"Scammers often rely on the greed and dishonesty of the mark, who may attempt to out-cheat the con artist, only to discover that he or she has been manipulated into losing from the very beginning. This is such a general principle in confidence tricks that there is a saying among con men that "you can't cheat an honest man." - Scams

This book is about dishonesty - from street level to Cyberworld . It describes the common scams in circulation today and their origins. It shows how each fraud is perpetrated and how the informed reader can avoid or at least minimise their losses when faced with the scenario. If after reading this book you still manage to get scammed, you deserve to be put facing a corner with a dunce cap on your head and whipped with your empty wallet !

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Fw: Federal Bureau of Investigation


"..... and some impostors claiming to be The Federal Bureau of Investigation".
That bit entirely cracked me up.

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From: "ROBERT S. MUELLER,"<vincent@ebk.kr>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:30:26 -0700
ReplyTo: <fbi25@yahoo.cn>
Subject: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division
J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington DC
ROBERT S. MUELLER,
 
Attention Beneficiary,
 
Records show that you are among one of the individuals and organizations who are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which includes those of Lottery/Gambling,Contract and Inheritance. Through our Fraud Monitory Unit we have noticed that you have been transacting with some impostors and fraudsters who have been impersonating the likes of Prof. Soludo/Mr.Lamido Sanusi of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Bode Williams, Frank, Anderson, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx, Ibrahim Sule, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen and some impostors claiming to be The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
 
The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered information from the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) on how some people have lost outrageous sums of money to these impostors. As a result of this, we hereby advise you to stop communication with any one not referred to you by us. We have negotiated with the Federal Ministry of Finance that your payment totaling $5,900,000.00(Five Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars). will be released to you via a custom pin based ATM card with a maximum withdrawal limit of $15,000 a day which is powered by Visa Card and can be used anywhere in the world where you see a Visa Card Logo on the Automatic Teller Machine (ATM).
 
We guarantee receipt of your payment. This is as a result of the mandate from US Government to make sure all debts owed to citizens of American and also Asia and Europe which includes Inheritance, Contract, Gambling/Lottery etc are been cleared. Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from Delivery Company website to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.
 
Name: GERALD D. WARNER  FedEx Tracking number 875777537332 (www.fedex.com)
 
 
To redeem your funds, you are hereby advised to contact the ATM Card Center via email for their requirement to proceed and procure your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order on your behalf which will cost you $200 Usd only and nothing more as everything else has been taken care of by the Federal Government including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $200.00 only.
 
Lord Ruben  (ATM Card Center Director)
Central Bank of Nigeria
Central Business District,
Cad astral Zone, federal
Capital Territory,
Nigeria.
ATM Card Center Director Lord Ruben
Email: fbi25@yahoo.cn
Phone: +234-813-112-1034
 
Do contact Lord Ruben of the ATM Card Center via his contact details above and furnish him with your details as listed below:
 
FULL NAMES: __________________________________
DELIVERY ADDRESS FOR ATM CARD: __________________
SEX: _______________
DATE OF BIRTH: __________________
OCCUPATION: __________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________
EMAIL ADDRESS: _____________________
 
On contacting him with your details your file would be updated and he will be sending you the payment information in which you will use in making payment of $200.00 via MoneyGram or Western Union Money Transfer for the procurement of your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order, after which the delivery of your ATM card will be effected to your designated home address without any further delay, extra fee.
 
ROBERT S. MUELLER,
DIRECTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
 
 
Note: Disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possession of your ATM card, you are hereby advice only to be in contact with Lord Ruben of the ATM card center who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your payment and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office so we could act upon it immediately. Help stop cyber crime
 

Fw: I Need Your Help.

Answer to your questions:

1. Can I completely trust you?
NO

2. Can you accept me as your own blood Sister (Or Daughter)?
YOU MUST BE JOKING

3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you?
NONE
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From: Caroline Philip <carolinephilip02@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:33:56 +0100 (BST)
To: <Invalid address>
ReplyTo: carolinephilip01@yahoo.co.jp
Subject: I Need Your Help.

Dear Beloved one,

Based on your profile i am happy to request for your assistance because i believe that you are not going to betray the trust which I am going to lay on you, Hope all is well with you and other members of your family.

My name is Miss Caroline Philip,22 years old and the only daughter of my late parents Mr.and Mrs.Philip. My father was a highly. Reputable Contractor Engineer who operated in the capital of Ivory Coast during his days. It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips abroad on 6th.November 2009.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of his who travelled with him at that time, but God knows the truth!

Though I have not meet you before but i believe, one has to risk confiding in succeed sometimes in life. There is this huge amount of (Three million Five hundred thousand) U.S dollars ($3.5m) which my late Father Mr.Philip David Kept for me in Suspense Account here in Abidjan. My father told me that I should not let any of our relations to know about this because he was killed by them and if they know about it, that they will do nothing but to kill me in other to take hold of every thing, He told me that I should seek for a foreign partner abroad who will help me to transfer this fund overseas and also travel with him or her in other to continue my Live and Education and also to start a Business relationship with the person whom can take care of me in the future.

I am just 22 years old and a university undergraduate and really don't know what to do. This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast. The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life, my dear, I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards and your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:
1. Can I completely trust you?
2. Can you accept me as your own blood Sister (Or Daughter)?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you?

Again i will want you to help me in are of investment like mention below.
1).Telecommunication
2).The transport Industry
3).Five Star Hotel
4).Tourism
5).Real Estate

Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible with your full assurance that you will not disappoint me in this issue so that I can give you the contact of the Bank where my late Father deposited the Fund for you to contact them on how to transfer the Money into your Account.

Thank you so much for your understanding and May almighty God bless you and your Family to the Glory of God Almighty,

Sincere regards,
Miss Caroline Philip.

Fw: Proposal

Every new day a new lunatic evolves.


------Original Message------
From: Rasheed Kazeem
To: mail@websesame.com
ReplyTo: rasheedkazeem@syriacomms.net
Subject: Proposal
Sent: Sep 18, 2012 2:31 AM

Good day,

I am Rasheed Kazeem I represent the interest of my brother in-law who is a minister in the Syrian Government. As you probably know, there is a lot of crisis going on currently in Syria and my brother in-law is having problems with the ruling party and they are currently investigating his ministry. While he is sure that he has not done anything wrong, there is also every reason for him to secure to think ahead his family's future in case the unexpected happens. He has asked me to help him find a reputable foreigner who can help him invest a substantial amount of money. I am contacting you with the hope that you can assist with investments in the market of your country. We will provide the funds. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please kindly contact me back via email and I will give you more details. Hopefully, we can do some good business together.

Regards,

Rasheed Kazeem.


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