E-mail scams >_<

[Sparky]

Are you sure they hacked your account? I get emails that appear to have been sent from my own address all the time, but they haven't really been. Kids sometimes use my address to register on MMORPG sites as adults and stuff that way. If people spam hiding behind your account you can even be reported as a spammer. It's a pain.

[antgirl1]

This wasn't an email, but it's the DA equivalent:

"EMERGENCY, VIRUS ON THE LOOSE!

If someone by the name of Alfred Hundana (dragon_heart620) wants to add you to their buddy list, don't accept it. It's a virus. Please tell everyone on your lists, because if someone on your list addes them, you may get the virus too. This virus is a hard-drive killer. We need to find out who is using this account.

Very sorry for the inconvenience.

(To send to everyone on your list, just click the drop-down menu in the Recipient field and click 'Unsorted' or whatever the group name for you buddy list is."

If you get something like this, ignore it. It's spam, and it's fake. The "person" who actually signed up on DA with a similar username's already banned.

I almost sent it to all who watch me, but I wanted to try blocking first. No matter what I did, it wouldn't work, so I searched the person's username, and all that came up was hate pics and a "It's fake" pic. I clicked on that and in the description was a news article explaining that it's fake and all that. It's now one of my faved news.

But it still scared me a bit when I believed. XD

[ryanjf97]

@Sparky

No it was directly from my email address. It even got sent back to me because some email addresses in mine are only MSN. I use Hotmail BTW.

[Sparky]

This is now my favorite thing ever:

Dear Victim of a cruel hoax,

This email is sent to you because your details were among the details we found on the arrested scam syndicates laptop computers and they have confirmed you as one of the victims of their operations. They usually claims they are Barristers, Bank officials, Lottery Agents, Law enforcement agents (EFCC,FBI,Police officers) e.t.c. They also claim they have money to transfer to you via Western Union, Bank wire transfer, courier delivery of Bank draft/Cashier's check to you, delivery of trunk box by FedEx or want you to be the next of kin of funds that does not exist, and so on.

It was agreed that the sum of fifteen thousand US Dollars (US$15,000) should be transferred to you out of the funds deposited by the Federal Government of Nigeria at First Bank of Nigeria Plc (FBN) in care of The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) to compensate every scam victims. We want the world to know that this government is highly ready to fight corruption and to regain the good image of Nigeria. We are sorry for all they have done to you, please accept our apology.

We have instructed the compensation scheme set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria to transfer the sum of fifteen thousand US Dollars (US$15,000) to you, We have submitted your details found on the scam syndicates computers to them so that your fund can be transferred to you without misappropriation and we have also insured your fund for security reasons. All you need to do now is to contact the compensation scheme through the compensation scheme private email address stated below, inform them about this notification letter and the transfer of your fund; Although we have forwarded your details to them but to assure them that they are dealing with the beneficiary of the fund, send the details below to them to enable them verify it with the details we send to them previously, as soon as these details are received and they are authentic your fund will transferred to you.

Fill out the following form. All fields mark with * are required:
=============================================
Full Name*:
Address*:
Country*:
Sex*:
Age:
Telephone Number*:
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Compensation scheme email address: iccc.fbn.compensation.scheme@hotmail.com


Important: Do not send your email address and password to anybody. Take note of this because there are lots of fraudsters out there claiming to be your email administrator requesting for email address and password. If you have already done that before it is strongly recommended that you change your password immediately or register a new email address with another password.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Fransisca Okocha
Investigation Department
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
13 Creek Road, Marina, Lagos Nigeria
Phone: 01-262-5100
Website: http://www.ic3.gov

************************************************** ************************************************** **************
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).
************************************************** ************************************************** **************

[Cassini90125]

From Sandra Omaru
Abidjan. Cote dIvoire,
West Africa.

Hello dearest,
I deep it a respect and humble submission, I beg to state the following few lines for your kind consideration, I hope you will spare some of your valuable minutes to read the following appeal with sympathetic mind. I must confess that it is with great hopes, joy and enthusiasm that I write you this email which I know and believe by faith that it must surely find you in good condition of health.

My name is Sandra Omaru, I am the only child of my late parents Chief. Mr. Williams Omaru. My father was a highly reputable business magnet 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 the 12th April 2009. Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of mine who travelled with him at that time. But God knows the truth! My mother died when I was just 6yrs old, and since then my father took me so special.

Before the death of my father on April 2009, he called me and informed me that he has the sum of Five Million, Six Hundred thousand United State Dollars.(USD$5,600,000.00) he deposited in a private Bank here in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire.. He told me that he deposited the money in my name, and also gave me all the necessary legal documents regarding to this deposit with the Bank,

I am just 22 years old and a university undergraduate and really don't know what to do. Now I want an honest and GOD fearing partner overseas who I can transfer this money with his assistance and after the transaction I will come and reside permanently in your country till such a time that it will be convenient for me to return back home if I so desire. 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. I also want to invest the fund under your care because I am ignorant of business world.

I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards.Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.

What percentage of the total amount in question will you take after the fund has being transferred to your account and I come over to meet you?

Please, consider this and get back to me as soon as possible. Immediately I confirm your willingness, I will send to you my Picture and also inform you more details involved in this matter.

Kind Regards,
Sandra Omaru.

Not very creative, Sandra.

[Howard]

Whatever Sandra...

[Hakusho]

I recently got an email from an anonymous Yahoo email like this:

"Download Today!

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Get Ringtones Instantly!

Lady GaGa Ringtones!

They're Everyone's Favorites!

Get Them For FREE!

(link removed)"

I actually clicked on the link, and it had no sign to actually buy ringtones and tried to talk me into buying some service for $19.99/month. No thanks.

BTW I don't want any GaGa ringtones.

[Cassini90125]

Got this today, not as an email, but as a note on dA:

Hello,
my name is nary, i am a single girl,
i just saw your profile and got interested
in you, please write in my email address
here on (deleted)
so i can tell you more about me and give you more photos
please am waiting for you in my email address

The user has nothing in her gallery, no faves, and couldn't even be bothered to upload an avatar. I'm guessing she's not an artist.

[Lucky]

Got this today, not as an email, but as a note on dA:



The user has nothing in her gallery, no faves, and couldn't even be bothered to upload an avatar. I'm guessing she's not an artist.

I've gotten reports from various users on my KaBlam! forum that they recieved that in a PM. Because the user didn't post anything on the site and hardly went on, I banned the user.

One of the admins who recieved it said that it looked like some prank a preteen girl and her friends would do during a slumber party (which would invlove Justin Bieber and Twilight)

[Sparky]

I don't know if this is a scam (though it could be) I just wanted to post it somewhere because it blew me away. I just got this email:

Are you married or in a relationship and want to have an affair? Are you single but want to have an affair with someone who is married or in a relationship?

Join our Married People's Dating community right now and we GUARANTEE that you will have a sexual affair with a married woman or man! we GUARANTEE this!

Having an affair can be stressful because you never know if the other person involved is going to get attached to you. You just want the "sexual activity" and nothing else.

The BEST thing about our DISCREET dating community is that you will only meet up with people just like you that DO NOT want a commitment, just a sexual relationship.

Here is why you should join today if you want to have an affair with a married person, or if you're married and want to have an affair:

-You can check it out, see if you like it, and then begin contacting married people for secret intimate encounters.

-We GUARANTEE that you will have a sexual relationship with a married woman or man!

-Our dating community is 100 percent DISCREET, and you will not have to worry about someone getting attached to you!


There are thousands of unhappy married women and men in every city, but they DO NOT want to leave their spouse. They want to stay married, but they want to have an affair without ever being caught. Our dating community is PERFECT for these people. Are you one of them?


Sign up TODAY, and we GUARANTEE that you will have an affair

HOLY. COW.

[Lucky]

^ THAT is DISTURBING

[Cassini90125]

Really makes you want to weep for humanity.

[AcornBulb]

People should learn that when it comes to the internet, you can be anyone. I see so many folks giving their personal details to everybody without even thinking of the risks.

Everybody is being fooled by those social communities. I mean Facebook looks okay. But you never know what's behind it.

[Ccook50]

I want so bad to tell the e-mailers that I have an inheritance or windfall from somewhere I've never heard about that I was born in the afternoon, just not yesterday afternoon. But discretion (a.k.a. the "delete" button) is the better part of valor.

[Hakusho]

I don't know if this is a scam (though it could be) I just wanted to post it somewhere because it blew me away. I just got this email:

HOLY. COW.

Well, that's...disturbing.