a couple of hours ago due to your security allocated code which was unable to reflect your other information’s We need to complete a transfer directed at an email address that happens to be yours, so we require that you kindly reconfirm back to our affiliate paying bank that we be executing the transaction legitimately as a bank with the following information of yours in order to complete this transfer in your favour swiftly. A).YOUR FULL NAME: (B).MOBILE PHONE NUMBER: (C).NATIONALITY AND AGE/SEX: (D).CURRENT CONTACT ADDRESS IN FULL: (E).PRESENT OCCUPATION/POSITION HELD: n order to resolve this problem and then effect your payment directly to you via our affiliate paying bank that means your full corporation will be required to this subject that matters, So please email our paying bank immediately for the opening of your online account where your money will be lodge in your favour. As soon as this information is received from you correctly, and you are also ready to comply legally with the requirements terms/service conduct of payment of the Western Union local/international registration form fees which will only cost you the sum of (392.00) GPD POUNDS STERLING only, then payment will be made to your newly online bank account our affiliate paying bank will be opening for you as soon as you pay for the official registration of your money to be transfer or at the counter directly from The Western Union Money Transferring Bank or Branch upon your willingness to receive this payment. I believe you are already aware of our legal registration/Mailing transferring token fees procedures and service security terms, so you don’t need to be worried about the genuinety of this very transaction provided you are ready to comply with the direction that you have been given to follow that will enable this branch finalise the official registration of your payment now. IMPORTANT NOTICE OF OUR TERMS/SERVICE MODALITIES GUIDELINES: 1). Your payment has been deposited already with our affiliate paying bank who will be providing you a legal service as a bank without you paying any money up-front for the opening of the new Online savings/checking account on your name & particulars and upon the opening of the online a/c, your said fund will be credited immediately before you can then have the legitimate right as the owner of the a/c to transfer your money to any other private account of your choice you may feel like transferring your money into legitimately. 2). Note categorically that, it’s the responsibility and duty of this very bank to provide you with every required relevant valid documents/papers work of whatsoever you may need as our new customer without you paying any additional cent either than our official Mandatory Registration/Activation and Normalization Processing fee of (392.00) GPD POUNDS STERLING only which must be paid by you first to enable us open a direct communication access with you. 3). Upon the immediately receipt of the requested mandatory Non residential Registration/ Activation and Final Normalization Processing Fee of (392.00) GPD POUNDS STERLING only, We shall alert our affiliate paying bank to contact you immediately concerning the penning/registration of your new online account with their bank which is completely free and legal as long as this payment is concerned. When emailing, please you are advice in your own best interest to kindly re-confirm your Confidential Clarification Payment Receiving Secret Reference Releasing Code Number (WUMT/250-147/LE-08) which must be indicated for our mutual convenience otherwise if you contact us there is no way we can attend to you due to the rapid cyber/internet scam going on. Regards, Sincerely, MR. MORRISON FISHWELL DIRECT TELEPHONE: +44 704-579-3682, WESTERN UNION PAYMENT & REGISTRATION DEPT MANAGER, FROM THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OFFICE BRANCH, LONDON – ENGLAND info Bank – transferdepts@barclaysfinancialplc.com “otherwise if you contact us there is no way we can attend to you due to the rapid cyber/internet scam going on”

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Mrs. Mary Williams & The IffyMail Scam

August 18th, 2007. Published under Scams. No Comments.

Actually, that’s not quite accurate – it is in fact sifymail.com that she has, apparently, sent this email from, but it may as well be iffymail because that is exactly what this is – iffy. So iffy in fact that it is actually a scam – Mrs Mary Williams from Benin, a small and virtually unknown country next door to… you guessed it… Nigeria, is almost certainly going to want a whole heap of personal information in addition to advance fees to pay for bribes, attorneys and unforseen circumstances. As an aside, I know that ’she’ says she is a French speaker but why oh why does she have so many problems with the capitalisation of her words?!? Dearest In Christ, I am MRS Mary Williams from Benin. I was married to Manfred the CEO Veekrol Link Benin Sarl, a seasoned contractor In West African Region. Before he died in the year 2002. We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a Brief illness. After his Death I decided not tore-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home. When my late husband was alive, he deposited the sum of US$31.5m dollars (US dollars) in an international Bank . My Doctor told me that I would not last for the next Three months Due to cancer problem. Having known my condition I decided to donate these funds to better the lives of the less privileged. I need honest and trust worthy individual that will utilize this Mone in accordance With my instruction’s want the funds to be used in funding religious Organizations, Orphanages and less privileged propagating the w I took this decision because I don’t have any child That will inherit This money and my husband relatives are very unkind to Me and I don’t Want my husbands hard-earned money to be misused. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I Am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the Lord will fight my course and I shall hold my peace. I Speak French and little English in case you want a telephone Communication in this regard. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the Contact of the Bank, and my companies in Benin. For legitimacy, I will also Issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as the original-Beneficiary of this fund. I want you to always pray for me, any delay in your Reply will give me room in sourcing for another individual for this same purpose. Thanks Yours sincerely MRS Mary WILLIAMS mrs_m_williams44@sifymail.com Mrs. Mary Williams & The IffyMail Scam is a post from: Scam Types dot Com Check out The Best Internet Security Programs Of 2009

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