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March 21, 2008

PRIVATE AND URGENT – 419 Email Scam

Filed under: 419 Scams — Tags: , , — admin @ 10:54 am

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  • from  “gordonjohn111@aol.in”
  • subject  PRIVATE AND URGENT

Dear Friend,
PRIVATE AND URGENT.
I am Gordon John, I work with Lloyds Bank London UK, I was the account officer to a deceased account, belonging to one of our foreign customers. While he banked with us, we oversaw his accounts and other official obligations as my office demanded being his accounts officer. Unfortunately, he died together with his entire family in the plane crash of 31 October, 1999 on board the Egyptian Airline 990 alongside other passengers.
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims to this money as the heir. We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated according to the law, Most likely, if there are next of kin, they all get an equal share. If there are (mysteriously) no next of kin (claiming or otherwise), the money goes to the state government.
Having made a very franatic and exhaustive search for any family member that would lay claim to this fund,i met with his lawyer who confirmed he has no surviving relatives,i and the lawyer both agreed to get a trusted person that can stand as next of kin to my late client,so I decided to take my chance with you. I now seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to the deceased as I have all documentations including his certified Death Certificate that will facilitate your stand as next of kin to him as he had a closing balance of 4,633,543.00 Pounds(Four Million, Six Hundred and Thirty-three Thousand, Five Hundred and Forty-three GBP), here in our bank in London. I also have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any member of deceased family to become beneficiary of this fund.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, please to reply to me as soon as possible so as to enable us commence,i intend to share the funds 50/50 with you.
Please reply to my E-mail.gordonjohnprivatemail@gmail.com
Regards,
Gordon John
Tel:  +44 704 570 8084
Fax:+448704711080
NB: You don’t have to be a blood relative of my client to claim this
inheritance.I have all documents to back you, Please reply so that I can elucidate on how to
proceed.

March 20, 2008

You Have 1 New Secure Message (2) – Halifax Phishing Email

Filed under: Phishing — Tags: , , — admin @ 10:31 pm

The Halifax bank are getting more than their fair shair of phishing emails this week. This is the third one this week and the second time of receving this version, the only difference being the compromised domain: http://www.thungwaworawit.com/modules/Censor/fax/formslogin.htm

No change though, it is still an email scam & as always, if you receive it, forward a copy to Halifax: security@hbosplc.com & delete the one in your inbox.

The content of the email follows, for your information.

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Dear Online Account Holder,

Access To Your Account Is Currently Unavailable .

Please click the link below to restore your account access.
RESTORE YOUR ACCOUNT ACCESS .

Thank you.
Customer Service
(c) Halifax Online Banking

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BTW, I received this email over 10 hours ago and it is still online… come on Halifax, you need to be quicker about these matters!

March 19, 2008

Police warning of lottery swindle

Filed under: Lottery Scams — admin @ 2:08 pm
A victim of a fake Euro lottery offer lost a considerable amount of money, police say.

You Have 1 New Secure Message – Halifax Phishing Email

Filed under: Phishing — Tags: , , — admin @ 8:58 am

Today, and for the 2nd time this week, there is another phishing email purporting to be from the Halifax bank. The link, as usual, does NOT take you to the Halifax website but instead to the scammers site (http://www.goobertestsite.net/includes/fax/formslogin.htm).

DO NOT FOLLOW THIS LINK AND DO NOT FILL IN YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS.

For your information the body of the email is as follows:

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Dear Online Account Holder,

Access To Your Account Is Currently Unavailable .

Please click the link below to restore your account access.
RESTORE YOUR ACCOUNT ACCESS .

Thank you.
Customer Service
(c) Halifax Online Banking

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Forward any suspicious emails to: security@hbosplc.com

March 18, 2008

Verify Your Details – Bank Of Scotland Phishing Email

Filed under: Phishing — Tags: , , , — admin @ 6:47 pm

This phishing emails claims it comes from the Bank of Scotland. However, the
link inside the email takes you to: http://www.orthodoxchurch.sg/cache/.dat/logs/index.html and only looks like the intended site.

DO NOT CLICK THE LINK OR FILL IN ANY PERSONAL DETAILS – IT WILL RECORD YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS

If you receive this scam email, forward it to the Bank of Scotland security team: security@hbosplc.com

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Dear Customer,

Some time ago we made changes to the way some accounts can be accessed online. If your account was affected, we will have contacted you to explain these changes.

We have successfully completed our new way of online banking and the old system of accessing account will be closed down very.

You are advised to update your account details so as to continue enjoying our online banking services. Follow the steps below carefully to update your details.

  • Login to online banking by clicking on Verify Your Details.
  • Answer your security questions to certify full ownership of account
  • Update your contact details to always get alerts and updates from the bank.

Please verify your information as follows:

Verify Your Details

If your account information is not updated within 48 hours then your ability to access your account will become restricted.

Thank you

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