Nigerian e-mail scammers still planning strong

 Nigerian E-mail Scam (also referred to as the 419 scam, a new mention of the content from the Nigerian Criminal Signal in which this sort of activities violate) tend to be chances are therefore popular that they can really should ideally be recognizable on first look. However, they keep dupe unsuspecting people in to financial losses amounting to millions of dollars -- disrupting their particular life. Types of like scam e-mails usually are many; a great deal so that it features stored it is position on the list of top ten internet/email scams for 2012. Some released illustrations can be found on Websense Security Labs' recently released blog, titled - "You may be big surprise too receive this letter from me…”

Instead of being much more believable to dupe individuals, as one could come to expect of like scam e-mails; a current research simply by Microsoft located that having an e-mail filled with misspelt phrases, grammar blunders actually work within their favour. It found in which, "Although it may well appear counter-intuitive, it appears that the far more implausible the bait, the greater the possibilities the scammer has of collecting some money.” To put forth an example, the post cites a particular e-mail, which is quite ironic in its disposition. The e-mail, as you can see in the image below is a typical Nigerian e-mail scam attempt, and it infact even contains a thing or two about how you should 'stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with them,' and how 'they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing.'

This post additionally analyses that numerous would delete such emails when they'd discover them, and that can only get away from the a lesser amount of savvy because potential preys to help such scammers. This way, adds your blog, the scammer successfully keep include those with doubts concerning the credibility in the e-mail out there. Interestingly, the actual Nigerian e-mail scams have received so well-known, that it's been found of which even non-Nigerian scammers are utilizing it like a ploy to help dupe unsuspicious users. It adds, "Like respectable businesses, scammers are looking to help optimize their own operations, and want to spend your time on unproductive activities.

Scammer in the name of Microsoft

A Bethlehem woman e-mailed me regarding a call she'd attended at residence one night. In that call one man told that he was with Microsoft, and her computer had been corrupted. How, she asked? Do you play games, the man questioned? No. Do you email? Yes. Do you surf the Internet?

The caller never got the opportunity to make whatever sales pitch he had, because the woman's husband told her to get off the phone, because it was a scam. I'm sure that if she'd remained on the line, the caller would have offered some line about being able to fix the "corruption."

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) issued a caution message about fake calls from Microsoft, saying they appear to be an attempt to gain remote access to your computer so they can cause all kind of misbehavior.

Police report phone scam

Police are warning people where scammers are making phone calls to obtain personal account information through a phone.
Detective Steve Mahan reported: three things were happened on dec 19th, in which a man told residents he was from a repossession company & he want account numbers to clear up bogus charges. He additionally reported: Don't speak with him, just hang up and call police right away.
Residents said the number was blocked on caller ID and the caller identified himself as Troy to at least one resident. Mahan urges anyone who receives a call, or anything believed to be fraudulent in nature, to contact the department. Steve Mahan reported: We're trying to warn people so they don't offer up money.

Nigerian scammer jailed for impersonating HMRC

Benson Nwosu of Nigerian financial firm Fidelity Registrar as well as Neil Freeman, manager of the Inland Revenue Centre for Non-Residents in Nottingham.

He was trying to post more than 400 letters when he was arrested. Ilori's fake letters were part of a scam. He tried to extract money from victims called advance fee fraud.

There are many variations of this kind of scam with one common theme like victims think they have hit pay dirt but have to shell out first.

Advance fee fraud was one of the top five scams targeting the UK. Jailing Ilori, age 48, for three years; Judge Justice Abimbola this month accused him of bastardising the image of Nigeria and scaring away any impending investors.

A handful of Nigerian scam artists are wrecking it for all the honest Nigerians who want to wire money to us.

Women most likely to fall for internet scam

According to new research women aged between 25 and 34 is the most likely group to fall victim of online scams. The findings come from an experiment conducted with 2,000 online consumers which measures the skill to respond to online scam scenarios.

Even confident web users can also be vulnerable. The tests ranged from fake social network pages to competition scams. Women were most likely to fail the test and men were most likely to fall for confidence trick scams.

Scams succeed because they ''look like the real thing and they always used to push your buttons'. Scams come in many forms a knock on your door, through the post, a call on your phone, a text message on your mobile, via email and over the internet.

The top five scams are:

• Internet purchases
• Bogus prizes
• Counterfeit cheques
• Relationship websites
• Dodgy loans

Once you know you have been scammed, it's more important to bait scam, act quickly and report it to authorities for further action. Be aware of the scammers, use good judgment and always remember that if a deal sounds too good to be true.

Nigerian scam

Nigerians are scum of the earth scammer.

• They never care if you send them virus.
• They don't have their own computers.
• They use internet cafes

The only way to fight back the scammers is to waste their time.

Smart tips to beat scammers

There has been an increase in scammers who targets victims to persuade them to install remote access software on their computers. The scammers try to trick you into believing there is a trouble with your computer as a pretext to persuade you to pay for a service by using social engineering tricks. If fooled, your personal information may also be used for some identity theft.

The stories the scammers use to persuade potential victims pay for the service are very similar to:

Claims to be from Techisonline and is aware there is a problem with the person's computer or Claims to be aware there is a virus or Claims to be a Microsoft Certified Engineer.

The scammers are using remote access softwares likes LogMeln and TeamView.

Do not install software from people you do not trust, in particular if the telephone call was not personally requested. If you have installed the remote access software already, uninstall it immediately using the normal methods. If you provided your credit card details to the person you believe was a scammer, bait the scammers and contact your financial institution immediately.

FTC claims California company over tax relief scam

Report from federal officials on Wednesday: Thousands of consumers drowning in tax debt fall victim to a nationwide scam by a California based company whose owners enjoyed a generous lifestyle in a multimillion-dollar home with seven luxury cars in the garage.

According to the Federal Trade Commission, which announced it has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to win consumers' money back. A federal judge in Chicago has ordered the company to stop the misleading claims and selected a receiver to take control of the company. The judge also froze company possessions and its owners Alex Hahn, age 43 and his wife, Joo Hyun Park, age 37, of Beverly Hills.

According to a search warrant filed in the current case by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Alex Hahn was convicted in 2006 of mail fraud in California and sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay nearly $1.3 million restitution. David Vladeck, director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection said: Their scam is over, closed down.

The FTC estimates 20,000 consumers paid upfront fees from $3,200 to $32,000 for worthless tax relief service. The company also charged customers credit cards without their authorization and gave few refunds. A new FTC telemarketing rule that takes effect on October 27 will forbid companies that sell debt relief services by phone from collecting fees before they settle or reduce a customer's debt.

When Fullerton told his wife, Darlene Fullerton, about the company's unmet promises she became pretty livid about the whole situation and went to work filing complaints with the Better Business Bureau, two state attorneys general and the FTC.

The IRS allows taxpayers to settle debts for less than what's owed, but most people don't qualify and they don't need a third party's help. But it makes installment agreements with people who can't pay all their debt at once.

Darlene Fullerton said "Consumers don't have to deal with companies like this”.

Food scam in India

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House Sale Scam

Perth man's house sold by scammers

Roger Mildenhall was living overseas. He found out last week that his property in Karrinyup which was worth almost $500,000, had been sold in June. Immediately he returned to Perth to find a second property he owned was also about to be sold.

The scammers had organized the sale in June 2010 through email and telephone, producing duplicates of the manners to his house.

Detective Senior Sergeant Don Heise from the Major Fraud Squad said: police are investigating whether the scammer is recognized to Mr Mildenhall.

He also stated: “We have a number of previous complaints where family members have taken property off another family member”, but if this is a true scam then it is the first of its kind.

Mr Mildenhall says he was stunned when he heard about the news. He said his neighbour told him about the sale last week and he right away returned to Perth to stop the sale of the second property. He has hired a lawyer in an attempt to get his property back and police are also investigating the scam.
Consumer Protection Commissioner Anne Driscoll said: It is not yet known how the scammers succeeded.

The details of the scam need to be fully investigated by detective to understand exactly what happened and how this trick was so effective. Real Estate Institute West Australian spokeswoman Anne Arnold said yesterday that agents need to be vigilant. She finally says changes may have to be made to prevent future scams.

Hazim Gaber scammer imprisoned in U.S for fake DCA

Cancer drug -scammer imprisoned in U.S.

Hazim Gaber, an Edmonton man who sold a fake DCA, cancer treatment over the internet is sentenced to 33months in U.S. prison.

Hazim Gaber, age 22, is also facing a $75,000 fine and should pay $53,724 in restitution, after being sentenced on August25 in U.S. District Court in Phoenix.



Gaber was convicted in June of selling fake sodium dichloroacetate, through his website DCAdvice.com. As a minimum of 65 people in the U.S, Canada, Great Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands purchased product from his website. He was convicted of five cases of wire fraud for selling the substance to U.S. consumers. And was arrested in Frankfurt, Germany, and extradited to the U.S. in 2009.

DCA is a drug being investigated as a cancer-fighting agent by researchers at the University of Alberta. But, it has not been proven effectual, but early research shows promise. It is not currently available to cancer patients except in clinical trials.

According to a plea agreement, Gaber acknowledged his website contained false claims that it was the only legal supplier of DCA. Dennis K. Burke, U.S. attorney for the District of Arizona said: Gaber used the internet to persecute people already suffering from the effects of cancer.

Gaber will go to prison for this kind of scam business and heartless fraud.

Scam From: benjaminv03@gmail.com

A person had posted an add like wanted iBook G3 Clamshell for $100. The person has got a scam mail from benjaminv03@gmail.com.

Work At Home Scams

Many were tempted of money during this financial time and lost their large sums of money, but beware of scammer who offers you money suddenly without any notification.

Advance fee scam: They will send you the mail like, Just invest five hundred dollars in inventory. Starting a home-based business is easy!
Criminal Activity: Criminals often located overseas. They will hire you as a U.S.-based agent to receive and re-ship checks, to other potential victims.

Tips to avoid home scams:

• Do your own research, when starting home base business opportunities.
• Contact the Better Business Bureau at bbb.org.
• When first interacting with your prospective employer, don’t provide your personal information.

Introduction To Scam Security

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How To Avoid Scam

U.S. citizens lose billions of dollars yearly in international financial scams.This video helps you when you are being scammed.

Signs Of Scam:

• scammer and victim person meets online.
• Will send photo of attractive person.
• Suddenly needs financial help.
• Claims to be U.S citizen, but will use grammar and spelling indicative of a non-English speaker.

Now Its Time To Scam the Scammers

Scammers often get away with their crimes from law enforcement. But there are people who are helping victims fight back. Scammers are there to grab your money.
Here is an interesting video to catch the scammers in a smart way.

How To Protect From dating scammers

Dating scam is a continuous expanding industry.
The scammer will create false profiles and sends an email with valuable talk of love.

Here are some tips to protect you from dating scammers.

• Do not open spam mail and never reply to spam mail.
• Dating scammers often use fake websites. So, check the website address carefully.
• Don’t send you address details and never agree to transfer money.
• Don’t give your login information.
• Don’t make your password something easy.

“Smartly think before you act.”

Don't fall for scammers on facebook

Facebook friends could actually be scammers, hackers,scam artists etc. So be alert of fraudsters who is targeting on facebook.

• But scammers easily get scammed by scambaiter.
• In order to steal from users, cyber criminal may target facebook accounts and other social networking accounts.
• Users who fall on scams should need to log in and change their passwords immediately.

Overseas Scammers

The case of an elderly couple that have been duped into sending money to various people all over the world - and sustained to do it even they were being warned by the police that it is highly apt that these recipients were international fraudsters.

The couple has sent money to various people in Africa, UK and Hong Hong, and they lost a little over half a million of Australian dollars in whole.

The scammers based in the UK and in Hong Kong carried out an "inheritance" scam, while the Ghana scammers, two women forged a friendly relationship with the couple over the Internet and asked for money for accommodation, food and additional expenses. The husband even traveled to Ghana on one occasion and met the woman.

Law enforcement officers visited the couple relating to money transfers linked to these four recipients and talked to them about these recipients were scammers. But have clearly not made much impact, since the couple sustained to send money overseas.

scamming The Scammers

People might fall for these type of scams.Scam-baiting is a potentially dangerous activity. At least one scam victim has been murdered as the result of a Nigerian 419 scam, and scam-baiters are presumably not well-liked by the 419 scam operators.